Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Pagina 40
... equally blind submission . It is the character of such revolutions that we always see the worst of them at first . Till men have been some time free , they know not how to use their freedom . The natives of wine countries are generally ...
... equally blind submission . It is the character of such revolutions that we always see the worst of them at first . Till men have been some time free , they know not how to use their freedom . The natives of wine countries are generally ...
Pagina 78
... equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sunrise to sun- set . A great victory is won . Thousands of pri- soners are taken ; and hardly a life ...
... equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sunrise to sun- set . A great victory is won . Thousands of pri- soners are taken ; and hardly a life ...
Pagina 85
... habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and MACHIAVELLI . 85.
... habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and MACHIAVELLI . 85.
Pagina 86
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and in concealing their own , men who must have been formidable enemies and unsafe allies , but men , at the same time , whose tempers were ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and in concealing their own , men who must have been formidable enemies and unsafe allies , but men , at the same time , whose tempers were ...
Pagina 95
... equally singular fortunes of a man who under such disadvantages had achieved such exploits ; who , when sensuality , varied through innumerable forms , could no longer stimulate his sated mind , found a more powerful and durable ex ...
... equally singular fortunes of a man who under such disadvantages had achieved such exploits ; who , when sensuality , varied through innumerable forms , could no longer stimulate his sated mind , found a more powerful and durable ex ...
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