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... Popularity , and something concerning False Reputations 43 - CHAPTER VIII . Concerning Interviews 49 CHAPTER IX . Concerning the Conscience of a Statesman 60 CHAPTER X. Concerning the Age at which a Statesman should marry , and what ...
... Popularity , and something concerning False Reputations 43 - CHAPTER VIII . Concerning Interviews 49 CHAPTER IX . Concerning the Conscience of a Statesman 60 CHAPTER X. Concerning the Age at which a Statesman should marry , and what ...
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... popular maxims . With respect to ornament and figures of speech , it is to be observed that all language what- soever carries metaphor within it ; though much that is metaphorical may not be cognis- ably so to those who do not probe and ...
... popular maxims . With respect to ornament and figures of speech , it is to be observed that all language what- soever carries metaphor within it ; though much that is metaphorical may not be cognis- ably so to those who do not probe and ...
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Sir Henry Taylor. CHAPTER VII . ON THE INFERENCES OF MERIT OR DEMERIT FROM POPULARITY , AND SOMETHING CONCERN- ING FALSE REPUTATIONS . POPULARITY ( I speak of social and personal not political popularity ) till it be traced to its ...
Sir Henry Taylor. CHAPTER VII . ON THE INFERENCES OF MERIT OR DEMERIT FROM POPULARITY , AND SOMETHING CONCERN- ING FALSE REPUTATIONS . POPULARITY ( I speak of social and personal not political popularity ) till it be traced to its ...
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... popular humility is much the same with that which Machiavelli ascribes to the Romish Church in his time- - the doctrine , " come รจ male del male dir male . " There is a better doctrine which teaches that men are not only the subjects ...
... popular humility is much the same with that which Machiavelli ascribes to the Romish Church in his time- - the doctrine , " come รจ male del male dir male . " There is a better doctrine which teaches that men are not only the subjects ...
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... Popularity is commonly obtained by a dereliction of the duties of censure under a pre- text of humility . There are other ways in which statesmen may obtain popularity , which are not better . Easiness of access contributes greatly to a ...
... Popularity is commonly obtained by a dereliction of the duties of censure under a pre- text of humility . There are other ways in which statesmen may obtain popularity , which are not better . Easiness of access contributes greatly to a ...
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