The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1846 - Papacy |
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Page 475 - Gods name leave off our attempts against the Terra firma. The natural Situation of Islands seems not to sort with Conquests in that Kind. England alone is a just Empire. Or when we would enlarge ourselves let it be that way we can, and to which it seems the eternal Providence hath destined us, which is by Sea.
Page 355 - We have been accustomed, he says, "even from our early years, to think that nothing more excellent or more useful has been given by the Creator to mankind, if we except only the knowledge and true worship of Himself, than these studies, which not only lead to the ornament and guidance of human life, but are applicable and useful to every particular situation ; in adversity consolatory, in prosperity pleasing and honourable ; insomuch, that without them we should be deprived of all the grace of life...
Page 193 - Alexander were accompanied, although not compensated, by many.great qualities, which in the consideration of his character ought not to be passed over in silence.* Nor, if this were not the fact, would it be possible to account for the peculiar good fortune which attended him to the latest period of his life, or for the singular circumstance recorded of him, that during his whole pontificate no popular tumult ever endangered his authority, or disturbed his repose.
Page 192 - His vices as an individual, although not so injurious to the world, are represented as yet more disgusting; and the records of his court afford repeated instances of a depravity of morals, inexcusable in any station, but abominable in one of his high rank and sacred office.
Page 5 - ... Attila; the beneficence, candour, and pastoral attention of Gregory I., unjustly charged with being the adversary of liberal studies; the various acquirements of Silvester II., so extraordinary in the eyes of his contemporaries, as to cause him to be considered as a sorcerer; the industry, acuteness, and learning of Innocent III., of Gregory IX., of Innocent IV., and of Pius II.; and the munificence and love of literature so strikingly displayed in the character of Nicholas V.
Page 443 - Liberata were inscribed in everlasting characters under the eye of the First and Second Alphonso. In a period of near three thousand years, five great epic poets have arisen in the world, and it is a singular prerogative that two of the five should be claimed as their own by a short age and a petty state.
Page 422 - They threaten in degrading chains to bind Thy sons, and banish the REDEEMER'S name; But let them first thy ready vengeance find; On ASIA'S shores let warlike myriads gleam. There let the GAUL, in mailed armour bright, Spur his proud steed, conspicuous from afar ; HELVETIA'S sons, on foot who urge the fight, Sweep o'er the field, a sable cloud of war, And they who joy to wield the glittering spear, The bold IBERIANS, shall the battle grace; GERMANIA'S giant offspring too be there...
Page 207 - Courageous, munificent, eloquent, and accomplished in all the exercises of arts and arms, he raised an admiration of his endowments which kept pace with and counterbalanced the abhorrence excited by his crimes.
Page 15 - Libra del Cortegiano, in which he is introduced as one of the interlocutors. Nor did he neglect his literary studies, of which he gave a sufficient proof in his celebrated comedy, La Calandra,. which although not, as some have asserted, the earliest comedy which modern times have produced, deservedly obtained great reputation for its author, and merits, even at this day, no small share of approbation. The high rank which Bernardo obtained in the church, and the distinguished part which he acted in...
Page 401 - The marriage of Lucretia with Alfonso of Este was celebrated in a Latin epithalamium by Ariosto; but this may be considered as one of those complimentary tributes, which a youthful poet would be proud to pay to his prince. If, however, the moral character of the bride had been so notoriously disgraceful as to render her an object of abhorrence, it is scarcely to be supposed that Ariosto would have had the effrontery, or the absurdity, to represent her, as " rivalling in the decorum of her manners,...