Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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Page 23
... 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 colouring can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that which ...
... 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 colouring can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that which ...
Page 45
... 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 51
... 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 59
... looked down on 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. ) OEuvres complètes de MILTON . 59.
... looked down on 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. ) OEuvres complètes de MILTON . 59.
Page 74
... employing mercenaries be- came universal , at a time when it was almost unknown in other countries . When war becomes the trade of a separate class , the least dangerous course left to a government is to form that 74 MACHIAVELLI .
... employing mercenaries be- came universal , at a time when it was almost unknown in other countries . When war becomes the trade of a separate class , the least dangerous course left to a government is to form that 74 MACHIAVELLI .
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