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... Barons of Rome Family of Leo the Jew The Colonna And Urfini Their hereditary Feuds • CHA P. LXX . Character and Coronation of Petrarch . - · 102 103 • 105 • 106 · 107 · 109 • III · I 12 113 114 · 117 118 ' Reftoration of the Freedom and ...
... Barons of Rome Family of Leo the Jew The Colonna And Urfini Their hereditary Feuds • CHA P. LXX . Character and Coronation of Petrarch . - · 102 103 • 105 • 106 · 107 · 109 • III · I 12 113 114 · 117 118 ' Reftoration of the Freedom and ...
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... barons and knights of the affembly ; they fwore to God , the Virgin , the ladies , and the pheasant ; and their particular vows were not lefs extravagant than the general fanction of their oath . But the per formance was made to depend ...
... barons and knights of the affembly ; they fwore to God , the Virgin , the ladies , and the pheasant ; and their particular vows were not lefs extravagant than the general fanction of their oath . But the per formance was made to depend ...
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... baron , burst into the affembly furious and in arms : the cardinals were ftripped , beaten , and trampled under foot ; and he feized , without pity or refpect , the vicar of Chrift by the throat , Gelafius was dragged by his hair along ...
... baron , burst into the affembly furious and in arms : the cardinals were ftripped , beaten , and trampled under foot ; and he feized , without pity or refpect , the vicar of Chrift by the throat , Gelafius was dragged by his hair along ...
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... barons the tyrants , of the state ; nor would the enemies of ' peace and order , who infulted the vicar of Chrift , have long refpected the unarmed fanctity of a plebeian magiftrate " . In the revolution of the twelfth century , which ...
... barons the tyrants , of the state ; nor would the enemies of ' peace and order , who infulted the vicar of Chrift , have long refpected the unarmed fanctity of a plebeian magiftrate " . In the revolution of the twelfth century , which ...
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... barons affumed a lawless independence , and the cities too faithfully copied the revolt and difcord of the metropolis . In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , the Romans inceffantly laboured to reduce or deftroy the contumacious ...
... barons affumed a lawless independence , and the cities too faithfully copied the revolt and difcord of the metropolis . In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , the Romans inceffantly laboured to reduce or deftroy the contumacious ...
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Page 41 - The cries of fear and of pain were drowned in the martial music of drums, trumpets, and attaballs; and experience has proved that the mechanical operation of sounds, by quickening the circulation of the blood and spirits, will act on the human machine more forcibly than the eloquence of reason and honour.
Page 121 - ... the eyes of Petrarch, and those of his graver contemporaries, his love was a sin, and Italian verse a frivolous amusement. His Latin works of philosophy, poetry, and eloquence established his serious reputation, which was soon diffused from Avignon over France and Italy; his friends and disciples were multiplied in every city; and, if the ponderous volume of his writings be now abandoned to a long repose, our gratitude must applaud the man who by precept and example revived the spirit and study...
Page 39 - They wept, they embraced ; regardless of their families and fortunes, they devoted their lives ; and each commander, departing to his station, maintained, all night, a vigilant and anxious watch on the rampart. The Emperor, and some faithful companions, entered the dome of St. Sophia, which, in a few hours, was to be converted into a mosque, and devoutly received, with tears and prayers, the sacrament of the holy communion.
Page 35 - After a siege of forty days, the fate of Constantinople could no longer be averted. The diminutive garrison was exhausted by a double attack: the fortifications, which had stood for ages against hostile violence, were dismantled on all sides by the Ottoman cannon: many breaches were opened; and near the gate of St. Romanus, four towers had been levelled with the ground. For the payment of his feeble and mutinous troops, Constantine was...
Page 39 - In the confusion of darkness an assailant may sometimes succeed ; but in this great and general attack, the military judgment and astrological knowledge of Mahomet advised him to expect the morning, the memorable twenty-ninth of May, in the fourteen hundred and fifty-third year of the Christian era.
Page 41 - Romania were successively led to the charge ; their progress was various and doubtful; but, after a conflict of two hours, the Greeks still maintained and improved their advantage; and the voice of the emperor was heard, encouraging his soldiers to achieve, by a last effort, the deliverance of their country. In that fatal moment, the janizaries arose, fresh, vigorous, and invincible. The sultan himself on horseback, with an iron mace in his hand, was the spectator and judge of their...
Page 41 - From the lines, the galleys, and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides ; and the camp and city, the Greeks and the Turks, were involved in a cloud of smoke, which could only be dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman Empire.
Page 137 - Nicholas, severe and merciful ; deliverer of Rome ; defender of Italy ; friend of mankind, and of liberty, peace, and justice ; tribune august...
Page 44 - Greeks fled towards the city; and many were pressed and stifled in the narrow pass of the gate of St. Romanus. The victorious Turks rushed through the breaches of the inner wall; and as they advanced into the streets, they were soon joined by their brethren, who had forced the gate Phenar on the side of the harbour. In the first heat of the pursuit, about two thousand Christians were put to the sword...
Page 41 - His numerous ministers of justice were posted behind the line, to urge, to restrain, and to punish; and if danger was in the front, shame and inevitable death were in the rear, of the fugitives. The cries of fear and of pain were drowned in the martial music of drums, trumpets, and...