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... Italian : § in 1619 , in French : || in 1621 , in Italian , ¶ and in French . ** Since Lord Bacon's death , the press has abounded with editions . In some of these editions the editors have substituted their own translations of the ...
... Italian : § in 1619 , in French : || in 1621 , in Italian , ¶ and in French . ** Since Lord Bacon's death , the press has abounded with editions . In some of these editions the editors have substituted their own translations of the ...
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... Italians make little difference between children and nephews , or near kinsfolks ; but so they be of the lump , they care not , though they pass not through their own body ; and , to say truth , in nature it is much a like matter ...
... Italians make little difference between children and nephews , or near kinsfolks ; but so they be of the lump , they care not , though they pass not through their own body ; and , to say truth , in nature it is much a like matter ...
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... Italians have an ungracious proverb , " Tanto buon che val " niente ; " " So good , that he is good for nothing : " and one of the doctors of Italy , Nicholas Machiavel , had the confidence to put in writing , almost in plain 66 terms ...
... Italians have an ungracious proverb , " Tanto buon che val " niente ; " " So good , that he is good for nothing : " and one of the doctors of Italy , Nicholas Machiavel , had the confidence to put in writing , almost in plain 66 terms ...
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... Italy , ) made between Fer- dinando , king of Naples , Lorenzius Medicis , and Ludovicus Sforsa , potentates , the one of Florence , the other of Milan . Neither is the opinion of some of the schoolmen to be received , that a war cannot ...
... Italy , ) made between Fer- dinando , king of Naples , Lorenzius Medicis , and Ludovicus Sforsa , potentates , the one of Florence , the other of Milan . Neither is the opinion of some of the schoolmen to be received , that a war cannot ...
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... Italy , and practice of France , in some kings ' times , hath introduced cabinet councils ; a remedy worse than the disease . As to secrecy , princes , are not bound to commu- nicate all matters with all counsellors , but may ex- tract ...
... Italy , and practice of France , in some kings ' times , hath introduced cabinet councils ; a remedy worse than the disease . As to secrecy , princes , are not bound to commu- nicate all matters with all counsellors , but may ex- tract ...
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