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... called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , in the skill with which , like his ...
... called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , in the skill with which , like his ...
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... called forth by the exigencies of the time , nor that of a bold fanatic grasping at power , which in wielding he learned to wield . Savonarola had profoundly studied the principles of government . These questions had not been avoided in ...
... called forth by the exigencies of the time , nor that of a bold fanatic grasping at power , which in wielding he learned to wield . Savonarola had profoundly studied the principles of government . These questions had not been avoided in ...
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... called the trial of the six beans ( sei feve ) . The Signory was supreme , under the control of the Great Council . There was a second council of eighty ( the richiesti ) ; a senate which advised the Signory , drew up the laws to be ...
... called the trial of the six beans ( sei feve ) . The Signory was supreme , under the control of the Great Council . There was a second council of eighty ( the richiesti ) ; a senate which advised the Signory , drew up the laws to be ...
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... called their own liberties , but which in fact was an iron spiritual tyranny , they had been demagogues to whom history might pay the highest honour . Yet was not Savonarola himself without some apprehension of this unnatural position ...
... called their own liberties , but which in fact was an iron spiritual tyranny , they had been demagogues to whom history might pay the highest honour . Yet was not Savonarola himself without some apprehension of this unnatural position ...
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... called , but few chosen . Few heard Christ and his apostles . The many persecuted them . ' ' He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle ...
... called , but few chosen . Few heard Christ and his apostles . The many persecuted them . ' ' He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle ...
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