Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 26
... 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 50
... danger of being deprived of the restricted 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 were ...
... danger of being deprived of the restricted 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 were ...
Page 57
... 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 66
... 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 . MACHIAVELLI ( March 1827 ) Euvres complètes de MACHIAVEL , 66 MILTON.
... 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 . MACHIAVELLI ( March 1827 ) Euvres complètes de MACHIAVEL , 66 MILTON.
Page 83
... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its great- ness . Its victories ...
... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its great- ness . Its victories ...
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