The Life and Times of RienziE. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 - 188 |
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... soon as he had learned grammar and rhetoric , which im- proved his natural eloquence , he studied antiquity with an uncommon assiduity . Every thing he read he compared with similar passages , that occurred within his own obser- vation ...
... soon as he had learned grammar and rhetoric , which im- proved his natural eloquence , he studied antiquity with an uncommon assiduity . Every thing he read he compared with similar passages , that occurred within his own obser- vation ...
Strona 7
... soon the reputation & a great antiquary in that way . But his views were not to be con- fined to the empty name of scholar . Arrived at an age when the ways of the world make some part of ou , reflec- tion , he began to form ideas of ...
... soon the reputation & a great antiquary in that way . But his views were not to be con- fined to the empty name of scholar . Arrived at an age when the ways of the world make some part of ou , reflec- tion , he began to form ideas of ...
Strona 13
... soon made him pass among men of sense for a mad- man , capable of the most rash enterprises . He had a natu ral timidity , which hindered him from pushing them on . His fierceness on a sudden was changed to baseness , and the most ...
... soon made him pass among men of sense for a mad- man , capable of the most rash enterprises . He had a natu ral timidity , which hindered him from pushing them on . His fierceness on a sudden was changed to baseness , and the most ...
Strona 14
... with a firm resolution to be revenged on the Colonnas , which in time he knew how to accomplish , and had the imprudence to let fall his threats on his departure from Avignon . BOOK II . As soon as Rienzi returned to Ronie 14 THE ...
... with a firm resolution to be revenged on the Colonnas , which in time he knew how to accomplish , and had the imprudence to let fall his threats on his departure from Avignon . BOOK II . As soon as Rienzi returned to Ronie 14 THE ...
Strona 15
Jean-Antoine Du Cerceau. BOOK II . As soon as Rienzi returned to Ronie , he began to execute his office of apostolic notary with great affectation of hon- our , justice , and probity ; which , joined to his continued exclamations against ...
Jean-Antoine Du Cerceau. BOOK II . As soon as Rienzi returned to Ronie , he began to execute his office of apostolic notary with great affectation of hon- our , justice , and probity ; which , joined to his continued exclamations against ...
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affairs afterwards ancient apostolic notary appeared archbishop Arimbald arms army authority Avignon Baroncelli behold besieged brother capitol bell castle caused Ceccano chevalier church Clement Clement VI command conspiracy count court of Avignon crown dangerous death declared dignity emperor endeavoured enemy establishment esteemed favour fear Fondi forces gate gave governor grandees hands harangue head holy father Holy Ghost honour horse imagined Italy John de Vic judged justice king of Hungary kingdom of Naples knew legate letter Lewis of Bavaria liberty lord Malatesta manner Montefiascone Montreal Naples Nicholas Rienzi night nobility nobles obliged officers Ordelaffi palace Palestrina person Perusa plundered pope pope's vicar prefect prelate pretended princes prison racter received rendered republic resolved restore Romans Rome ruin senator sent siege of Viterbo soon sovereign pontiff Stephen Colonna succours thousand florins tion took traitor tribune troops Tuscany tyranny tyrant Ursini Vespasian Viterbo
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Strona 106 - He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: yea, I am with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.
Strona 184 - ... became sovereign of Rome; after causing plenty, justice, and liberty to flourish among the Romans; after protecting potentates and terrifying sovereign princes; after being arbiter of crowned heads; after re-establishing the ancient majesty and power of the Roman republic, and filling all Europe with his fame during the seven months of his first reign; after having compelled his masters themselves to confirm him in the authority he had usurped against their interests; fell at length at the end...
Strona 64 - For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with His truth.
Strona 23 - Nicholas Gualiato, surnamed the good speaker, carried the first, which was red, and much finer than the others ; upon it, in gold, was the figure of a woman, sitting upon two lions, holding in one hand the globe of the world, and in the other a branch of palm representing Rome. The second white, with. St. Paul holding in his right hand a naked sword, and in his left the crown of justice, was carried by Stephen Magnaccusia, apostolic notary. On the third was St. Peter, holding tlie keys of concord...
Strona 64 - NOW WHEN JONATHAN SAW THAT THE TIME SERVED HIM, HE chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, for to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
Strona 26 - They resumed the pretended authority of the Romans; they declared him sovereign of Rome, and granted him the power of life and death, of rewards and punishments, of enacting and repealing the laws, of treating with foreign powers ; in a word, they gave him the full and supreme authority over all the extensive territories of the Romans. Rienzi, arrived at the summit of his wishes, kept at a great distance his artifice : he pretended to be very unwilling to accept of their offers, but upon two conditions;...
Strona 142 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Strona 26 - These pretences were masterly strokes of his policy; for on the one hand he hazarded nothing in thus making his court to the holy father; and on the other he well knew that the bishop of Orvieto would carry a title only and no authority. The people granted his request, but paid all...
Strona 25 - ... the fanaticism of Rienzi. — They resumed the pretended authority of the Romans; they declared him sovereign of Rome, and granted him the power of life and death, of rewards and punishments, of enacting and repealing the laws, of treating with foreign powers ; in a word, they gave him the full and supreme authority over all the extensive territories of the Romans. Rienzi, arrived at the summit of his wishes, kept at a great distance his artifice : he pretended to be very unwilling to accept...
Strona 13 - ... charmed the court of Avignon by his eloquence, and the sprightliness of his conversation. Encouraged by success, he one day took the liberty to tell the pope, that the grandees of Rome were avowed robbers, public thieves, infamous adulterers, and illustrious profligates ; who by their example authorized the most horrid crimes. To them he attributed the desolation of Rome, of which he drew so lively a picture, that the holy father was moved, and exceedingly incensed against the Roman nobility.