Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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Page 5
... effect had been to substitute a moral for a political servitude , and to exalt the Popes at the expense of the Cæsars . Happily the public mind of Italy had long contained the seeds of free opinions , which were now rapidly developed by ...
... effect had been to substitute a moral for a political servitude , and to exalt the Popes at the expense of the Cæsars . Happily the public mind of Italy had long contained the seeds of free opinions , which were now rapidly developed by ...
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... effect on the whole character . The former is a local malady , the latter a constitu- tional taint . When the reputation of the offender is lost , he too often flings the remains of his virtue after it in despair . The Highland ...
... effect on the whole character . The former is a local malady , the latter a constitu- tional taint . When the reputation of the offender is lost , he too often flings the remains of his virtue after it in despair . The Highland ...
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... effect of his philosophical studies counteracted the narrowing tendency . He had the keenest enjoyment of wit , eloquence , and poetry . The fine arts profited alike by the severity of his judgment , and by the liberality of his ...
... effect of his philosophical studies counteracted the narrowing tendency . He had the keenest enjoyment of wit , eloquence , and poetry . The fine arts profited alike by the severity of his judgment , and by the liberality of his ...
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... effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate still greater talent , and which are perused with still greater delight , from which ...
... effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate still greater talent , and which are perused with still greater delight , from which ...
Page 23
... effect . Machiavelli was unhappily married ; and his wish to avenge his own cause and that of his brethren in misfortune , carried him beyond even the licence of fiction . Jonson seems to have combined some hints taken from this tale ...
... effect . Machiavelli was unhappily married ; and his wish to avenge his own cause and that of his brethren in misfortune , carried him beyond even the licence of fiction . Jonson seems to have combined some hints taken from this tale ...
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