The Life and Pontificate of Leo the TenthG. Bell & Sons, 1883 |
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Page xii - ... suffered him to pursue no settled purpose. A man doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation or remote enquiries. He published proposals for a History of the Revival of Learning...
Page 453 - Gods name leave off our attempts against the Terra firma. The natural Situation of Islands seems not to sort with Conquests in that Kind. England alone is a just Empire. Or when we would enlarge ourselves let it be that way we can, and to which it seems the eternal Providence hath destined us, which is by Sea.
Page 352 - ... situation; in adversity consolatory, in prosperity pleasing and honourable; insomuch, that without them we should be deprived of all the grace of life and all the polish of society. The security and extension of these studies seem chiefly to depend on two circumstances, the number of men of learning, and the ample supply of excellent authors.
Page 439 - To this period, when truth became a crime, we may refer the origin of the Roman pasquinades ; of which the following lines afford one of the earliest instances : — " Vendit Alexander claves, altaria, Christum. Emerat ille prius ; vendere jure potest. De vitio in vitium, de flamma transit in ignem ; Roma sub Hispano deperit imperio.
Page 188 - Inordinate in his ambition, insatiable in his avarice and his lust, inexorable in his cruelty, and boundless in his rapacity; almost every crime that can disgrace humanity is attributed to him without hesitation, by writers whose works are published under the sanction of the Roman church. He is also accused of having introduced into his territories the detestable practice of searching for state offences by means of secret informers; a system fatal to the liberty and happiness of every country that...