Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... circumstance , that the same manuscript contained a description of the plague of 1527 , which has also , in con- sequence , been added to the works of Machiavelli . Of this last composition the strongest external evidence would scarcely ...
... circumstance , that the same manuscript contained a description of the plague of 1527 , which has also , in con- sequence , been added to the works of Machiavelli . Of this last composition the strongest external evidence would scarcely ...
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... circumstances in which his country was placed , during the greater part of his public life , gave ex- traordinary encouragement to diplomatic talents . From the moment that Charles the Eighth descended from the Alps , the whole ...
... circumstances in which his country was placed , during the greater part of his public life , gave ex- traordinary encouragement to diplomatic talents . From the moment that Charles the Eighth descended from the Alps , the whole ...
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... circumstances which elude the notice of historians , the feeble violence and shal- low cunning of Louis the Twelfth ; the bustling insignificance of Maximilian , cursed with an impotent pruriency for re- nown , rash yet timid ...
... circumstances which elude the notice of historians , the feeble violence and shal- low cunning of Louis the Twelfth ; the bustling insignificance of Maximilian , cursed with an impotent pruriency for re- nown , rash yet timid ...
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... , because he can clothe it in a happy phrase or defend it by an ingenious sophism . His errors are at once explained by a reference to the circumstances in which he was placed . They 96 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... , because he can clothe it in a happy phrase or defend it by an ingenious sophism . His errors are at once explained by a reference to the circumstances in which he was placed . They 96 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. to the circumstances in which he was placed . They evi- dently were not sought out ; they lay in his way , and could scarcely be avoided . Such mistakes must necessarily be committed by early ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. to the circumstances in which he was placed . They evi- dently were not sought out ; they lay in his way , and could scarcely be avoided . Such mistakes must necessarily be committed by early ...
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