Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 315William Blackwood, 1974 - England |
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Page 187
which is normally smoothed over for the casual visitor to Italy and the casual student of Italian affairs : a streak of cruelty , a penchant for doing your neighbour down and ingratiating yourself with the boss . Fascism was only a ...
which is normally smoothed over for the casual visitor to Italy and the casual student of Italian affairs : a streak of cruelty , a penchant for doing your neighbour down and ingratiating yourself with the boss . Fascism was only a ...
Page 259
... Italy that development of cryptography made greatest strides . Ciphers were in regular use for secret work in Venice by 1226 , in Mantua and Modena they were well established by 1305 , and before 1450 all the Italian states had adopted ...
... Italy that development of cryptography made greatest strides . Ciphers were in regular use for secret work in Venice by 1226 , in Mantua and Modena they were well established by 1305 , and before 1450 all the Italian states had adopted ...
Page 260
... Italy , for that country , more than any other , was the birthplace of diplomacy . The diplomatic service , as we recognise it , had its origin in Venice back in the thirteenth century ; Milan came next , posting an ambassador to Genoa ...
... Italy , for that country , more than any other , was the birthplace of diplomacy . The diplomatic service , as we recognise it , had its origin in Venice back in the thirteenth century ; Milan came next , posting an ambassador to Genoa ...
Contents
SECRET DENUNCIATIONS BY LESLIE GARDINER | 186 |
A BRUSH WITH SHOWBIZ BY R HUDSON SMITH | 214 |
SNAKES AND SNIPERS | 256 |
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