The History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent : Together with the Prince, and Various Historical TractsG. Bell, 1898 - 522 pages |
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... Tuscany , and traced its origin more especially to a marquis Ugo , who flourished about 850. The Machiavelli were lords of Montespertoli ; but , preferring the rank of citizens of a prosperous city to the unprofitable preservation of an ...
... Tuscany , and traced its origin more especially to a marquis Ugo , who flourished about 850. The Machiavelli were lords of Montespertoli ; but , preferring the rank of citizens of a prosperous city to the unprofitable preservation of an ...
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... Tuscany a few months after , with eight thousand men , and encamped near Florence , the French king sent him letters forbidding him to molest the republic . In 1502 , Machiavelli was sent on a mission to Cæsar Borgia , also called Duke ...
... Tuscany a few months after , with eight thousand men , and encamped near Florence , the French king sent him letters forbidding him to molest the republic . In 1502 , Machiavelli was sent on a mission to Cæsar Borgia , also called Duke ...
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... Tuscany , were disarmed and disbanded agreeably to Machiavelli's secret advice . In January , 1504 , Machiavelli was sent to France to rouse Louis XII . to the danger threatening both Florence and the state of Milan from the Spaniards ...
... Tuscany , were disarmed and disbanded agreeably to Machiavelli's secret advice . In January , 1504 , Machiavelli was sent to France to rouse Louis XII . to the danger threatening both Florence and the state of Milan from the Spaniards ...
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... Tuscany , and without staying to attack Florence , hurried on by forced marches and took Rome by assault . Machiavelli followed the Italian army as it advanced to deliver the pope , who was besieged in the Castel Sant Angelo . From the ...
... Tuscany , and without staying to attack Florence , hurried on by forced marches and took Rome by assault . Machiavelli followed the Italian army as it advanced to deliver the pope , who was besieged in the Castel Sant Angelo . From the ...
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... Tuscany , and the greater part of Flamminia , which is now called Romagna . These great and rapid acquisi- tions made him think the conquest of Italy already secured ; ne therefore gave a great feast at Verona , and having become ...
... Tuscany , and the greater part of Flamminia , which is now called Romagna . These great and rapid acquisi- tions made him think the conquest of Italy already secured ; ne therefore gave a great feast at Verona , and having become ...
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Page 521 - English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.