The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 1T. Cadell, 1827 |
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Page 484 - Funesta dote d' infiniti guai, Che in fronte scritti per gran doglia porte ; Deh, fossi tu men bella, o almen più forte, Onde assai più ti paventasse, o assai T...
Page 64 - Arcadia" of Sanazzaro had never been written, his sonnets and lyric pieces would have secured to him the distinction of one of the chief poets that Italy has produced. It has, indeed, been supposed that if the increasing celebrity of Pietro Bembo had not deprived Sanazzaro of the hope of being considered as the principal restorer of Italian literature, he would have pursued that object with still greater energy and...
Page 349 - A jEt.28 ing his spiritual power on every occasion subservient to his temporal interests ; and he might have adopted as his emblem, that of the ancient Jupiter, which exhibits the lightning in the grasp of a ferocious eagle...
Page 8 - NOTE 2, (p. 4.)—The donation of Constantino is humorously but boldly placed by Ariosto among the trumpery which, being lost on earth, was found by Astolfo stored up in the moon ; the prayers of the wicked, the sighs of lovers, the crowns of forgotten sovereigns, and the verses written in praise of great men. " Di varj fiori ad un gran monte passa, Ch'ebbe gia buono odore, or puzza forte; Questo era il dono, se peto dir lece, Che Costantino al buon Silvestro fece.
Page xxxvii - Barbara, or Baccio Ugolini. For the sake of uniformity, it is surely desirable that every writer should conform as much as possible to some general rule, which can only be found by a reference of every proper name to the .standard of its proper country. This method would not only avoid the incongruities before mentioned, but would be productive of positive advantages, as it would in general point out the nation of the person spoken of, without the necessity of further indication.
Page 146 - From all parts of his dominions, his subjects of every rank voluntarily presented themselves to share his honours, or to partake his dangers; and, including some bands of mercenaries, he found himself in a short time at the head of an army, the numbers of which have been very differently estimated, but at the time of his departure, it could not, in its different detachments, have consisted of less than fifty thousand men. Before Charles could, however, engage with any reasonable degree of safety...
Page 349 - Vendit Alexander claves, altaria, Christum. [ Emerat ille prius ; vendere jure potest. De vitio in vitium, de flamma transit in ignem ; Roma sub Hispano deperit imperio. • Sextus Tarquinius, Sextus Nero, Sextus et iste ; ) Semper sub Sextis perdita Roma fuit.
Page 348 - Inordinate in his ambition, insatiable in his avarice and his lust, inexorable in his cruelty, and boundless in his rapacity, almost every crime that can disgrace humanity is attributed to him without hesitation by writers whose works are published under the sanction of the Roman Church. He is also accused of having introduced into his territories the detestable practice of searching for state offences by means of secret informers,— a system fatal to the liberty and happiness of every country that...
Page xxxv - Andre de la Vigne, which are in fact little more than versified annals of the events of the times ; but, in general, I have not adduced such extracts as evidences of facts, but for a purpose wholly different. To those who are pleased in tracing the emotions and passions of the human mind in all ages, nothing can be more gratifying than to be informed of the mode of thinking of the public at large, at interesting periods, and in important situations. Whilst war and desolation stalk over a country,...
Page 89 - Ahi lasso! quando ebbi al pegàseo melo 155 l'età disposta, che le fresche guancie non si vedeano ancor fiorir d'un pelo, mio padre mi cacciò con spiedi e lancie, non che con sproni, a volger testi e chiose, e me occupò cinque anni in quelle ciancie.