Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 70
... given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the early part of the fourteenth century . The revenue of the Republic amounted to three hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the ...
... given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the early part of the fourteenth century . The revenue of the Republic amounted to three hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the ...
Pagina 88
... without being missed . It would have been easy for that fertile mind to have given Bardolph and Shallow as much wit as Prince Hal , and to have made Dog- berry and Verges retort on each other in sparkling epigrams 88 MACHIAVELLI .
... without being missed . It would have been easy for that fertile mind to have given Bardolph and Shallow as much wit as Prince Hal , and to have made Dog- berry and Verges retort on each other in sparkling epigrams 88 MACHIAVELLI .
Pagina 102
... given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man , that it was a partial taint , and by no means implied general depravity . We cannot however deny that it is a great blemish ...
... given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man , that it was a partial taint , and by no means implied general depravity . We cannot however deny that it is a great blemish ...
Pagina 107
... given over to the ferocity of ignorant savages . Though his opinions had not escaped the contagion of that political im- morality which was common among his countrymen , his natural disposition seems to have been rather stern and ...
... given over to the ferocity of ignorant savages . Though his opinions had not escaped the contagion of that political im- morality which was common among his countrymen , his natural disposition seems to have been rather stern and ...
Pagina 110
... given by the writer . It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed to the reader . The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature , and we are not certain , that the best histories are ...
... given by the writer . It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed to the reader . The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature , and we are not certain , that the best histories are ...
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