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... respects , in a lower and more degraded state ; never were the two great enemies of human happiness - ferocity and sen- suality - so dominant over all classes ; and in those vices Italy , in one sense the model and teacher of the world ...
... respects , in a lower and more degraded state ; never were the two great enemies of human happiness - ferocity and sen- suality - so dominant over all classes ; and in those vices Italy , in one sense the model and teacher of the world ...
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... respects strictly subordinate to his rule , and to the authority of his superiors . In his studies alone he struggled with gentle pertinacity for some freedom , which he at length obtained . He submitted to the common discipline of the ...
... respects strictly subordinate to his rule , and to the authority of his superiors . In his studies alone he struggled with gentle pertinacity for some freedom , which he at length obtained . He submitted to the common discipline of the ...
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... respect a singular illustration of his prescience of his own high powers and destiny , as well as of his simplicity . Ferrara was threatened with war by the Venetians . Most of the Dominicans were ordered by their superior to retire ...
... respect a singular illustration of his prescience of his own high powers and destiny , as well as of his simplicity . Ferrara was threatened with war by the Venetians . Most of the Dominicans were ordered by their superior to retire ...
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... respect . Towards the close of the fifteenth century the Popes had become Italian princes ; their objects were those of the Viscontis or Sforzas of Milan : it might seem their sole aim to found principalities in their houses ; their ...
... respect . Towards the close of the fifteenth century the Popes had become Italian princes ; their objects were those of the Viscontis or Sforzas of Milan : it might seem their sole aim to found principalities in their houses ; their ...
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... respect of his house for the convent of St. Mark . On the walls were now , fresh in all their saintly beauty , the frescoes of Fra Angelico , who in its cells had prayed and painted , painted and prayed ; his prayers no doubt crowded ...
... respect of his house for the convent of St. Mark . On the walls were now , fresh in all their saintly beauty , the frescoes of Fra Angelico , who in its cells had prayed and painted , painted and prayed ; his prayers no doubt crowded ...
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