Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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... success of the Guelfs . That success would , however , have been a doubtful good , if its only effect had been to substitute a moral for a political servitude , and to exalt the Popes at the expense of the Cęsars . Happily the public ...
... success of the Guelfs . That success would , however , have been a doubtful good , if its only effect had been to substitute a moral for a political servitude , and to exalt the Popes at the expense of the Cęsars . Happily the public ...
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... success- ful ; but he owed his success to dispositions which others had made , and to the valour of men who had fought while he was flying . So unpromising was the first appearance of the greatest warrior of that age . The battle of ...
... success- ful ; but he owed his success to dispositions which others had made , and to the valour of men who had fought while he was flying . So unpromising was the first appearance of the greatest warrior of that age . The battle of ...
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... success . But does it necessarily follow that Addison's advice was bad . And if Addison's advice was bad , does it ... successful work of imagination has been produced , it should not be recast . We cannot at this moment call to mind a ...
... success . But does it necessarily follow that Addison's advice was bad . And if Addison's advice was bad , does it ... successful work of imagination has been produced , it should not be recast . We cannot at this moment call to mind a ...
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