The Life of Lorenzo de Medici, Called the Magnificent

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H.G. Bohn, 1847 - 564 páginas
 

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Página 2 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Página 2 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its Ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Página 338 - Quis dabit capiti meo Aquam ? quis oculis meis Fontem lachrymarum dabit ? Ut nocte fleam, Ut luce fleam. Sic turtur viduus solet, Sic cygnus moriens solet, Sic luscinia conqueri.
Página 540 - Sì poco il verde in su la cima dura, Se non è giunta dall'etadi grosse. Credette Cimabue, nella pintura, Tener lo campo; ed ora ha Giotto il grido, SI che la fama di colui oscura.
Página 41 - As one who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse and enjoy their smile, And tempers as he may affliction's dart; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth,...
Página 194 - O earth, the solemn strain! Ye whirlwinds wild, that sweep along; Ye darkening storms of beating rain ; Umbrageous glooms, and forests drear; And solitary deserts, hear! Be still, ye winds, whilst to the Maker's praise The creature of his power aspires his voice to raise.
Página 7 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Página 515 - Gnaffe, Sere, in buona verità io vo infino a città per alcuna mia vicenda, e porto queste cose a ser Bonaccorri da Ginestreto, che m'aiuti di non so che m'ha fatto richiedere per una comparigione del parentorio per lo pericolator suo il giudice del dificio.
Página 285 - Your taste will be better shewn in the acquisition of a few elegant remains of antiquity, or in the collecting of handsome books, and by your attendants being learned and well-bred rather than numerous. Invite others to your house oftener than you receive invitations. Practise neither too frequently. Let your own food be plain, and take sufficient exercise, for those who wear your habit are soon liable, without great caution, to contract infirmities.
Página 195 - In ardent adoration join'd, Obedient to thy holy will, Let all my faculties combined, Thy just desires, O God, fulfil. From thee derived, eternal king, To thee our noblest powers we bring : O may thy hand direct our wandering way, O bid thy light arise, and chase the clouds away. Eternal spirit ! whose command, Light, life, and being...

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