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... Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytem- nestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the de- scription of the seven Argive chiefs ...
... Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytem- nestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the de- scription of the seven Argive chiefs ...
Page 14
... considered only as a beacon to word- sacred . Was the person of James considered catchers who wish to become statesmen . The sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon celebrity of the man who refuted it , the “ Enca against an army in ...
... considered only as a beacon to word- sacred . Was the person of James considered catchers who wish to become statesmen . The sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon celebrity of the man who refuted it , the “ Enca against an army in ...
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... considered as composing the strength of an army . The in- fantry was regarded as comparatively worth- less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe ...
... considered as composing the strength of an army . The in- fantry was regarded as comparatively worth- less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe ...
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... considered as an honourable dis tinction , and , at worst , as a venial error . The consequence is notorious . The moral prin- ciple of a woman is frequently more impaired by a single lapse from virtue , than that of a man by twenty ...
... considered as an honourable dis tinction , and , at worst , as a venial error . The consequence is notorious . The moral prin- ciple of a woman is frequently more impaired by a single lapse from virtue , than that of a man by twenty ...
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... considered , have struck an Italian of the fifteenth century with equal horror . Pa- triotic feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look , with some indulgence and regret , on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the ...
... considered , have struck an Italian of the fifteenth century with equal horror . Pa- triotic feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look , with some indulgence and regret , on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the ...
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