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... scarcely yields to the account which Fal- staff gives of his ducking . conduct of those who were intrusted with the domestic administration . The ambassador had to discharge functions far more delicate than transmitting orders of ...
... scarcely yields to the account which Fal- staff gives of his ducking . conduct of those who were intrusted with the domestic administration . The ambassador had to discharge functions far more delicate than transmitting orders of ...
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... scarcely avoid . They arise , for the hortation with which the Prince concludes , shows how strongly the writer felt upon this subject . The Prince traces the progress of an ambi- tious man , the Discourses the progress of an ambitious ...
... scarcely avoid . They arise , for the hortation with which the Prince concludes , shows how strongly the writer felt upon this subject . The Prince traces the progress of an ambi- tious man , the Discourses the progress of an ambitious ...
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... scarcely have demanded our notice , had it not attracted a much greater share of public attention than it deserves . Few books , indeed , could be more interesting than Machiavelli lived long enough to see the com- a careful and ...
... scarcely have demanded our notice , had it not attracted a much greater share of public attention than it deserves . Few books , indeed , could be more interesting than Machiavelli lived long enough to see the com- a careful and ...
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... scarcely a single stanza in this long work , to which the imagination seems to have contributed any thing . It is produced , not by creation , but by construction . It is made up , not of pictures , but of inferences . We will give a ...
... scarcely a single stanza in this long work , to which the imagination seems to have contributed any thing . It is produced , not by creation , but by construction . It is made up , not of pictures , but of inferences . We will give a ...
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... scarcely inferior to the best passages in Absalom and Achitophel . There are , moreover , occasional touches of a tenderness which affects us more , because it is decent , rational , and manly , and reminds us of the best scenes in his ...
... scarcely inferior to the best passages in Absalom and Achitophel . There are , moreover , occasional touches of a tenderness which affects us more , because it is decent , rational , and manly , and reminds us of the best scenes in his ...
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