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... papacy , begun by Pepin , and completed by Charlemagne : the empire formed by the latter prince then threw off on the one side Germany , which connected itself with Italy , and acquired from France the imperial dignity ; and on the ...
... papacy , begun by Pepin , and completed by Charlemagne : the empire formed by the latter prince then threw off on the one side Germany , which connected itself with Italy , and acquired from France the imperial dignity ; and on the ...
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... . 430 · Lecture XXX . Of the history of Italy and Sicily from the year 1308 , to the com- mencement of the papacy of Leo X. in the year 1513 . · • 481 LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN HISTORY . LECTURE XXII lx CONTENTS .
... . 430 · Lecture XXX . Of the history of Italy and Sicily from the year 1308 , to the com- mencement of the papacy of Leo X. in the year 1513 . · • 481 LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN HISTORY . LECTURE XXII lx CONTENTS .
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... papacy and the alienation of the princes were incapable of opposing any considerable difficulty to the project of Urban ; and we may even discover an important con- nection between such a combination of appa- rently unfavourable ...
... papacy and the alienation of the princes were incapable of opposing any considerable difficulty to the project of Urban ; and we may even discover an important con- nection between such a combination of appa- rently unfavourable ...
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... papacy , were accordingly begun neither under the guidance of a pope , nor under that of a sovereign , and therefore tended to establish neither an eccle- siastical , nor a temporal monarchy in Europe ; but being the spontaneous and ...
... papacy , were accordingly begun neither under the guidance of a pope , nor under that of a sovereign , and therefore tended to establish neither an eccle- siastical , nor a temporal monarchy in Europe ; but being the spontaneous and ...
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... papacy with the name of Sylvester II . He did indeed ad- dress a letter in the name of Jerusalem to the whole Christian church , imploring assistance ; that assistance , however which he solicited , seems to have been of a pecuniary ...
... papacy with the name of Sylvester II . He did indeed ad- dress a letter in the name of Jerusalem to the whole Christian church , imploring assistance ; that assistance , however which he solicited , seems to have been of a pecuniary ...
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Page 17 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 264 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 531 - E se ben ti ricordi e vedi lume, vedrai te somigliante a quella inferma che non può trovar posa in su le piume, ma con dar volta suo dolore scherma.
Page 49 - ; nor one who sleeps, nor one who has lost his coat of mail, nor one who is naked, nor one who is disarmed, nor one who looks on without taking part in the fight, nor one who is fighting with another foe...
Page 254 - Multa praeterea de sideribus atque eorum motu, de mundi ac terrarum magnitudine, de rerum natura, de deorum immortalium vi ac potestate, disputant et juventuti tradunt.
Page 254 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant, metu mortis neglecto.
Page 97 - Their poverty extorted from their pride those charters of freedom which unlocked the fetters of the slave, secured the farm of the peasant and the shop of the artificer, and gradually restored a substance and a soul to the most numerous and useful part of the community.
Page 378 - He called him ANTICHRIST, the proud worldly priest of Rome, and the most cursed of clippers and pursekervers.
Page xxvi - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 168 - Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to 6s.