 | 1884 - 550 pages
...learning ; his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London ; and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported in the same vessel." Soon after the death of his grandfather, Lorenzo entered on... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1883 - 638 pages
...learning ; his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported in the same vessel." — Gibbon's Hist. of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 660 pages
...his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and Loodon : and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often...his grandson Lorenzo rendered him not only a patron, in this instance, were worse politicians than the muftis, and that the charm which had bound mankind... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Bibliomania - 1900 - 440 pages
...thus sent him goods too precious to be resold even at a profit. " He corresponded," says Gibbon, " at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported by the same vessel." The Bodleian started with a collection which had cost Sir... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 460 pages
...learning ; his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London ; and...in the same vessel. The genius and education of his gnmdson Lorenzo rendered him not only a patron but a judge and candidate in the literary race. In his... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 688 pages
...of learning: his credit was ennobled into fame; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London; and...spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vesse1. The genius and education of his grandson, Lorenzo, rendered him not only a patron, but a judge... | |
 | Mrs. Janet Ann Duff-Gordon Ross - Florence (Italy) - 1905 - 468 pages
...learning ; his credit was ennobled into fame; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported in the same vessel." A liberal and discerning patron to artists and men of letters,... | |
 | Edward Hutton - Art - 1908 - 538 pages
...learning ; his credit was ennobled with fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported in the same vessel." While Burckhardt, the most discerning critic of the civilisation... | |
 | Samuel Furman Hunt - History - 1908 - 528 pages
...agents, who sent him goods too precious to be resold even at a profit. "He corresponded," says Gibbon, "at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported by the same vessel." The founders and patrons of libraries deserve, and will receive,... | |
 | Samuel Furman Hunt - History - 1908 - 530 pages
...sent him goods too precious to be resold even at a profit. "He corresponded," says Gibbon, "at onoe with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported by the same vessel." The founders and patrons of libraries deserve, and will receive,... | |
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Medicis was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning: his credit was ennobled into fame; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London... 
