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The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent, Vol. 2(Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent, Vol. 2
The fituation of Italy at this period afforded an ample field for the exercife of political talents. The number of independent fiates of which'it was compofed, the inequality of their firength. The ambitious views'of fome, and the ever active fears of others, kept the whole country in continual agitation and alarm: The vicmlty of thefe fiates to each other, and the narrow bounds of their refpeé'tive dominions, required a promptitude'of decifion in cafes of difagreem'ent, unexampled in any fubfequent period of modern hifiory. Vvhere the event of open war feemed doubtful, private treachery was without fcruple reforted to and where that failed of fuccefs, an appeal was again made to arms. The pontifical fee had itfelfet the example of a mode of conduct that burl't alunder all the bonds of fociety, and operated as a convincing proof that nothing was thought un lawful which appeared to be expedient. To counterpoife all the jarring interefis of thefe different governments, to refirain. The powerful, to fuccour(5)
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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Format: Paperback
Published: 2016
Pages: 334
Publisher: Fb&c Limited
ISBN: 9781334072079
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