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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... interests ! My pen was conducted to them by an in- voluntary impulse . If this shall not be deemed an excuse , let it be regarded only as the exposition of a fact . It is the work of a hungry French writer , of the name of Maubert , who ...
... interests ! My pen was conducted to them by an in- voluntary impulse . If this shall not be deemed an excuse , let it be regarded only as the exposition of a fact . It is the work of a hungry French writer , of the name of Maubert , who ...
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... interest which he once created , the various passions which he once excited . Confined , by the rank which his country held in the scale of nations , to a circumscribed sphere of action , he notwith- standing connected himself with ...
... interest which he once created , the various passions which he once excited . Confined , by the rank which his country held in the scale of nations , to a circumscribed sphere of action , he notwith- standing connected himself with ...
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... interest which he might be led to entertain . But the artful Italian had contrived to persuade her , that her singular talents for gain- ing the hearts of men had alone prevailed over the inclination he felt for his benefactor ; and a ...
... interest which he might be led to entertain . But the artful Italian had contrived to persuade her , that her singular talents for gain- ing the hearts of men had alone prevailed over the inclination he felt for his benefactor ; and a ...
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... interest . He contrived to get a foot- ing in the house of the Marquis de Casali , the Parmesan minister . The Marquis having occa- sion soon after to return to his country , left the affairs of the Duke his master , in his hands . He ...
... interest . He contrived to get a foot- ing in the house of the Marquis de Casali , the Parmesan minister . The Marquis having occa- sion soon after to return to his country , left the affairs of the Duke his master , in his hands . He ...
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... - tion . His latter days were passed in depression and in His former prosperity tormented him by the recollection . He found nothing to interest or sorrow . amuse him . * His ears were deafened by the 46 LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI .
... - tion . His latter days were passed in depression and in His former prosperity tormented him by the recollection . He found nothing to interest or sorrow . amuse him . * His ears were deafened by the 46 LIFE OF CARDINAL ALBERONI .
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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...