The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen142A. Constable, 1875 |
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... Cæsar . ' In the figure of Alexander he was slow to please himself , and three different versions are left , of which the last , which places the hero almost fronting the spectator , hand on hip , with a braggart air , is not the finest ...
... Cæsar . ' In the figure of Alexander he was slow to please himself , and three different versions are left , of which the last , which places the hero almost fronting the spectator , hand on hip , with a braggart air , is not the finest ...
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... Cæsar Borgia . Pedro Luis , however , died young , not long after the death of his uncle the Pope ; and as he was unmarried , his immense pro- perty in lands and goods went to swell the resources of his brother the Cardinal , who was ...
... Cæsar Borgia . Pedro Luis , however , died young , not long after the death of his uncle the Pope ; and as he was unmarried , his immense pro- perty in lands and goods went to swell the resources of his brother the Cardinal , who was ...
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... Cæsar and Lucrezia , and with her Cardinal Borgia became acquainted about the year 1466. The name Vanozza was a familiar transformation of Giovanna - her full name was Vanozza Catanei , but of what family she came is not known . Some ...
... Cæsar and Lucrezia , and with her Cardinal Borgia became acquainted about the year 1466. The name Vanozza was a familiar transformation of Giovanna - her full name was Vanozza Catanei , but of what family she came is not known . Some ...
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... Cæsar Borgia , and eight years younger than Juan , Duke of Gandia , destined to be the victim of his brother's ruthless ambition . The period in which Lucrezia was born was one for Rome of abomination , not as dark indeed as that of the ...
... Cæsar Borgia , and eight years younger than Juan , Duke of Gandia , destined to be the victim of his brother's ruthless ambition . The period in which Lucrezia was born was one for Rome of abomination , not as dark indeed as that of the ...
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... Cæsar , then sixteen years of age , Bishop of Valencia , and soon afterwards the Vatican became still more crowded with Spanish faces than it was in the days of Callixtus III . From the ranks of his relatives and connexions , on whom ...
... Cæsar , then sixteen years of age , Bishop of Valencia , and soon afterwards the Vatican became still more crowded with Spanish faces than it was in the days of Callixtus III . From the ranks of his relatives and connexions , on whom ...
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Página 85 - The feeling of commiseration belongs to all men; so does that of shame and dislike; and that of reverence and respect; and that of approving and disapproving.
Página 444 - Simeon and Levi are brethren ; Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united : For in their anger they slew a man, And in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; And their wrath, for it was cruel : 1 will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Página 128 - Wherever this boasted machinery is established, the children of the poor are death-doomed from their cradles. Look for one moment at midnight into a cottonmill, amidst the smell of oil, the smoke of lamps, the rattling of wheels, the dizzy and complicated motions of diabolical...
Página 444 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Página 456 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Página 120 - Shall that deep-treasured memory dwell ; That, more than language can express, Pure miracle of loveliness, Whose voice so sweet, whose eyes so bright, Were my soul's music, and its light, In those blest days when life was new, And hope was false, but love was true.
Página 73 - He may.' If he ask me — ' Who may put him to death ? ' I will answer him, — ' The chief criminal judge may put him to death.
Página 466 - And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king ; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Página 137 - For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill, You may cut down both at a single stroke, You may cut down which you will. " But this you must know, that as long as they grow. Whatever change may be, You never can teach either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree.
Página 70 - T'ang is indeed a worthy prince. He has not yet heard, however the real doctrines of antiquity. Now, wise and able princes should cultivate the ground equally and along with their people, and eat the fruit of their labour.