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... give to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
... give to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
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... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . lago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . lago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
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... give an opinion ; but we are cer tain that his book is most able and interesting As a commentary on the history of his times it is invaluable . The ingenuity , the grace , and the perspicuity of the style , and the eloquence and ...
... give an opinion ; but we are cer tain that his book is most able and interesting As a commentary on the history of his times it is invaluable . The ingenuity , the grace , and the perspicuity of the style , and the eloquence and ...
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... give the highest and the mosĮ independence . The interval which separated a peculiar praise to the precepts of Machiavelli , democracy and a despotism , Soderini and Lo - when we say that they may frequently be of renzo , seemed to ...
... give the highest and the mosĮ independence . The interval which separated a peculiar praise to the precepts of Machiavelli , democracy and a despotism , Soderini and Lo - when we say that they may frequently be of renzo , seemed to ...
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... give us not im- ages of things , but catalogues of qualities . Their characters are allegories ; not good men and bad men , but cardinal virtues and deadly sins . We seem to have fallen among the ac- quaintances of our old friend ...
... give us not im- ages of things , but catalogues of qualities . Their characters are allegories ; not good men and bad men , but cardinal virtues and deadly sins . We seem to have fallen among the ac- quaintances of our old friend ...
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