马基雅维利奉献的开场白让人回想起希腊修辞学家伊索卡特（Isocrates）组成的经典演说《尼科莱斯》。

The opening lines of Machiavelli’sdedication recall the classical oration To Nicoles composed by the Greek rhetorician Isocrates.

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白莱亚·曼斯矗立在公路旁边。这是个年代比较古老的地方，早在公路开辟以前就已建造起来了。

Briarmains stood near the highway. It was rather an old place, and had been built ere that highway was cut.

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