The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth: In six volumesJ. M'Creery, 1806 |
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... Parma -The duke of Ferrara joins the French- The cardinal Giulio de ' Medici legate to the allied army - The Swiss in the service of France desert to the enemy - The allies pass the Adda - Capture of Milan - The allies at- tack the duke ...
... Parma -The duke of Ferrara joins the French- The cardinal Giulio de ' Medici legate to the allied army - The Swiss in the service of France desert to the enemy - The allies pass the Adda - Capture of Milan - The allies at- tack the duke ...
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... Parma and Piacenza should again be united to the dominions of the church ; that the emperor should support the claims of the pope on the Ferrarese ; and that he should confer on Alessandro de ' Medici the illegi- timate son of Lorenzo ...
... Parma and Piacenza should again be united to the dominions of the church ; that the emperor should support the claims of the pope on the Ferrarese ; and that he should confer on Alessandro de ' Medici the illegi- timate son of Lorenzo ...
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... de Foix , until they should restore the cities of Parma and ( a ) Guicciard . lib . xiv . vol . ii . p . 180. Murator . Annal . vol . x . p . 147 . CHAP . and Piacenza to the authority of the holy LEO THE TENTH . 413.
... de Foix , until they should restore the cities of Parma and ( a ) Guicciard . lib . xiv . vol . ii . p . 180. Murator . Annal . vol . x . p . 147 . CHAP . and Piacenza to the authority of the holy LEO THE TENTH . 413.
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... Parma . Francis I. Italian pos- These formidable proceedings occasioned prepares to great alarm to Francis I. who now began to defend his perceive the effects of his own imprudence in sessions . divesting the pope of Parma and Piacenza ...
... Parma . Francis I. Italian pos- These formidable proceedings occasioned prepares to great alarm to Francis I. who now began to defend his perceive the effects of his own imprudence in sessions . divesting the pope of Parma and Piacenza ...
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... Parma , employed the utmost vigilance in se- curing the city of Milan and the rest of its territory against the expected attack . The allied forces , after various dissensions The allies VOL . IV . E E ( a ) Murator . Annal . vol . x ...
... Parma , employed the utmost vigilance in se- curing the city of Milan and the rest of its territory against the expected attack . The allied forces , after various dissensions The allies VOL . IV . E E ( a ) Murator . Annal . vol . x ...
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Page 9 - Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love, Where only what they needs must do appear'd, Not what they would ? what praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such obedience paid ? When will and reason, reason also is choice, Useless and vain, of freedom both despoil'd, Made passive both, had served necessity, Not me?
Page 73 - So that these four causes concurring, the admiration of ancient authors, the hate of the schoolmen, the exact study of languages, and the efficacy of preaching, did bring in an affectionate study of eloquence and copie of speech, which then began to flourish.
Page 122 - I look upon the revolution there, as one of the most important events in the history of the world.
Page 238 - 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...
Page 73 - This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choicencss 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.
Page 74 - Rhetorician, besides his own books of Periods and Imitation, and the like. 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.
Page 302 - 1 doppio raggio in fronte : Questi e Mose, quando scendea dal monte, E gran parte del Nume avea nel volto. Tal era allor, che le sonante e vaste Acque ei sospese a se d' intorno ; e tale Quando il mar chiuse, e ne fe tomba altrui.
Page 498 - It is not my intention to detract a single particle from the praises due to Leo X. for the services rendered by him to the cause of literature. I shall only remark that the greater part of the Italian princes of this period might with equal right pretend to the same honour ; so that there is no particular reason for conferring on Leo the superiority over all the rest.
Page 238 - ... du tout esteintes au monde ; et, de toutes les actions, pour belles par apparence qu'elles soient d'elles mesmes, il en rejecte la cause à quelque occasion vitieuse ou à quelque profit.
Page 236 - It is 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 fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.