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... early ac- quainted with the disposition of the new pope , who assumed the name of Innocent VIII . the time of his elevation to the supremacy , he was about fifty - five years of age , and had several natural children . Vespucci , the ...
... early ac- quainted with the disposition of the new pope , who assumed the name of Innocent VIII . the time of his elevation to the supremacy , he was about fifty - five years of age , and had several natural children . Vespucci , the ...
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... early information of every circum- stance that might affect the general tranquillity . By these men , he heard , he saw , he felt every motion and every change of the political ma- chine , and was often enabled to give it an impulse ...
... early information of every circum- stance that might affect the general tranquillity . By these men , he heard , he saw , he felt every motion and every change of the political ma- chine , and was often enabled to give it an impulse ...
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... early as the year 1282 , had classed themselves into distinct bodies , or municipal companies , accord- ing to their various professions ; and in order to place their government on a truly popular found- ation , had determined , that no ...
... early as the year 1282 , had classed themselves into distinct bodies , or municipal companies , accord- ing to their various professions ; and in order to place their government on a truly popular found- ation , had determined , that no ...
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... Early editions of the classick authors - Politia- no corrects the Pandects of Justinian - Mis- cellanea of Politiano - His controversy with Merula - Establishment of the Greek academy at Florence - Joannes Argyropylus - Demetri- us ...
... Early editions of the classick authors - Politia- no corrects the Pandects of Justinian - Mis- cellanea of Politiano - His controversy with Merula - Establishment of the Greek academy at Florence - Joannes Argyropylus - Demetri- us ...
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... early editions were generally accompanied , if they do not for the most part display the talents of the critick , are a proof of the celebrity of the author . This observation is not , however , applicable to the commentary of Dante by ...
... early editions were generally accompanied , if they do not for the most part display the talents of the critick , are a proof of the celebrity of the author . This observation is not , however , applicable to the commentary of Dante by ...
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Page 51 - 1 popol tuo l' ha in sommo della bocca. Molti rifiutan lo comune incarco ; Ma '1 popol tuo sollecito risponde Senza chiamare, e grida: Io mi sobbarco. Or ti fa' lieta, che tu hai ben onde, Tu ricca, tu con pace, tu con senno : S' io dico ver, l
Page 241 - Sì poco il verde in su la cima dura, Se non è giunta dall'etadi grosse. Credette Cimabue, nella pintura, Tener lo campo; ed ora ha Giotto il grido, SI che la fama di colui oscura.
Page 52 - L' antiche leggi, e furon si civili, Fecero al viver bene un picciol cenno Verso di te, che fai tanto sottili Provvedimenti, ch' a mezzo novembre Non giunge quel che tu d
Page 53 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 200 - ... them you will be so much the more known and esteemed, in proportion as your age and the peculiarity of your situation will distinguish you from your colleagues. Avoid, however, as you would Scylla or Charybdis, the imputation of hypocrisy ; guard against all ostentation, either in your conduct or your discourse; affect not austerity, nor even appear too serious. This advice you will, I hope, in time understand and practise better than I can express it.
Page 70 - Whilst such was the fate of the Latin productions of these authors, their Italian writings were the objects rather of adoration than applause. No longer confined to the perusal of the closet and the gratification of an individual, the poems of Dante and of Petrarca were read in public assemblies of the inhabitants of Florence, and their beauties pointed out, or their obscurities illustrated, by the most eminent scholars of the time.
Page 213 - His address was striking, and his eye marked intelligence. My expectations were raised. He began — I was attentive; a clear voice — select expression — elevated sentiment. He divides his subject — I perceive his distinctions. Nothing perplexed; nothing insipid; nothing languid. He unfolds the web of his argument — I am enthralled. He refutes the sophism — I am freed. He introduces a pertinent narrative — I am interested. He modulates his voice — I am charmed. He is jocular — I smile....
Page 199 - I well know, that as you are now to reside at Rome, that sink of all iniquity, the difficulty of conducting yourself by these admonitions will be increased.
Page 79 - A taste for the exterior decoration of books has lately arisen in this country, in the gratification of which no small share of ingenuity has been displayed ; but if we are to judge of the present predilection for learning, by the degree of expense thus incurred, we must consider it as greatly inferior to that of the Romans during the times of the first Emperors, or of the Italians at the 15th century.
Page 328 - To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important, is not the characteristick of the higher class of genius, which, piercing through the various combinations and relations of surrounding circumstances, sees all things in their just dimensions, and attributes to each its due. Of the various occupations in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful ; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank in human estimation.