Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 57
... Thousands and tens of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Ship- money and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the ...
... Thousands and tens of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Ship- money and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the ...
Pagina 70
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equi valent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equi valent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
Pagina 71
... thousand florins were annually coined . Eighty banks conducted the commercial operations , not of Florence only , but of all Europe . The trans- actions of these establishments were sometimes of a magnitude which may surprise even the ...
... thousand florins were annually coined . Eighty banks conducted the commercial operations , not of Florence only , but of all Europe . The trans- actions of these establishments were sometimes of a magnitude which may surprise even the ...
Pagina 76
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in .which military oper- ations were conducted during the prosperous times of Italy was peculiarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in .which military oper- ations were conducted during the prosperous times of Italy was peculiarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
Pagina 78
... up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sun- rise to sunset . A great victory is won . Thousands • A of prisoners are taken ; and hardly a 78 MACHIAVELLI .
... up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sun- rise to sunset . A great victory is won . Thousands • A of prisoners are taken ; and hardly a 78 MACHIAVELLI .
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