The interviews of great men: their influence on civilization, by the author of 'Heroines of our time'.1862 |
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... letters . But he had not yet received a visit from the object of his veneration ; this was all that was wanting to make his happiness complete . " Let him but honour my house with his presence for only one day , " said he , " and I ...
... letters . But he had not yet received a visit from the object of his veneration ; this was all that was wanting to make his happiness complete . " Let him but honour my house with his presence for only one day , " said he , " and I ...
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... letter in which he made the offer is still preserved . " I praise you , " he wrote , “ for having refused the grand offers made you of riches , and for preferring liberty of mind and a tranquil poverty ; but I cannot give you the same ...
... letter in which he made the offer is still preserved . " I praise you , " he wrote , “ for having refused the grand offers made you of riches , and for preferring liberty of mind and a tranquil poverty ; but I cannot give you the same ...
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... letter of remonstrance to the queen , who , at his request , recalled Columbus , in time to enable him to witness the surrender of Granada . When he was again heard , he insisted upon con- ditions consequent upon the discovery of the ...
... letter of remonstrance to the queen , who , at his request , recalled Columbus , in time to enable him to witness the surrender of Granada . When he was again heard , he insisted upon con- ditions consequent upon the discovery of the ...
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... letter for Ferdinand , which , if he arrived at Hispaniola in safety , he was to carry to Spain . In the letter , which is a truly sorrowful recital of the sufferings to which the brave Columbus 36 INTERVIEWS OF GREAT MEN .
... letter for Ferdinand , which , if he arrived at Hispaniola in safety , he was to carry to Spain . In the letter , which is a truly sorrowful recital of the sufferings to which the brave Columbus 36 INTERVIEWS OF GREAT MEN .
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... " In labours more abundant . ” He thus wrote to a friend : - " I almost constantly require two secretaries or chancellors , for I do nothing all day long but write letters . I am a preacher to LUTHER AND CHARLES THE FIFTH . 45.
... " In labours more abundant . ” He thus wrote to a friend : - " I almost constantly require two secretaries or chancellors , for I do nothing all day long but write letters . I am a preacher to LUTHER AND CHARLES THE FIFTH . 45.
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Page 113 - In Santa Croce's holy precincts lie (*) Ashes which make it holier, dust which is Even in itself an immortality, Though there were nothing save the past, and this The particle of those sublimities Which have relapsed to chaos : — here repose Angelo's, Alfieri's bones, and his, (*) The starry Galileo, with his woes ; Here Machiavelli's earth return'd to whence it rose.
Page 53 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 122 - There is, as the Apostle has remarked, a way to strength through weakness. Let me, then, be the most feeble creature alive, as long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my rational and immortal spirit ; as long as in that obscurity in which I am enveloped, the light of the Divine presence more clearly shines — then, in proportion as I am weak, I shall be invincibly strong ; and, in proportion as I am blind, I shall more clearly see.
Page 208 - It may even be the mace which rests upon that Woolsack. What may follow your course of obstinacy, if persisted in, I cannot take upon me to predict, nor do I wish to conjecture. But this I know full well, that as sure as man is mortal, and to err is human, justice deferred, enhances the price at which you must purchase safety and peace ;—nor can you expect to gather in another crop, than they did, who went before you, if you persevere in their utterly abominable husbandry of sowing injustice and...
Page 66 - I find His Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this Realm; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us), it should not fail to go.
Page 31 - They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.
Page 106 - Scripture, and consequently that you have incurred all the censures and penalties enjoined and promulgated in the sacred canons and other general and particular constitutions against delinquents of this description. From which it is our pleasure that you be absolved, provided that...
Page 67 - Whom when he perceived so much in his talk to delight that he could not once in a month get leave to go home to his wife and children, whose company he most desired...
Page 258 - The authority of the Prince of Orange had doubtless an influence on the deliberation of the States-general, but it did not lead them to the commission of an act of injustice; for when a people, from good reasons, take up arms against an oppressor, it is but an act of justice and generosity to assist brave men in the defence of their liberties.
Page 126 - ... of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention. But of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors, but he did not seek them.