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... has given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the earlier part of the fourteenth century . ... a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to Elizabeth - a larger sum than ...
... has given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the earlier part of the fourteenth century . ... a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to Elizabeth - a larger sum than ...
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Early in the fourteenth century came forth the Divine Comedy , beyond comparison the greatest work of imagina- tion which had appeared since the poems of Homer . The following generation produced , indeed , no second Dante ' ; but it ...
Early in the fourteenth century came forth the Divine Comedy , beyond comparison the greatest work of imagina- tion which had appeared since the poems of Homer . The following generation produced , indeed , no second Dante ' ; but it ...
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In the second century , Greece con- tained only one nation of warriors , the savage highlanders of Ætolia , who were at least ten generations behind their countrymen in civilization and intelligence . All the causes which produced these ...
In the second century , Greece con- tained only one nation of warriors , the savage highlanders of Ætolia , who were at least ten generations behind their countrymen in civilization and intelligence . All the causes which produced these ...
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These tactics main- tained their ground for centuries in most parts of Europe . That foot soldiers could withstand the charge of heavy cavalry was thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude ...
These tactics main- tained their ground for centuries in most parts of Europe . That foot soldiers could withstand the charge of heavy cavalry was thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude ...
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... any recorded in history , marches and coun- termarches , pillaging expeditions and blockades , bloodless capitulations and equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries .
... any recorded in history , marches and coun- termarches , pillaging expeditions and blockades , bloodless capitulations and equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries .
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| Título | Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Thomas Carlyle Modern British essayists |
| Autor | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Editor | D. Appleton, 1860 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 24 Mayo 2017 |
| Largo | 568 páginas |
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