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... whole of The Prince ' is written , than by ex- tracting the chapter in which Cæsar Borgia is pretended to be held forth as a model to tyrants . ' Chapter 7. Of new principalities acquired by fortune or by the arms of others . ' " Those ...
... whole of The Prince ' is written , than by ex- tracting the chapter in which Cæsar Borgia is pretended to be held forth as a model to tyrants . ' Chapter 7. Of new principalities acquired by fortune or by the arms of others . ' " Those ...
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... whole progress of the duke will see what great foundations he laid for future power . I do not think it at all irrelevant or superfluous to enter into the detail of his actions ; for I know not how better to instruct a PRINCE than by ...
... whole progress of the duke will see what great foundations he laid for future power . I do not think it at all irrelevant or superfluous to enter into the detail of his actions ; for I know not how better to instruct a PRINCE than by ...
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... whole country teemed with robbers , feuds , and every species of anarchy necessarily consequent on a weak ad- ministration . In order to restore peace to this distracted country and to render it obedient to the arms of the monarch , he ...
... whole country teemed with robbers , feuds , and every species of anarchy necessarily consequent on a weak ad- ministration . In order to restore peace to this distracted country and to render it obedient to the arms of the monarch , he ...
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ways : first , by exterminating the whole race of those princes whose do- minions he had seized , in order that the future pope might have no appeal made for his interference . Secondly , by gaining over all the principal men of Rome ...
ways : first , by exterminating the whole race of those princes whose do- minions he had seized , in order that the future pope might have no appeal made for his interference . Secondly , by gaining over all the principal men of Rome ...
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... whole work . To accuse its author of seriously recommending tyranny , would be as absurd as to say that Swift was serious in his advice to servants . The fact is , that Machiavel says , what princes do , not what they ought to do ; he ...
... whole work . To accuse its author of seriously recommending tyranny , would be as absurd as to say that Swift was serious in his advice to servants . The fact is , that Machiavel says , what princes do , not what they ought to do ; he ...
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Page 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Page 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Page 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Page 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Page 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Page 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Page 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Page 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Page 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Page 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...