Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal: Three Distinguished Political Adventurers of the Last Century. Exhibiting a View of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal During a Considerable Portion of that Period |
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... arrived . No one excelled him in vivacity and buffoonery , and seemed intended by nature for what Monsignor Barni wanted . He became a constant guest at his table , and was thought the most droll and diverting of men . To recompense him ...
... arrived . No one excelled him in vivacity and buffoonery , and seemed intended by nature for what Monsignor Barni wanted . He became a constant guest at his table , and was thought the most droll and diverting of men . To recompense him ...
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... arrived . No one excelled him in vivacity and buffoonery , and seemed intended by nature for what Monsignor Barni wanted . He became a constant guest at his table , and was thought the most droll and diverting of men . To recompense him ...
... arrived . No one excelled him in vivacity and buffoonery , and seemed intended by nature for what Monsignor Barni wanted . He became a constant guest at his table , and was thought the most droll and diverting of men . To recompense him ...
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... arrival in Italy , he had to treat with the petty princes , whose territories were exposed to the inroads of the hostile armies . All would have wished to have been respected as neutral ; but in the collision of the powerful , the ...
... arrival in Italy , he had to treat with the petty princes , whose territories were exposed to the inroads of the hostile armies . All would have wished to have been respected as neutral ; but in the collision of the powerful , the ...
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... arrived ; and determined to improve it . † * He was actually on his close - stool . At the conclusion he exhibited himself in a way , which produced the burlesque exclamation of Alberoni , " Ah culo di Angelo ! " + Another account is ...
... arrived ; and determined to improve it . † * He was actually on his close - stool . At the conclusion he exhibited himself in a way , which produced the burlesque exclamation of Alberoni , " Ah culo di Angelo ! " + Another account is ...
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... arrival of Alberoni . He immediately laid down for himself the plan of conduct he was to pursue ; to examine every part of the scene with attention , discover the leading weaknesses of the principal actors , and manage them to his own ...
... arrival of Alberoni . He immediately laid down for himself the plan of conduct he was to pursue ; to examine every part of the scene with attention , discover the leading weaknesses of the principal actors , and manage them to his own ...
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Page 23 - At the end of the seventeenth, and beginning of the eighteenth centuries...
Page 432 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 432 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 433 - And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Page 424 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come ' forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. For out ' of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, thefts, false ' witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a ' man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a
Page 434 - Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Page 402 - Attendite a falsis prophetis, qui veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium, intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces : a fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos.
Page 422 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Page 435 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 46 - ... and promifed on my part therein, I give again the pledge of my faith, and royal word, and I fwear folemnly by the gofpels contained in this...