Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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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 Cæsars . 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 Cæsars . Happily the public ...
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... success . Leo the Tenth was among its admirers , and by his order it was represented at Rome.1 The Clizia is an imitation of the Casina of Plautus , which is itself an imitation of the lost Kλnpovμévo of Diphilus . Plautus was ...
... success . Leo the Tenth was among its admirers , and by his order it was represented at Rome.1 The Clizia is an imitation of the Casina of Plautus , which is itself an imitation of the lost Kλnpovμévo of Diphilus . Plautus was ...
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... success of his plan , and began to hope that the arms of Italy might once more be formidable to the barbarians of the Tagus and the Rhine . But the tide of misfortune came on before the barriers which should have withstood it were ...
... success of his plan , and began to hope that the arms of Italy might once more be formidable to the barbarians of the Tagus and the Rhine . But the tide of misfortune came on before the barriers which should have withstood it were ...
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... success , every individual amongst them would probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities supplied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements ...
... success , every individual amongst them would probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities supplied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements ...
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... success . But something must be attributed to the character and situation of individuals . The man who bore the chief part in effecting this revolution was Philip the Fourth of France , surnamed the Beautiful , a despot by position , a ...
... success . But something must be attributed to the character and situation of individuals . The man who bore the chief part in effecting this revolution was Philip the Fourth of France , surnamed the Beautiful , a despot by position , a ...
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