Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 79
... considered as the foulest reproach . Among the polished Italians , en- riched by commerce , governed by law , and passion- ately attached to literature , every thing was done by superiority of intelligence . Their very wars , more ...
... considered as the foulest reproach . Among the polished Italians , en- riched by commerce , governed by law , and passion- ately attached to literature , every thing was done by superiority of intelligence . Their very wars , more ...
Pagina 82
... considered as an honourable distinction , and , at worst , as a venial error . The consequence is notorious . The moral principle of a woman is fre- quently more impaired by a single lapse from virtue than that of a man by twenty years ...
... considered as an honourable distinction , and , at worst , as a venial error . The consequence is notorious . The moral principle of a woman is fre- quently more impaired by a single lapse from virtue than that of a man by twenty years ...
Pagina 95
... considered , have struck an Italian of the fifteenth century with equal horror . Patriotic feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look with some indulgence and regret on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the in ...
... considered , have struck an Italian of the fifteenth century with equal horror . Patriotic feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look with some indulgence and regret on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the in ...
Pagina 98
... considered as forming the strength of an army . The hours which a citizen could spare from his ordinary employments , though by no means sufficient to fa- miliarise him with the exercise of a man - at - arms , might render him an useful ...
... considered as forming the strength of an army . The hours which a citizen could spare from his ordinary employments , though by no means sufficient to fa- miliarise him with the exercise of a man - at - arms , might render him an useful ...
Pagina 101
... considered as an indi- cation of political apostasy . The fact however seems to have been that Machiavelli , despairing of the liberty of Florence , was inclined to support any government which might preserve her independence . The ...
... considered as an indi- cation of political apostasy . The fact however seems to have been that Machiavelli , despairing of the liberty of Florence , was inclined to support any government which might preserve her independence . The ...
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