The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici: Called the Magnificent |
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Page 442 - Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 390 - The example of the Roman pontiff was preceded or imitated by a Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning: his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London : and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel.
Page 404 - fieri ludi della città che '1 freno allenta e stringe a' magnanimi Toschi, ei regni crudi di quella dea che '1 terzo ciel dipinge, ei premi degni alii onorati studi la mente audace a celebrar mi spinge, sì che i gran nomi ei fatti egregi e soli Fortuna o Morte o Tempo non involi.
Page 7 - The authority which Cosmo and his descendants exercised in Florence, during the fifteenth century, was of a very peculiar nature, and consisted rather in a tacit influence on their part, and a voluntary acquiescence on that of the people, than in any prescribed or definite compact between them. The form of government was ostensibly a republic, and was directed by a council of ten citizens, and a chief executive officer called the gonfaloniere, or standardbearer, who was chosen every two months. Under...
Page 379 - Chi vuol esser lieto, sia: Di doman non c'è certezza. Ciascun apra ben gli orecchi: Di doman nessun si paschi ; Oggi siam, giovani e vecchi, Lieti ognun, femmine e maschi; Ogni tristo pensier caschi ; Facciam festa tuttavia. Chi vuol esser lieto, sia: Di doman non c'è certezza.
Page 154 - 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 gave to all...
Page 140 - Midst woods obscure, and native glooms were found . 'Midst woods and glooms, whose tangled brakes around Once Venus sorrowing traced, as all forlorn She sought Adonis, when a lurking thorn Deep on her foot impress'd an impious wound.
Page 428 - Era il bel viso suo, quale esser suole da primavera alcuna volta il cielo, quando la pioggia cade, ea un tempo il sole si sgombra intorno il nubiloso velo. E come il rosignuol dolci carole mena nei rami alor del verde stelo, cosi alle belle lagrime le piume si bagna Amore, e gode al chiaro lume. 66 E ne la face de...
Page 5 - ... and respected. Nothing affords me more pleasure than the reflection that my conduct has not given offence to any one ; but that, on the contrary, I have endeavoured to serve all persons to the best of my abilities. I advise you to do the same. With respect to the honours of the state, if you would live with security, accept only such as are bestowed on you by the laws and the favour of your fellow-citizens; for it is the exercise of that power which is obtained by violence, and not of that which...
Page 6 - ... and the wants of the lower class, whom he relieved with unbounded generosity. By these means he acquired numerous and zealous partisans of every denomination ; but he rather considered them as pledges for the continuance of the power he possessed...