The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 4J. McCreery, 1806 |
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... less distinguished by the instances of mutual kindness which the pontiff and the monarch mani- fested towards each other , and which they fortu- nately found the means of evincing , not at their own expense , but at that of their ...
... less distinguished by the instances of mutual kindness which the pontiff and the monarch mani- fested towards each other , and which they fortu- nately found the means of evincing , not at their own expense , but at that of their ...
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... less striking in their contemplation , nor less important in their consequences , than those which have before engaged our attention . Charles , the young king of Spain , had already turned his attention to the securing and uniting in ...
... less striking in their contemplation , nor less important in their consequences , than those which have before engaged our attention . Charles , the young king of Spain , had already turned his attention to the securing and uniting in ...
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... less to manifest a de- cided hostility to both . Thus situated , he had recourse to a project , which , if it had been exe- cuted by his agents with a degree of ability equal to ecclesiastical electors , and the elector palatine met ...
... less to manifest a de- cided hostility to both . Thus situated , he had recourse to a project , which , if it had been exe- cuted by his agents with a degree of ability equal to ecclesiastical electors , and the elector palatine met ...
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... less by a similarity and participation of misfortunes , than by the ties of blood , and it was now generally expect- ed that the pontiff having no equal object of his partiality , would consult only the dignity of his own character ...
... less by a similarity and participation of misfortunes , than by the ties of blood , and it was now generally expect- ed that the pontiff having no equal object of his partiality , would consult only the dignity of his own character ...
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... less of all brothels , the kingdom of sin , of death " and of hell ; the wickedness of which not Anti- " christ himself could conceive . " In the mean time you , O Leo , sit like a lamb " amidst wolves , and live like Daniel amidst the ...
... less of all brothels , the kingdom of sin , of death " and of hell ; the wickedness of which not Anti- " christ himself could conceive . " In the mean time you , O Leo , sit like a lamb " amidst wolves , and live like Daniel amidst the ...
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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...