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Page 89
At length , after five years , not wasted , but still to him not profitable years , he
hoped to obtain the one grand object of his ambition - residence and instruction
at one of the great Universities of Europe . Paris , the famous seat of theologic ...
At length , after five years , not wasted , but still to him not profitable years , he
hoped to obtain the one grand object of his ambition - residence and instruction
at one of the great Universities of Europe . Paris , the famous seat of theologic ...
Page 91
... the parentless , without fortune , without connections , without corporate
interests , even without country , began to gather around himself a host of friends
, which gradually comprehended almost all the more distinguished names in
Europe .
... the parentless , without fortune , without connections , without corporate
interests , even without country , began to gather around himself a host of friends
, which gradually comprehended almost all the more distinguished names in
Europe .
Page 94
But in the constant intercourse of England with Italy , some of her scholars had
studied under the Greeks , who had fled after the taking of Constantinople and
taught Italy , and , through Italy , Europe , their peerless language . Among these
...
But in the constant intercourse of England with Italy , some of her scholars had
studied under the Greeks , who had fled after the taking of Constantinople and
taught Italy , and , through Italy , Europe , their peerless language . Among these
...
Page 103
King Henry , however , whether too busy on his accession to the throne , and too
much absorbed in European politics , hardly appears to have sustained the
promise of welcome and patronage to the stranger whom he had allured into his
...
King Henry , however , whether too busy on his accession to the throne , and too
much absorbed in European politics , hardly appears to have sustained the
promise of welcome and patronage to the stranger whom he had allured into his
...
Page 108
It was the pride of the richest or most famous capital in Europe to be chosen even
as the temporary residence of Erasmus . Up to the year 1520 ( the fifty - fourth of
his life ) Erasmus thus stood before the world , acknowledged and honoured as ...
It was the pride of the richest or most famous capital in Europe to be chosen even
as the temporary residence of Erasmus . Up to the year 1520 ( the fifty - fourth of
his life ) Erasmus thus stood before the world , acknowledged and honoured as ...
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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 sģ 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays Quarterly Review |
| Author | Henry Hart Milman |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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