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... Head of the Catholic Confederacy Schemes of Sixtus V Lofty Pretensions of the Church Repudiated by the Venetian Republic Sixtus and Henry IV . . Santorio , Cardinal of Sanseverino Disappointed of his Election to the Papacy Clement VIII ...
... Head of the Catholic Confederacy Schemes of Sixtus V Lofty Pretensions of the Church Repudiated by the Venetian Republic Sixtus and Henry IV . . Santorio , Cardinal of Sanseverino Disappointed of his Election to the Papacy Clement VIII ...
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... head of the Christian world , when the holy Savonarola cast his eyes abroad upon that Church , in which he hoped to find the spirit , the sanctity of the Lord and his apostles . The successor of Sixtus IV . was Innocent VIII . ( Cibo ) ...
... head of the Christian world , when the holy Savonarola cast his eyes abroad upon that Church , in which he hoped to find the spirit , the sanctity of the Lord and his apostles . The successor of Sixtus IV . was Innocent VIII . ( Cibo ) ...
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... head of the family . Savonarola seemed to be ignorant , or simulated ignorance , of this usage . The older friars remonstrated . ' Is it God or Lorenzo de ' Medici who has named me prior ? ' God , ' was the instant answer . ' Let me ...
... head of the family . Savonarola seemed to be ignorant , or simulated ignorance , of this usage . The older friars remonstrated . ' Is it God or Lorenzo de ' Medici who has named me prior ? ' God , ' was the instant answer . ' Let me ...
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... head , and made the responses in the firmest and gentlest tone . Politian adds , that men would have thought that all present were suffering death , and not Lorenzo . We have no scruple in accepting this simple statement of Politian as ...
... head , and made the responses in the firmest and gentlest tone . Politian adds , that men would have thought that all present were suffering death , and not Lorenzo . We have no scruple in accepting this simple statement of Politian as ...
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... head of John'— Savonarola addressed her as the devil , who came to disturb the word of God . Her brothers attempted on the spot to avenge the insult ; they could not make their way through the throng . Assassins were hired ; according ...
... head of John'— Savonarola addressed her as the devil , who came to disturb the word of God . Her brothers attempted on the spot to avenge the insult ; they could not make their way through the throng . Assassins were hired ; according ...
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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.
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