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He professes to have read the whole of his sermons - no light task - and , to a
considerable extent , we can avouch that he has read them well and carefully ;
and certainly from no other source but his own writings can the character , the ...
He professes to have read the whole of his sermons - no light task - and , to a
considerable extent , we can avouch that he has read them well and carefully ;
and certainly from no other source but his own writings can the character , the ...
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During the whole of the obscure period of four years , during which we dimly
trace the movements of Savonarola in the cities of Lombardy , before his second
and final establishment in Florence , his fame was becoming more
acknowledged ...
During the whole of the obscure period of four years , during which we dimly
trace the movements of Savonarola in the cities of Lombardy , before his second
and final establishment in Florence , his fame was becoming more
acknowledged ...
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We have no scruple in accepting this simple statement of Politian as the whole
truth . It was an after - thought of Savonarola's admirers and of Lorenzo's enemies
which represents Lorenzo as racked with remorse by three sins of his life , the ...
We have no scruple in accepting this simple statement of Politian as the whole
truth . It was an after - thought of Savonarola's admirers and of Lorenzo's enemies
which represents Lorenzo as racked with remorse by three sins of his life , the ...
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The Prior of St. Mark determined to commence in his own convent that
reformation which with terrible denunciation he had demanded from the whole
Church , the Pope , the clergy , the people . He urged upon his brethren the
strictest austerity ...
The Prior of St. Mark determined to commence in his own convent that
reformation which with terrible denunciation he had demanded from the whole
Church , the Pope , the clergy , the people . He urged upon his brethren the
strictest austerity ...
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He summoned the whole people , except the women , to meet under the dome of
the cathedral . He began by laying down four great rules or principles as the
groundwork of the new constitution . I. Fear God . II . Prefer the good of the
republic ...
He summoned the whole people , except the women , to meet under the dome of
the cathedral . He began by laying down four great rules or principles as the
groundwork of the new constitution . I. Fear God . II . Prefer the good of the
republic ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays ATLA monograph preservation program Library of English literature |
| Author | Henry Hart Milman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1870 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2006 |
| ISBN | 0790564882, 9780790564883 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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