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... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
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... readers . They have nothing in common with those modern beggars for fame , who extort a pittance from the compassion of the inexperienced , by ex- posing the nakedness and sores of their minds . Yet it would be difficult to name two ...
... readers . They have nothing in common with those modern beggars for fame , who extort a pittance from the compassion of the inexperienced , by ex- posing the nakedness and sores of their minds . Yet it would be difficult to name two ...
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... readers should regard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men ... reader of our age and country this incon- sistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an ...
... readers should regard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men ... reader of our age and country this incon- sistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an ...
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... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
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... readers to understand what we mean when we say that , in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely ... reader sometimes a little ludi- crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to lisp when they use it . It becomes Nicias incom ...
... readers to understand what we mean when we say that , in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely ... reader sometimes a little ludi- crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to lisp when they use it . It becomes Nicias incom ...
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