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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... desire on the part of the author to obtain some public employment under the Medici government . Machiavelli , in a letter discovered only in 1810 , and addressed to his friend Vittori , then at Rome , 10th December , 1513 , mentions ...
... desire on the part of the author to obtain some public employment under the Medici government . Machiavelli , in a letter discovered only in 1810 , and addressed to his friend Vittori , then at Rome , 10th December , 1513 , mentions ...
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... desire to drive Odoacer out of Italy , gave Theodoric permission to lead his people against him , and take possession of the country . Leaving his friends the Zepidi in Pannonia , Theodoric marched into Italy , slew Odoacer and his son ...
... desire to drive Odoacer out of Italy , gave Theodoric permission to lead his people against him , and take possession of the country . Leaving his friends the Zepidi in Pannonia , Theodoric marched into Italy , slew Odoacer and his son ...
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... desire the death of his enemy , but that he should be converted and live . In this treaty , Astolphus promised to give to the church all the places he had taken from her ; but the king's forces having returned to France , he did not ...
... desire the death of his enemy , but that he should be converted and live . In this treaty , Astolphus promised to give to the church all the places he had taken from her ; but the king's forces having returned to France , he did not ...
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... desire to gratify themselves , caused the pontiffs by degrees to lose their mili- tary power . Besides what is just related , the pope deprived two cardinals of the Colonnesi family of their office ; and Sciarra , the head of the house ...
... desire to gratify themselves , caused the pontiffs by degrees to lose their mili- tary power . Besides what is just related , the pope deprived two cardinals of the Colonnesi family of their office ; and Sciarra , the head of the house ...
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... desire of glory , but for the acquisition of either property or safety . The others ( those who possessed no state ) being bred to arms from their infancy , were acquainted with no other art , and pursued war for emolument , or to ...
... desire of glory , but for the acquisition of either property or safety . The others ( those who possessed no state ) being bred to arms from their infancy , were acquainted with no other art , and pursued war for emolument , or to ...
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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.