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... important question . We shall not impart to all his writings , prose and poetry , English , Latin , and Italian , a strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an ...
... important question . We shall not impart to all his writings , prose and poetry , English , Latin , and Italian , a strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an ...
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... important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and all his regularity at ...
... important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and all his regularity at ...
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... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be emancipated from the dominion of preju- dice as well as from that of Charles . He It is to be regretted that the prose writings ...
... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be emancipated from the dominion of preju- dice as well as from that of Charles . He It is to be regretted that the prose writings ...
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... importance , he acquitted him . self with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and instructive ... important occasions Ma- chiavelli was admitted to his society : once , at the moment when his splendid villany ...
... importance , he acquitted him . self with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and instructive ... important occasions Ma- chiavelli was admitted to his society : once , at the moment when his splendid villany ...
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... important transaction . The account which Thucydides has given of the retreat from Syracuse is , among narratives , what Vandyck's Lord Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth is one , and admits ...
... important transaction . The account which Thucydides has given of the retreat from Syracuse is , among narratives , what Vandyck's Lord Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth is one , and admits ...
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