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... Padua , but was obliged to aban- don the enterprise . When in the sequel Pope Julius deserted the league , and declared war against the French , Maximilian conceived the extraordinary project of deposing him and suc- ceeding to the ...
... Padua , but was obliged to aban- don the enterprise . When in the sequel Pope Julius deserted the league , and declared war against the French , Maximilian conceived the extraordinary project of deposing him and suc- ceeding to the ...
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... Padua with success against the emperor ; but lost the great battle of la Motte , in which , however , he ren- dered himself so conspicuous , that the senate gave him the most honourable assurances of the continuance of their esteem . He ...
... Padua with success against the emperor ; but lost the great battle of la Motte , in which , however , he ren- dered himself so conspicuous , that the senate gave him the most honourable assurances of the continuance of their esteem . He ...
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... Greek and Latin languages . Padua , in particular , was one of the places he visited , and he remained there till 1537 ; N 2 CENT . XV . ] 179 CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED . WILLIAM LORD PAGET, was the son of a sergeant...
... Greek and Latin languages . Padua , in particular , was one of the places he visited , and he remained there till 1537 ; N 2 CENT . XV . ] 179 CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED . WILLIAM LORD PAGET, was the son of a sergeant...
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... Padua , in which last uni- versity , after he had taken his degree , he was for some years professor of the canon law . He then returned to Siena , where he taught as a professor during the remainder of his life . He was very intimate ...
... Padua , in which last uni- versity , after he had taken his degree , he was for some years professor of the canon law . He then returned to Siena , where he taught as a professor during the remainder of his life . He was very intimate ...
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... Padua . In 1488 , he removed to the university of Pisa , to which the re- public of Florence invited him , on a very liberal salary . After this he resumed the professor's chair at Padua , where his repu- tation was so high , that he is ...
... Padua . In 1488 , he removed to the university of Pisa , to which the re- public of Florence invited him , on a very liberal salary . After this he resumed the professor's chair at Padua , where his repu- tation was so high , that he is ...
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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.