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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... remained in Florence three months , following the king and his court to Montargis , Melun , Plenis , and Tours . They were faithful and indus- trious in their duties , more especially Machiavelli , as Francesco della Caza was taken ill ...
... remained in Florence three months , following the king and his court to Montargis , Melun , Plenis , and Tours . They were faithful and indus- trious in their duties , more especially Machiavelli , as Francesco della Caza was taken ill ...
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... remained un- shaken , and his noble power of patient endurance baffled the snares of his adversaries and wearied their malignity . From his prison of Le Stinche , he wrote a sonnet to Giuliano de Medici , who was then governor of ...
... remained un- shaken , and his noble power of patient endurance baffled the snares of his adversaries and wearied their malignity . From his prison of Le Stinche , he wrote a sonnet to Giuliano de Medici , who was then governor of ...
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... like his , and the intervals of severe labour were partly filled up with the com- position of his Comedies , Translations , and various lighter pieces , both ir prose and verse . But many moments still remained , xvi MEMOIR OF MACHIAVELLI .
... like his , and the intervals of severe labour were partly filled up with the com- position of his Comedies , Translations , and various lighter pieces , both ir prose and verse . But many moments still remained , xvi MEMOIR OF MACHIAVELLI .
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... remained , which for a mind that sought relief in a variation of duties rather than in actual repose , were wearisome blanks in existence . In such moments his spirit seemed to break , and his fortitude to forsake him , and it is ...
... remained , which for a mind that sought relief in a variation of duties rather than in actual repose , were wearisome blanks in existence . In such moments his spirit seemed to break , and his fortitude to forsake him , and it is ...
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... remained wholly unguarded , whilst Bourbon entered 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 ...
... remained wholly unguarded , whilst Bourbon entered 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 ...
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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.