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... French Protestant . It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among the Italians of those times , that we must seek for the real explanation of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . As this ...
... French Protestant . It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among the Italians of those times , that we must seek for the real explanation of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . As this ...
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... French , indulged in violation of hospitality , of decency , of love itself , the wanton inhumanity which was common to all the invaders , had rendered them subjects of deadly hatred to the inhabi- tants of the Peninsula . * The wealth ...
... French , indulged in violation of hospitality , of decency , of love itself , the wanton inhumanity which was common to all the invaders , had rendered them subjects of deadly hatred to the inhabi- tants of the Peninsula . * The wealth ...
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... French terval. and gave up treasures more valuable than the imperial crowns of other countries , to secure some gaudy and far - fetched but worthless bau ble , a plated button , or a necklace of coloured glass . The poetry of Italy and ...
... French terval. and gave up treasures more valuable than the imperial crowns of other countries , to secure some gaudy and far - fetched but worthless bau ble , a plated button , or a necklace of coloured glass . The poetry of Italy and ...
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... French school consider as defects - from the mixture of tragedy and co- medy , and from the length and extent of the action . The former is necessary to render the drama a just representation of a world , in which the laughers and the ...
... French school consider as defects - from the mixture of tragedy and co- medy , and from the length and extent of the action . The former is necessary to render the drama a just representation of a world , in which the laughers and the ...
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... French manners fascinated him . With the political maxims and the so- cial habits of his favourite people , he adopted their taste in composition ; and , when seated on the throne , soon rendered it fashionable , partly by direct ...
... French manners fascinated him . With the political maxims and the so- cial habits of his favourite people , he adopted their taste in composition ; and , when seated on the throne , soon rendered it fashionable , partly by direct ...
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