Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 36
... present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ; the subsidies are ...
... present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ; the subsidies are ...
Pagina 38
... present generation . For ourselves , we own that we do not understand the common phrase , a good man , but a bad king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot ...
... present generation . For ourselves , we own that we do not understand the common phrase , a good man , but a bad king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot ...
Pagina 44
... present generation . In that age the state of things was dif- ferent . It was not then fully understood how vast an interval separates the mere classical scholar from the political philosopher . Nor can it be doubted that a treatise ...
... present generation . In that age the state of things was dif- ferent . It was not then fully understood how vast an interval separates the mere classical scholar from the political philosopher . Nor can it be doubted that a treatise ...
Pagina 62
... present instance M. Périer is merely a Richard Roe , who will not be mentioned in any subsequent stage of the proceedings , and whose name is used for the sole purpose of bringing Machiavelli into court . We doubt whether any name in ...
... present instance M. Périer is merely a Richard Roe , who will not be mentioned in any subsequent stage of the proceedings , and whose name is used for the sole purpose of bringing Machiavelli into court . We doubt whether any name in ...
Pagina 63
... present instance , several circum- * Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick , Tho ' he gave his name to our old Nick . Hudibras , Part III . Canto I. But , we believe , there is a schism on this subject among the anti- quarians . stances have ...
... present instance , several circum- * Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick , Tho ' he gave his name to our old Nick . Hudibras , Part III . Canto I. But , we believe , there is a schism on this subject among the anti- quarians . stances have ...
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