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... described Cesare as a prince who governs for himself . " In another place he speaks of him as a man without compassion , rebellious to Christ , a basilisk , a hydra , deserving of the most wretched end . " Yet for this picturesque ...
... described Cesare as a prince who governs for himself . " In another place he speaks of him as a man without compassion , rebellious to Christ , a basilisk , a hydra , deserving of the most wretched end . " Yet for this picturesque ...
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... described it as " declamatory in tone , tedious in action , and commonplace in character . " In England Voltaire met the Walpoles , Bolingbroke , Congreve , and Pope . He studied English life minutely . In his letters to France he described ...
... described it as " declamatory in tone , tedious in action , and commonplace in character . " In England Voltaire met the Walpoles , Bolingbroke , Congreve , and Pope . He studied English life minutely . In his letters to France he described ...
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... described the book as An Arabian Entertainment . 66 Farina , aptly described as a full - blooded specimen of the nonsense of genius , " a contrast between asceticism and the realisation of the joy of life , was published in 1857 , to be ...
... described the book as An Arabian Entertainment . 66 Farina , aptly described as a full - blooded specimen of the nonsense of genius , " a contrast between asceticism and the realisation of the joy of life , was published in 1857 , to be ...
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