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... called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , in the skill with which , like his ...
... called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , in the skill with which , like his ...
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... called forth by the exigencies of the time , nor that of a bold fanatic grasping at power , which in wielding he learned to wield . Savonarola had profoundly studied the principles of government . These questions had not been avoided in ...
... called forth by the exigencies of the time , nor that of a bold fanatic grasping at power , which in wielding he learned to wield . Savonarola had profoundly studied the principles of government . These questions had not been avoided in ...
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... called the trial of the six beans ( sei feve ) . The Signory was supreme , under the control of the Great Council . It was thus shown , on a small There was a second council of eighty ( the richiesti ) ; a senate which advised the ...
... called the trial of the six beans ( sei feve ) . The Signory was supreme , under the control of the Great Council . It was thus shown , on a small There was a second council of eighty ( the richiesti ) ; a senate which advised the ...
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... called their own liberties , but which in fact was an iron spiritual tyranny , they had been demagogues to whom history might pay the highest honour . Yet was not Savonarola himself without some apprehension of this unnatural position ...
... called their own liberties , but which in fact was an iron spiritual tyranny , they had been demagogues to whom history might pay the highest honour . Yet was not Savonarola himself without some apprehension of this unnatural position ...
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... called , but few chosen . Few heard Christ and his apostles . The many persecuted them . ' ' He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle ...
... called , but few chosen . Few heard Christ and his apostles . The many persecuted them . ' ' He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle ...
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Page 120 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 355 - Vergine bella, che di sol vestita, coronata di stelle, al sommo Sole piacesti sì che 'n te sua luce ascose, amor mi spinge a dir di te parole; ma non so 'ncominciar senza tu' aita e di colui ch'amando in te si pose.
Page 116 - Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her withered bays; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head.
Page 357 - Thus, there was a wonder in Heaven; a throne was seen far above all created powers, mediatorial, intercessory, a title archetypal, a crown bright as the morning star, a glory issuing from the eternal throne, robes pure as the heavens, and a sceptre over all.
Page 448 - Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in, Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state ; Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power, Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings ; Or embassies from regions far remote, In various habits, on the Appian road...
Page 452 - ... di faciant, mea ne terra locet ossa frequenti, qua facit assiduo tramite vulgus iter ! post mortem tumuli sic infamantur amantum. me tegat arborea devia terra coma, aut humer ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae : non iuvat in media nomen habere via.
Page 399 - It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Page 20 - It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in his own power.
Page 31 - O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!
Page 449 - Meroe, Nilotic isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea ; From the Asian kings, and Parthian among these, From India and the golden Chersonese, . And utmost Indian isle, Taprobane, Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreathed, From Gallia, Gades, and the British west, Germans and Scythians, and Sarmatians north Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.