The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Volume 1G. Bell, 1906 |
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... means by which he pursued them . Yet man is not less inconsistent in his faults and errors than in his virtues , and thus , even the utilitarian Commines is unable to survey the revolutions in which he so largely participated without an ...
... means by which he pursued them . Yet man is not less inconsistent in his faults and errors than in his virtues , and thus , even the utilitarian Commines is unable to survey the revolutions in which he so largely participated without an ...
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... means of acquiring influence over the mind of the duke , or because daily communications between two persons not separated by any great difference of age naturally led to this result . The influence to which we refer , and which we have ...
... means of acquiring influence over the mind of the duke , or because daily communications between two persons not separated by any great difference of age naturally led to this result . The influence to which we refer , and which we have ...
Page xiv
... means of safety whose effi- cacy was well known to him : now , gold was of no further avail ; he must bow his royal head . Numerous propositions of a humiliating character were about to be made to him ; he would have to accept them all ...
... means of safety whose effi- cacy was well known to him : now , gold was of no further avail ; he must bow his royal head . Numerous propositions of a humiliating character were about to be made to him ; he would have to accept them all ...
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... means of attraction ; of all contemporary princes , he was the one " who most laboured to gain any man who was able to serve or injure him . And he was never diverted from his purpose by being once refused by any man whom he was ...
... means of attraction ; of all contemporary princes , he was the one " who most laboured to gain any man who was able to serve or injure him . And he was never diverted from his purpose by being once refused by any man whom he was ...
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... means of honourably maintaining his rank ; " he was also rewarded with the office of captain of the castle and donjon of the town of Chinon ; and , finally , he was presented with the rich principality of Talmont , the importance of ...
... means of honourably maintaining his rank ; " he was also rewarded with the office of captain of the castle and donjon of the town of Chinon ; and , finally , he was presented with the rich principality of Talmont , the importance of ...
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