recognising-at

Updated: June 9, 2025

To seek relief from the necessity of recognising-at least in the sense of similitude, according to the subtlety of Bentivoglio the freedom of the provinces, simply by running the pen through the most important line of a most important document, was diplomacy in its dotage.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

To seek relief from the necessity of recognising-at least in the sense of similitude, according to the subtlety of Bentivoglio the freedom of the provinces, simply by running the pen through the most important line of a most important document, was diplomacy in its dotage.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609)

To seek relief from the necessity of recognising-at least in the sense of similitude, according to the subtlety of Bentivoglio the freedom of the provinces, simply by running the pen through the most important line of a most important document, was diplomacy in its dotage.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete