The Life and Times of RienziE. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 - 188 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 7
... ancient Rome , he affected an ecstacy over some bust or remains of a statue , and pretending that he perceived not the crowd who were round him , " Where , " said he , " are the old Romans ? - Where is all their grandeur ? Why lived I ...
... ancient Rome , he affected an ecstacy over some bust or remains of a statue , and pretending that he perceived not the crowd who were round him , " Where , " said he , " are the old Romans ? - Where is all their grandeur ? Why lived I ...
Σελίδα 9
... ancient feuds between them would not suffer them to live in tranquillity in that city . The Colonnas were Gibelines , and the Ursini Guelphs . Their animosities were often stifled and stirred up after the absence of the popes , who had ...
... ancient feuds between them would not suffer them to live in tranquillity in that city . The Colonnas were Gibelines , and the Ursini Guelphs . Their animosities were often stifled and stirred up after the absence of the popes , who had ...
Σελίδα 18
... ancient splendour with its present decline . He represented Rome as over- whelmed , and blind to such a degree as to be unable to see the source of her evils ; " because , " saith he , " she hath plucked out both her eyes , to know the ...
... ancient splendour with its present decline . He represented Rome as over- whelmed , and blind to such a degree as to be unable to see the source of her evils ; " because , " saith he , " she hath plucked out both her eyes , to know the ...
Σελίδα 20
... ancient good establishment . " This prophecy was promulgated the first day before Lent , 1347 , and ( which renders it really amazing ) was in a very short time fulfilled , as if heaven itself was pleased to favour the extravagancies of ...
... ancient good establishment . " This prophecy was promulgated the first day before Lent , 1347 , and ( which renders it really amazing ) was in a very short time fulfilled , as if heaven itself was pleased to favour the extravagancies of ...
Σελίδα 24
... ancient grandeur . The laws of the good establishment were- I. That murderers without exception shall suffer death . II . That all processes shall be stopped , and remain void for the space of fifteen days . III . That no family of Rome ...
... ancient grandeur . The laws of the good establishment were- I. That murderers without exception shall suffer death . II . That all processes shall be stopped , and remain void for the space of fifteen days . III . That no family of Rome ...
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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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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 64 - For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with His truth.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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;...
Σελίδα 142 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.