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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Page xvi
... continued with regular and progressive improvement until the last moment of his existence . In a letter to Vittori , after giving a humorous description of the manner in which he passed his time in his country - house - of his snaring ...
... continued with regular and progressive improvement until the last moment of his existence . In a letter to Vittori , after giving a humorous description of the manner in which he passed his time in his country - house - of his snaring ...
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... continued to our own times , as it was left them by Machiavelli , and his works possess nearly the same freshness of expression which characterizes in our own language the prose of Dryden and of Addison . The style of Machiavelli is of ...
... continued to our own times , as it was left them by Machiavelli , and his works possess nearly the same freshness of expression which characterizes in our own language the prose of Dryden and of Addison . The style of Machiavelli is of ...
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... continued to advance , and Machiavelli was sent several times to his friend Guicciardini , who was governor first of Modena and afterwards of Parma , to take measures with regard to the best method of securing the republic . A truce was ...
... continued to advance , and Machiavelli was sent several times to his friend Guicciardini , who was governor first of Modena and afterwards of Parma , to take measures with regard to the best method of securing the republic . A truce was ...
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... continued with a virulence of which it is difficult to find the parallel . The works of this celebrated Italian have accordingly been interdicted by several popes , and for a long time considered to contain principles subver- sive of ...
... continued with a virulence of which it is difficult to find the parallel . The works of this celebrated Italian have accordingly been interdicted by several popes , and for a long time considered to contain principles subver- sive of ...
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... continued , and kept Italy weak and unsettled . And , therefore , in relating the events which have taken place from those times to the present , the ruin of the empire will be no longer illustrated , but only the increase of the ...
... continued , and kept Italy weak and unsettled . And , therefore , in relating the events which have taken place from those times to the present , the ruin of the empire will be no longer illustrated , but only the increase of the ...
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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.