Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 23
... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of poetical colour- ing can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that ...
... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of poetical colour- ing can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that ...
Page 46
... danger of being deprived of the re- stricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell ...
... danger of being deprived of the re- stricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell ...
Page 52
... danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world , like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors ...
... danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world , like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors ...
Page 61
... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . 62 MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) Euvres complètes MILTON . 61.
... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . 62 MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) Euvres complètes MILTON . 61.
Page 78
... danger- ous than an ordinary civil tumult . Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character Men grew old in camps , and ac- 4 quired the highest renown by their warlike achieve- ments 78 MACHIAVELLİ .
... danger- ous than an ordinary civil tumult . Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character Men grew old in camps , and ac- 4 quired the highest renown by their warlike achieve- ments 78 MACHIAVELLİ .
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