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Pagina 9
... of his arms , challenged to single combat a German of extraordinary strength and stature , named Bavers , and who was nephew to the Emperor . The conflict took place under the walls of the city , and , coming to MILAN . 9.
... of his arms , challenged to single combat a German of extraordinary strength and stature , named Bavers , and who was nephew to the Emperor . The conflict took place under the walls of the city , and , coming to MILAN . 9.
Pagina 16
... Emperor Albert , who succeeded Adolph , a confirmation of his vicariat of Lombardy . Such was his influence that towards the end of the thirteenth century he acted as a sovereign arbitrator between the republics of Venice and Genoa ...
... Emperor Albert , who succeeded Adolph , a confirmation of his vicariat of Lombardy . Such was his influence that towards the end of the thirteenth century he acted as a sovereign arbitrator between the republics of Venice and Genoa ...
Pagina 23
... Emperor of Austria , he offered the sister of the Duke , Bianca Maria , in marriage to that sovereign , with a dowry of 400,000 florins in money , on condition of receiving a promise from Maximilian , that , as feudal lord of the duchy ...
... Emperor of Austria , he offered the sister of the Duke , Bianca Maria , in marriage to that sovereign , with a dowry of 400,000 florins in money , on condition of receiving a promise from Maximilian , that , as feudal lord of the duchy ...
Pagina 42
... Emperors of Germany , Florence took a decided part ; —but , in addition to the natural difficulties of such a struggle , it suffered those of intestine divisions , —its citizens ranging themselves under the opposite standards of two ...
... Emperors of Germany , Florence took a decided part ; —but , in addition to the natural difficulties of such a struggle , it suffered those of intestine divisions , —its citizens ranging themselves under the opposite standards of two ...
Pagina 50
... Emperor Henry was preparing to enter Italy at the head of all the Florentine rebels , whom he had promised to restore to their country . With a view to break the fury of the impending storm , the chief men of the city resolved to recal ...
... Emperor Henry was preparing to enter Italy at the head of all the Florentine rebels , whom he had promised to restore to their country . With a view to break the fury of the impending storm , the chief men of the city resolved to recal ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 111 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Pagina 1 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Pagina 194 - Steals o'er the trembling waters. Everywhere Fable and Truth have shed, in rivalry, Each her peculiar influence. Fable came And laughed and sung, arraying Truth in flowers, Like a young child her grandam. Fable came; Earth, sea and sky reflecting, as she flew, A thousand, thousand colours not their own: And at her bidding, lo!
Pagina 277 - With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail...
Pagina 111 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and, as the ranks ascend, Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Pagina 230 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight; Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
Pagina 120 - Violent the tumult ; for, already in sight, Nearer and nearer yet the danger drew ; Each every sinew straining, every nerve, Each snatching up, and girding, buckling on Morion and greave and shirt of twisted mail, As for his life — no more perchance to taste, ARNO, the grateful freshness of thy glades, Thy waters — where, exulting, he had felt A swimmer's transport, there, alas ! to float And welter.
Pagina 93 - Credette Cimabue, nella pintura, Tener lo campo; ed ora ha Giotto il grido, SI che la fama di colui oscura.
Pagina 73 - that I have lived the time prescribed me. I die content; leaving you, my sons, in affluence and in health, and in such a station, that whilst you follow my example, you may live in your native place honoured and respected.
Pagina 213 - But here the mighty Monarch underneath, He in his palace of fire, diffuses round A dazzling splendour. Here, unseen, unheard, Opening another Eden in the wild, He works his wonders ; save, when issuing...