The history of Italy, from the fall of the Western empire to the commencement of the wars of the French revolution, by George Perceval, esq, Volum 2G. B. Whittaker, 1825 |
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Pàgina 504 - It is a note. Of upstart greatness, to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns. Lep.
Pàgina 171 - Entering the closet and the sanctuary, No place of refuge for the Doge himself; Most present when least thought of — nothing dropt In secret, when the heart was on the lips, Nothing in feverish sleep, but instantly Observed and judged...
Pàgina 450 - ... more convenient still to consider the few importants events in the contemporary annals of her different provinces as really appertaining, without much connection, to distinct and separate states. The immediate dominion of the Spanish monarchy over great part of Italy lasted during the whole of the seventeenth century. Naples, Sicily, Milan, and Sardinia were exposed alike to the oppression of the Spanish court, and to the inherent vices of its administration. Its grievous exactions were rendered...
Pàgina 170 - Dishurdening in the Canal Orfano, (43) That drowning-place, where never net was thrown, Summer or Winter, death the penalty ; And where a secret, once deposited, Lay till the waters should give up their dead.
Pàgina 24 - ... prince, who acknowledged no submission to the state of Venice, met his end as. fearlessly as he had lived : seizing a wooden stool, the only article of furniture in his dungeon, he rushed upon his murderers, and in the effort to sell his life dearly, was at last overpowered and strangled with the strings of a cross-bow. The next day his two brave sons shared the same fate. These foul murders of independent and...
Pàgina 108 - ... rights of her captive lord; but she brought with her neither treasure nor soldiers. She supported with difficulty the unequal conflict against the King of Aragon, but yet prolonged it for three years, when her husband, having effected his ransom (1438), joined her. When the troops began to ' desert, and his possessions were gradually wrested from him, until the city of Naples alone remained in his interest, the Queen Isabella escaped from the kingdom with her children. Shortly after, the troops...
Pàgina 465 - ... highest rank, were reduced to beg their bread over Europe, or to congregate in bands, and rob on the highways ; and the miserable remnant, plunged into the abyss of desperation, passed into Turkey, and fearfully consummated their wretchedness by the renunciation of their faith. Their brethren, who had not quitted Messina, had meanwhile at first been deluded with the hope of pardon by the Spanish viceroy of Sicily. But the amnesty which he published was revoked by special orders from Madrid ;...