 | 1861 - 828 Seiten
...in knowing men thoroughly. The character of his policy was rather finesse and prudence than force. There was in Cardinal Richelieu something greater,...derided the other; but both were masters of the state." Mazarin had accumulated during his administration a sum of 40,000,000 livres, equivalent to 200,000,000... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1861 - 804 Seiten
...in knowing men thoroughly." The character of his policy was rather finesse and prudence than force. There was in Cardinal Richelieu something greater,...derided the other; but both were masters of the state." Mazarin had accumulated during his administration a sum of 40,OOO,000 303 MAZZINI 309 livres, equivalent... | |
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was as gentle as Cardinal Richelieu was violent; one of his greatest talents consisted in knowing men thoroughly. The character of his policy was rather finesse and prudence than force. There was in Cardinal Richelieu something greater, vaster, and less... 