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... readers who take no in- terest in the subject . impart to them that vivid and practical cha- racter which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political philoso- phers . The Prince and the Discourses on Livy were ...
... readers who take no in- terest in the subject . impart to them that vivid and practical cha- racter which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political philoso- phers . The Prince and the Discourses on Livy were ...
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... reader of the Di- vine Comedy must be struck by the veneration which Dante expresses for writers far inferior to himself ... readers . Every schoolboy thumbs to pieces the most wretched translations of his romance , and knows the lantern ...
... reader of the Di- vine Comedy must be struck by the veneration which Dante expresses for writers far inferior to himself ... readers . Every schoolboy thumbs to pieces the most wretched translations of his romance , and knows the lantern ...
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... readers , as nearly as possible , in the situation of the sufferers or the spectators . His narration ought to produce feelings similar to those which would be excited by the event itself . Is this the case here ! Who , in a sea - fight ...
... readers , as nearly as possible , in the situation of the sufferers or the spectators . His narration ought to produce feelings similar to those which would be excited by the event itself . Is this the case here ! Who , in a sea - fight ...
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... readers think this skep . generations , for men who will perceive the ap- ticism unreasonable , let them turn to the con- parent contradictions , and will possess no temporary account of the Popish plot . means of reconciling them . We ...
... readers think this skep . generations , for men who will perceive the ap- ticism unreasonable , let them turn to the con- parent contradictions , and will possess no temporary account of the Popish plot . means of reconciling them . We ...
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... readers , at considerable length , what he thought of the persons whose ad- ventures he relates . But he does not show them the men , and enable them to judge for themselves . The heroes of Livy are the most insipid of all beings , real ...
... readers , at considerable length , what he thought of the persons whose ad- ventures he relates . But he does not show them the men , and enable them to judge for themselves . The heroes of Livy are the most insipid of all beings , real ...
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