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... writer seems morbidly obtuse and morbidly acute . characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not ... writers have , therefore , endeavoured to detect , in this unfortunate performance , some concealed meaning more ...
... writer seems morbidly obtuse and morbidly acute . characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not ... writers have , therefore , endeavoured to detect , in this unfortunate performance , some concealed meaning more ...
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... writer No writers have injured the Comedy of Eng loses himself in a wood . He is terrified by monsters , and relieved by a beautiful damsel . land so deeply as Congreve and Sheridan . His protectress conducts him to a large mena- Both ...
... writer No writers have injured the Comedy of Eng loses himself in a wood . He is terrified by monsters , and relieved by a beautiful damsel . land so deeply as Congreve and Sheridan . His protectress conducts him to a large mena- Both ...
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... writer situated like Machia from the Alps . The noble and pathetic ex - velli could scarcely avoid . They arise , for the hortation with which the Prince concludes , shows how strongly the writer felt upon this subject . The Prince ...
... writer situated like Machia from the Alps . The noble and pathetic ex - velli could scarcely avoid . They arise , for the hortation with which the Prince concludes , shows how strongly the writer felt upon this subject . The Prince ...
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... writer , is likely to produce shame . In the age of Machiavelli this was pe- sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious culiarly the case . Public events had produced and candid mind of Machiavelli shows itself an immense sum of money ...
... writer , is likely to produce shame . In the age of Machiavelli this was pe- sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious culiarly the case . Public events had produced and candid mind of Machiavelli shows itself an immense sum of money ...
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... writer and to the patron . The mise- ries and humiliations of dependence , the bread which is more bitter than every other food , the stairs which are more painful than every other assent , had not broken the spirit of Machi- avelli ...
... writer and to the patron . The mise- ries and humiliations of dependence , the bread which is more bitter than every other food , the stairs which are more painful than every other assent , had not broken the spirit of Machi- avelli ...
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