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...ferent spirit, that of Charles Jervas, the portrait painter, and friend of Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, and Gay. Jervas has been allowed little credit for ... ...he best portrait we have of Swift), and this may have been strengthened by Pope’s remark that he “translated ‘Don Quixote’ without under- standing Spa... ... of this sort, there are fifty where he is right and Shelton wrong. As for Pope’s dictum, anyone who examines Jervas’s version carefully, side by side... ...s Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political, and on his retur... ... with him as his camarero (chamberlain), the office he himself held in the Pope’s household. The post would no doubt have led to advancement at the Pa... ... events, however, which led to the alliance between Spain, Venice, and the Pope, against the common enemy, the Porte, and to the victory of the combin... ... he broke the chair of the ambassador of that king before his Holiness the Pope, who excommunicated him for the same; and yet the good Roderick of Viv... ...ime after my arrival in Flanders news came of the league that his Holiness Pope Pius V of happy memory, had made with Venice and Spain against the com... .... Each of us is the son of his own works; and being a man I may come to be pope, not to say governor of an island, especially as my master may win so ...

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...their claims may be revived in more favourable times for Jacobites and for popery; and folks who in no way partake of their fantastic capriccios do ye... ...to pass unchallenged, ex comitate, if not ex misericordia.—But were he the Pope and the Pretender both, we must get some dinner ready for him, since h... ...ope, see his error—that is, if he has not seen it already—and renounce the Pope, the Devil, and the Pretender—I mean no harm, neighbour—I think we—as ... ...omings and outgoings. I am not a man for that—I keep the kirk, and I abhor Popery—I have stood up for the House of Hanover, and for liberty and proper... ...George the Third, and the true Presbyterian religion, and confusion to the Pope, the Devil, and the Pretender! I’ll tell you what, Mr. Fairbairn, I am... ...d bad religion,’ said Nanty, of whose Presbyterian edu- cation a hatred of Popery seemed to be the only remnant. ‘But I am glad there is one amongst u... ..., I suppose, freedom of political creed; for I had no sooner renounced the Pope’s infallibility, than I be- gan to question the doctrine of hereditary... ...‘Old Shaftesbury himself could not wish a prince’s person more secure from Popery—which may not be the worst religion in the world, notwithstand- ing.... ...evils, that have been so often betrayed myself! Not if they were a hundred Popes, Devils, and Pretenders. I will back and tell them their dan- ger—the...

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...istory of the City of Rome. There, in the twentieth chapter of the Life of Pope Alexander VI., were the following lines, which I can never forget: — “... ...o had completed his conquest, had need of money to purchase all Italy. The pope had also need of money to bring matters to an end with Louis XII. King... ...sides. There was a third point in view, which will appear here- after. The pope and Caesar Borgia first found the two future cardi- nals; they were Gi... ...t of the Roman nobility; both felt the high honor of such a favor from the pope. They were ambitious, and Caesar Borgia soon found purchasers for thei... ...ators. “It is time now to proceed to the last part of the speculation. The pope heaped attentions upon Rospigliosi and Spada, conferred upon The Coun... ...hem to arrange their affairs and take up their residence at Rome. Then the pope and Caesar Borgia invited the two cardinals to dinner. This was a matt... ...ntly invited to dinner. “The table was laid in a vineyard belonging to the pope, near San Pierdarena, a charming retreat which the cardinals knew very... ...t was a legate a latere, who came with a smile on his lips to say from the pope, ‘His holiness requests you to dine with him.’ “Spada set out about tw... ...to dine with him.’ “Spada set out about two o’clock to San Pierdarena. The pope awaited him. The first sight that attracted the eyes of Spada was that...

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... senselessness of joy was then sublime! Happy is he, who, caring not for Pope, Consul, or King, can sound himself to know The destiny of Man, an...

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...man be a Conservative, he has usually some vague ideas about Ireland and the Pope which he cannot very clearly explain, but which he knows are the rig...

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...ound, if you please! “William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had b...

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...’d read anything about history, you’d know that Richard Cur de Loon, and the Pope, and Godfrey de Bulleyn, and lots more of the most noble hearted and...

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...d noblemen, my valiant harpooneers. Disdain the task? What, when the great Pope washes the feet of beggars, using his tiara for ewer? Oh, my sweet car... ...t on bible leaves; what a candidate for an archbishopric, what a lad for a Pope were this mincer!* *Bible leaves! Bible leaves! This is the invariable...

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...did I tell you of Lady Metcalfe’s calling yesterday to thank me? She finds Miss Pope a treasure. ‘Lady Catherine,’ said she, ‘you have given me a treas...

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...und friend would always place the duty to your mother foremost. You made a Pope of her, believed all she said, did as she pleased, and she was flatter...

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........................................................ 108 LORD CARLISLE ON POPE.......................................................................... ...y assaulted by the dogs, but delivered by the master of the establishment. Pope’s translation, with the exception of one or two expressions,’ (amongst... ...y remarks, a simile of Homer’s, which ought to have been pure nonsense for Pope and Cowper; viz. that in describing a dense mist, such as we foolishly... ...n of extremity. 123 Thomas de Quincey In the passage already quoted under Pope’s version from Odyssey, xiv. 29, what is the meaning of that singular ... ...ndertakers, such as Broome and Fenton. Considering the ample fortune which Pope drew from the whole work, we have often been struck by the inex- plica... ...ex- plicable indulgence with which this scandalous partition is treated by Pope’s biographers. It is simply the lowest act of self-degradation ever co... ...RD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POPE E E E E 1851 1851 1851 1851 1851 L ORD CARLISLE’S RECENT LECTURE upon ... ...st has usurped upon what origi- nally had been a purely personal interest. POPE! What nov- elty was there, still open to even literary gleaners, about... ...isconnected. It is on the latter, viz., the character and pre- tensions of Pope, as selected by Lord Carlisle for such an inaugural experiment, that I...

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...r stinking church or not! If you have a problem John, take it up with the Pope.” “It’s not about me, it’s about Lily!” Chris paused for a moment, hea...

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...ate the observance. Hard by the cathedral stands the ancient Palace of the Popes, of which one portion is now a common jail, and another a noisy barra... ... secret council chamber, and its prisons. Before I quit this Palace of the Popes, let me translate from the little history I mentioned just now, a sho... ...n ancient tradition relates, that in 1441, a nephew of Pierre de Lude, the Pope’s legate, seriously insulted some distinguished ladies of Avignon, who... ...shield all imitators of San Carlo Borromeo as it shielded him! A reforming Pope would need a little shielding, even now. The subterranean chapel in wh... ...entre of the kind of theatre thus railed off, was a canopied dais with the Pope’s chair upon it. The pavement was covered with a carpet of the brighte... ... filled with ladies in black dresses and black veils. The gentlemen of the Pope’s guard, in red coats, leather breeches, and jack boots, guarded all t... ...; and from the altar all down the nave, a broad lane was kept clear by the Pope’s Swiss guard, who wear a quaint striped surcoat, and striped tight le... ...s a slowly moving crowd of people: talking to each other: star ing at the Pope through eye glasses; defrauding one another, in moments of partial cur... ...certain period of the ceremony, however, each carried his candle up to the Pope, laid it across his two knees to be blessed, took it back again, and f...

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...uctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. Pope’s Odyssey. IN THAT PLEASANT DISTRICT of merry England which is wa- ter... ...ured social indulgence. In defiance of conventual rules, and the edicts of popes and coun- cils, the sleeves of this dignitary were lined and turned u... ...ow they became grieved for their vow, and sent to consult his holiness the Pope how they might be absolved from it; and how, by the advice of the Holy... ...he sandal, the cord, and the cope, The dread of the devil and trust of the Pope; For to gather life’s roses, unscathed by the briar, Is granted alone ... ...ge nor gar- lic, more or less, they die, by the soul of Hengist!” “But the Pope, my noble friend,”—said Cedric— “But the devil, my noble friend,”—answ... ...thee, Richard of England, shall a T emplar cross lance in my presence. The Pope and Princes of Europe shall judge our quarrel, and whether a Christian...

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...ent, the Duc de Nemours, the Duc d’Urbino, father of Catherine, 15 Balzac Pope Leo X., Pope Clement VII., and Alessandro, not Duke of Florence, as hi... ...e, as historians call him, but Duke della citta di Penna, a title given by Pope Clement VII., as a half-way sta- tion to that of Grand-duke of T uscan... ...ariably brilliant. For instance, the Cardinal Giulio dé Medici, afterwards Pope under the name of Clem- ent VII., was the illegitimate son of Giuliano... .... Cardinal Ippolito dé Medici was also a bastard, and came very near being Pope and the head of the family. Lorenzo II., the father of Catherine, marr... ...Duke d’Urbino. At Lorenzo’s death, the head of the house of the Medici was Pope Leo X., who sent the illegitimate son of Giuliano, Giulio dé Medici, t... ... should be ended: he was of opinion that, so far from returning her to the Pope as the latter requested, she ought to be given to the soldiers for dis... ...redly not ignorant. The rise of Alessandro dé Medici, to which the bastard Pope Clement VII. powerfully contributed, was no doubt chiefly caused by th... ...ffection of Charles V. for his famous illegitimate daughter Margaret. Thus Pope and emperor were prompted by the same sentiment. At this epoch Venice ... ...sh woman, was installed as tyrant of Florence, he espoused the interest of Pope Clement VII., and gave a home to the daughter of Lorenzo II., then ele...

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...36, according to Mr. Jowls, or in 1839, according to Mr. Wapshot, that the Pope was to fall: and she said—’Poor Pope! I hope not—What has he done?’ “ ... ...aps for the Cocoanut Indians—painted handscreens for the conversion of the Pope and the Jews—sat under Mr. Rowls 664 V anity Fair on Wednesdays, Mr. ... ...els of the house, and over the grand velvet baldaquins prepared to receive Popes and Emperors. So Becky, who had arrived in the diligence from Florenc...

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...nd to balls without compromising her salvation. The reply of the venerable Pope Pius VII. came at once, strongly condemning the wife’s recalcitrancy a... ...d, she will not be ultimately held answerable.” These two sentences of the Pope’s homily only made Madame de Granville and her director accuse him of ... ...osis of egotism, of Self beyond the grave? 50 A Second Home Thus even the Pope was censured at the tribunal of the priest and the young devotee. T o ... ...e tone—and Granville did not deem it advisable to write in his turn to the Pope and take the opinion of the Consistory on the proper way of observing ...

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...rnt from others: it appeared that he had fought with Garibaldi against the Pope, but had left Italy in disgust when it was clear that all his efforts ... ...nding distinction only in the decadence of the Empire; but the Rome of the Popes ap- pealed to his sympathy , and in his chosen words, quite exquisite...

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...rawings—all in such confusion, that once, when Helen attempted to find the Pope contem- porary with Edward the First, she asked Elizabeth why she had ... ... porary with Edward the First, she asked Elizabeth why she had written the Pope down as Leo Nonus Cardinal, on which she was informed, with a sufficie... ...ike anything but what it was intended for in Elizabeth’s writing, and that Pope Martin the Fourth was to be found on the other side of the Kings of Fr... ...lar writing to be pre- served with as much care as the Golden Bulls of the Pope!’ ‘That is to say, you burnt it without reading it,’ said Anne. ‘The f... ...o do any mischief, only biting his nails at the passers by, like the Giant Pope in the Pilgrim’s Progress.’ Anne could not help laughing. ‘But, Rupert... ...led below in his worst of all bad writing, that it represented the Giants, Pope and Pagan, as described in the Pilgrim’s Progress, while, close to Pop...

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...Versailles, behold! a common wolf, and even small for that. ‘Though I could reach from pole to pole,’ sang Alexander Pope; the Little Corporal shook E... ...Les Retraitants. It was clean and whitewashed, and furnished with strict necessaries, a crucifix, a bust of the late Pope, the imi- tation in French, ...