The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 2G. Bell & sons, 1900 |
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... talents to no one of the age , and whose penetration must have discovered that the measures which he had adopted were such as appeared necessary for the preservation of his authority , any further excuse must appear superfluous ; it ...
... talents to no one of the age , and whose penetration must have discovered that the measures which he had adopted were such as appeared necessary for the preservation of his authority , any further excuse must appear superfluous ; it ...
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... talents , in the composition of a Latin panegyric on Francis I. in heroic verse , celebrating his arrival in Italy , and his victory over the Swiss . This poem he soon afterwards published , with a dedication to the chancellor Du Prat ...
... talents , in the composition of a Latin panegyric on Francis I. in heroic verse , celebrating his arrival in Italy , and his victory over the Swiss . This poem he soon afterwards published , with a dedication to the chancellor Du Prat ...
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... displaying their usual magnificence and invention ; and the exhibitions upon this occasion employed the talents of the first professors , in a VOL . II . D city which was the centre of the arts , and LEO X. VISITS FLORENCE . 33.
... displaying their usual magnificence and invention ; and the exhibitions upon this occasion employed the talents of the first professors , in a VOL . II . D city which was the centre of the arts , and LEO X. VISITS FLORENCE . 33.
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... talents which were dignified by the name of wisdom and prudence would have been better characterised by the appellations of craft , of ava- rice , and of fraud . His treacherous conduct towards his near relation , Ferdinand , king of ...
... talents which were dignified by the name of wisdom and prudence would have been better characterised by the appellations of craft , of ava- rice , and of fraud . His treacherous conduct towards his near relation , Ferdinand , king of ...
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... talents and vigilance , no less than by his high office , had obtained so considerable an influence in the affairs of Europe , was , without long hesitation , preferred to the disinterested task of vindicating the rights of a petty sove ...
... talents and vigilance , no less than by his high office , had obtained so considerable an influence in the affairs of Europe , was , without long hesitation , preferred to the disinterested task of vindicating the rights of a petty sove ...
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