The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 4J. McCreery, 1806 |
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... caused to be translated and read to him . Thus is the world destined to pay the penalty of its blind admiration of those whom it dignifies with the name of heroes . At some times it was supposed that the island of Rhodes , and the ...
... caused to be translated and read to him . Thus is the world destined to pay the penalty of its blind admiration of those whom it dignifies with the name of heroes . At some times it was supposed that the island of Rhodes , and the ...
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... cause , and the different sovereigns of Europe for the ardour which they had already manifested in its support . General plan of an offen- Leo was , however , well aware , that the suc- sive alliance cess of his undertaking was not to ...
... cause , and the different sovereigns of Europe for the ardour which they had already manifested in its support . General plan of an offen- Leo was , however , well aware , that the suc- sive alliance cess of his undertaking was not to ...
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... cause , should concur in carrying on a distant and offensive war ? After the instances which had been exhibited since the commencement of the century , of restless am- bition , unprovoked aggression , the overturning of states and ...
... cause , should concur in carrying on a distant and offensive war ? After the instances which had been exhibited since the commencement of the century , of restless am- bition , unprovoked aggression , the overturning of states and ...
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... cause , events occurred , both in the eastern and western world , which changed the aspect of publick affairs , and afforded even Leo himself sufficient employment in other quarters . of Lorenze with Made- laine de la Tour . If however ...
... cause , events occurred , both in the eastern and western world , which changed the aspect of publick affairs , and afforded even Leo himself sufficient employment in other quarters . of Lorenze with Made- laine de la Tour . If however ...
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... Tour , afforded an additional cause of exultation , and the king and the pontiff vied with each other in bestow- ing their favours on both the husband and the bride . On But CHA P. On the part of the king , OF LEO THE TENTH . 19.
... Tour , afforded an additional cause of exultation , and the king and the pontiff vied with each other in bestow- ing their favours on both the husband and the bride . On But CHA P. On the part of the king , OF LEO THE TENTH . 19.
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Página 108 - This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Página 108 - Then did Car of Cambridge, and Ascham, with their lectures and writings, almost deify Cicero and Demosthenes, and allure all young men that were studious unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing echo; Decem annos consumpsi in legendo Cicerone, and the echo answered in Greek, one, Asine.
Página 146 - I look upon the revolution there, as one of the most important events in the history of the world.
Página 244 - J'ay aussi remerqué cecy, que de tant d'âmes et effects qu'il juge, de tant de mouvemens et conseils, il n'en rapporte jamais un seul à la vertu, religion et conscience, comme si ces parties là estoyent du tout esteintes au monde...
Página 85 - I am descended from a long line of Christian emperors of this noble German nation, and of the Catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy. They were all faithful to the death to the Church of Rome, and they defended the Catholic faith and the honor of God.
Página 418 - ... be compared to him. He would indeed have been a perfect pontiff, if to these accomplishments he had united some knowledge in matters of religion, and a greater inclination to piety, to neither of which he appeared to pay any great attention.
Página 242 - We have finished the twentieth, and last book of Guicciardini's History, the most authentic, I believe (may I add, I fear) that ever was composed. I believe it, because the historian was an actor in his terrible drama, and personally knew the principal performers in it ; and I fear it, because it exhibits the woeful picture of society in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Página 326 - Academy ; who denominates him " the most superficial artist, and the most abandoned mannerist of his time, but the most acute observer of men, and the most dexterous flatterer of princes. He overwhelmed the palaces of the Medici and the popes, the convents and churches of Italy, with a deluge of mediocrity, commended by rapidity and shameless bravura of hand.
Página 84 - ... as equivocal, from the uncertainty of their effects on the life and conduct of those who embrace them; or as unintelligible, being totally beyond the limits and comprehension of human reason; but all parties must unite in admiring and venerating the man, who, undaunted and alone, could stand before such an assembly, and vindicate, with unshaken courage, what he conceived to be the cause of religion, of liberty, and of truth; fearless of any reproaches but those of his own conscience, or of any...
Página 257 - Pomponazzo; but devoting himself to a military life, he served under the emperor Maximilian. He afterwards engaged in the service of Julius II. and was employed in several important negotiations. Returning to Ferrara, he obtained the particular favour of the family of Este, and was chosen to accompany the cardinal Ippolito on his journey into Hungary. About the year 1520 he was appointed professor of...