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Pagina 55
... Italy , and forced the states of the Lombard League into that patriotic contest which , in 1182 , left them free republics , with a nominal allegiance to the empire . In Italy the conflict was begun that should stir presently a mighty ...
... Italy , and forced the states of the Lombard League into that patriotic contest which , in 1182 , left them free republics , with a nominal allegiance to the empire . In Italy the conflict was begun that should stir presently a mighty ...
Pagina 68
... Italy . He was at Rome when , about the year 1195 , he dedicated to his patron there , Pope Innocent III . , his Latin critical didactic poem on the New Poetry . His new poetry was the old revived ; Joseph of Exeter's Latin poem on the ...
... Italy . He was at Rome when , about the year 1195 , he dedicated to his patron there , Pope Innocent III . , his Latin critical didactic poem on the New Poetry . His new poetry was the old revived ; Joseph of Exeter's Latin poem on the ...
Pagina 78
... Italy , and even in Scandinavia . A German Alexandries , in six books , was produced during our Henry III.'s reign by a Suabian , Rudolph of Hohenems ; and towards the close of the same reign , about the year 1265 , there was produced ...
... Italy , and even in Scandinavia . A German Alexandries , in six books , was produced during our Henry III.'s reign by a Suabian , Rudolph of Hohenems ; and towards the close of the same reign , about the year 1265 , there was produced ...
Pagina 86
... Italian form of the old German struggle between Ghibelline ( to the Germans Waib- lingen ) and Guelf . In the summer of 1236 , at the head of the Ghibelline party , Frederick prepared war against Northern Italy - against that part of Italy ...
... Italian form of the old German struggle between Ghibelline ( to the Germans Waib- lingen ) and Guelf . In the summer of 1236 , at the head of the Ghibelline party , Frederick prepared war against Northern Italy - against that part of Italy ...
Pagina 87
... Italy a Dante for her son . Men's souls were deeply stirred in contest upon questions involving the essential problems of society ; and out of the energy so roused , there came , as usual , the best expression of man's genius . The ...
... Italy a Dante for her son . Men's souls were deeply stirred in contest upon questions involving the essential problems of society ; and out of the energy so roused , there came , as usual , the best expression of man's genius . The ...
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Pagina 484 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Pagina 497 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Pagina 314 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Pagina 818 - His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Pagina 437 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Pagina 780 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Pagina 518 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Pagina 498 - Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Paccuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.
Pagina 354 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Pagina 414 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows ; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin ; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?* THE SONGS OF BIRDS. WHAT bird so sings,...