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... Italy , and reduced Yemen in Arabia Felix , to the Turkish government . He died in 1547 , aged 80. With the ferocity of a Turk and a corsair , Barbarossa possessed some generous sentiments , and obtained a character for honour and ...
... Italy , and reduced Yemen in Arabia Felix , to the Turkish government . He died in 1547 , aged 80. With the ferocity of a Turk and a corsair , Barbarossa possessed some generous sentiments , and obtained a character for honour and ...
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... Italy ; and when Charles VIII . , of France , in his rapid career , had made himself master of the kingdom of Naples , Maximilian joined in the confederacy of the Pope , the king of Spain , and several Italian powers , to op- pose his ...
... Italy ; and when Charles VIII . , of France , in his rapid career , had made himself master of the kingdom of Naples , Maximilian joined in the confederacy of the Pope , the king of Spain , and several Italian powers , to op- pose his ...
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... Italians , that his progress was unresisted . Florence opened her gates to him . Rome followed the example , while the pope , Alexander VI . , took refuge in the castle of St. Angelo . In the space of six weeks , Charles traversed Italy ...
... Italians , that his progress was unresisted . Florence opened her gates to him . Rome followed the example , while the pope , Alexander VI . , took refuge in the castle of St. Angelo . In the space of six weeks , Charles traversed Italy ...
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... Italian mercenary leaders . He commanded the vanguard at the battle of Fornuovo , for his ser- vices in which he ... Italy in 1499 , he followed that prince to the conquest of Milan . He was made governor of that city , and honoured with ...
... Italian mercenary leaders . He commanded the vanguard at the battle of Fornuovo , for his ser- vices in which he ... Italy in 1499 , he followed that prince to the conquest of Milan . He was made governor of that city , and honoured with ...
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... Italy . Tremoille was wounded at Novara , but bravely defended Dijon against the Swiss , and protected Picardy and Provence . He fell gloriously at the battle of Pavia , in 1525 , aged 65 . LEWIS XII . , king of France , son of Charles ...
... Italy . Tremoille was wounded at Novara , but bravely defended Dijon against the Swiss , and protected Picardy and Provence . He fell gloriously at the battle of Pavia , in 1525 , aged 65 . LEWIS XII . , king of France , son of Charles ...
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Seite 158 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Seite 496 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes, all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes.
Seite 160 - I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go.
Seite 495 - ... south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators, who had been guided in several of their discoveries by the motion of birds, altered his course from due west towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for several days in this new direction, without any better success than formerly, having seen no object during thirty days but the sea and the sky, the hopes of his companions subsided faster than they had risen ; their fears revived with additional...
Seite 495 - ... return to Europe. Columbus perceived that it would be of no avail to have recourse to any of his former arts, which having been tried so often had lost their effect ; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expedition among men in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment. He...
Seite 496 - As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled. From every ship an island was seen about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood, and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country. The crew of the Pinta instantly began the Te Devm, as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships with tears of joy, and transports of congratulation.
Seite 152 - ... command. But let not your grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Seite 419 - ... principles, and unwearied industry in propagating them, are virtues which shine so conspicuously in every part of his behaviour, that even his enemies must allow him to have possessed them in an eminent degree. To these may be added, with equal justice, such purity and even austerity of manners, as became one who assumed the character of a Reformer; such sanctity of life as suited the doctrine which he delivered ; and such perfect disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity.
Seite 420 - In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtn« and vice are at all times the same, manners and customs vary continually.
Seite 409 - Cajetan, enraged at Luther's abrupt retreat, and at the publication of his appeal, wrote to the elector of Saxony, complaining of both; and requiring him, as he regarded the peace of the church, or the authority of its head, either to send that seditious monk a prisoner to Rome, or to banish him out of his territories.