Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 44
... ment had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural . If our rulers suffered from popular ignor- ance , it was because they ...
... ment had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural . If our rulers suffered from popular ignor- ance , it was because they ...
Page 69
... designed for the entertain- ment of the multitude , in his Comments on Livy , intended for the perusal of the most enthusiastic patriots of Florence , in his History , inscribed to one of the most amiable and estimable of the Popes ,
... designed for the entertain- ment of the multitude , in his Comments on Livy , intended for the perusal of the most enthusiastic patriots of Florence , in his History , inscribed to one of the most amiable and estimable of the Popes ,
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... ment in Italy . The earliest assailant , as far as we are aware , was a countryman of our own , Cardinal Pole . The author of the Anti - Machiavelli was a French Protestant . As It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among ...
... ment in Italy . The earliest assailant , as far as we are aware , was a countryman of our own , Cardinal Pole . The author of the Anti - Machiavelli was a French Protestant . As It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among ...
Page 92
... ment , acts on such occasions like a Roman dictator after a general mutiny . Finding the delinquents too numerous to be all punished , it selects some of them at hazard , to bear the whole penalty of an offence in which they are not ...
... ment , acts on such occasions like a Roman dictator after a general mutiny . Finding the delinquents too numerous to be all punished , it selects some of them at hazard , to bear the whole penalty of an offence in which they are not ...
Page 99
... ment to diplomatic talents . From the moment that Charles the Eighth descended from the Alps , the whole character of Italian politics was changed . The governments of the Peninsula ceased to form an independent system . Drawn from ...
... ment to diplomatic talents . From the moment that Charles the Eighth descended from the Alps , the whole character of Italian politics was changed . The governments of the Peninsula ceased to form an independent system . Drawn from ...
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