Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... character and conduct of the author than that which appears at the first glance . One hypothesis is that Machiavelli intended to practise on the young Lorenzo de Medici a fraud similar to that which Sunderland is said to have employed ...
... character and conduct of the author than that which appears at the first glance . One hypothesis is that Machiavelli intended to practise on the young Lorenzo de Medici a fraud similar to that which Sunderland is said to have employed ...
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... may have been his general character , did not at least affect a love of letters and of the arts . Knowledge and public prosperity continued to advance together . Both attained their meridian in the age of 8 Macaulay's Essays.
... may have been his general character , did not at least affect a love of letters and of the arts . Knowledge and public prosperity continued to advance together . Both attained their meridian in the age of 8 Macaulay's Essays.
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... character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his pay as the tribute of national gratitude . To betray the power which employs him , to be even remiss in its service , are in his eyes the most ...
... character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his pay as the tribute of national gratitude . To betray the power which employs him , to be even remiss in its service , are in his eyes the most ...
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... character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to face serious danger . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened ...
... character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to face serious danger . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened ...
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... character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing . Many are inclined to suspect that Shakspeare has been seduced into an exaggeration unusual with him , and has drawn a monster who has no archetype in human ...
... character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing . Many are inclined to suspect that Shakspeare has been seduced into an exaggeration unusual with him , and has drawn a monster who has no archetype in human ...
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