France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery, antiquities, &c. Drawing by T. Allom, Volumul 1;Volumul 265 |
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Pagina 1
... imperial authority ; and , it was to this false notion of the rights of man , that the lives of their wives and children were constantly sacrificed . b Tyrants are essentially cowards ; and those remorseless men , RÉSUMÉ ...
... imperial authority ; and , it was to this false notion of the rights of man , that the lives of their wives and children were constantly sacrificed . b Tyrants are essentially cowards ; and those remorseless men , RÉSUMÉ ...
Pagina 4
... Imperial Rome , possessing all the learning of the age , soon added to this acquisition a large share of political power also - so that , instead of one despotism , the empire now groaned beneath the weight of two . This division of ...
... Imperial Rome , possessing all the learning of the age , soon added to this acquisition a large share of political power also - so that , instead of one despotism , the empire now groaned beneath the weight of two . This division of ...
Pagina 6
... imperial power was for ever crushed in that section of Europe . The vanquished general sought refuge with the Goths ; but feeling no sympathy for him , they gave him up to his enemy Clovis . These successes appear to have rendered their ...
... imperial power was for ever crushed in that section of Europe . The vanquished general sought refuge with the Goths ; but feeling no sympathy for him , they gave him up to his enemy Clovis . These successes appear to have rendered their ...
Pagina 17
... imperial family , Pepin , king of Italy , dying very shortly after his lamented sister . The Italian sceptre was speedily committed to the feebler hand of Pepin , an infant and illegitimate son ; and after the lapse of a few months more ...
... imperial family , Pepin , king of Italy , dying very shortly after his lamented sister . The Italian sceptre was speedily committed to the feebler hand of Pepin , an infant and illegitimate son ; and after the lapse of a few months more ...
Pagina 18
... imperial costume . On his head he wore a crown ; in his hand he held a chalice ; at his side was the sword of state ; on his knee lay the book of the evangelists ; at his feet his shield and sceptre . The sepulchre was sealed , and over ...
... imperial costume . On his head he wore a crown ; in his hand he held a chalice ; at his side was the sword of state ; on his knee lay the book of the evangelists ; at his feet his shield and sceptre . The sepulchre was sealed , and over ...
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France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery ..., Volumul 2;Volumul 266 George Newenham Wright Vizualizare completă - 1849 |
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Pagina 39 - To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays her bright domain.
Pagina 24 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Pagina 28 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pagina 18 - Charlemagne was a friend of learning ; he deserves the name of restorer of the sciences and teacher of his people. He attracted, by his liberality, the most distinguished scholars to his court; among others, Alcuin, from England, whom he chose for his own instructor ; Peter of Pisa, who received the title of his grammarian ; and Paul Warnefried.
Pagina 19 - Menzel, in his history of the Germans, says of him, " His greatest praise is, that he prevented the total decline of the sciences in the West, and supplied new aliment to their expiring light ; that he considered the improvement of nations as important as their union and subjugation. This love of intellectual improvement is the more laudable in a prince whose youth was spent in military exercises and the chase, and his whole after life in the whirlpool of war ; at a time, too, before the charm of...
Pagina 19 - Arragon ; the Netherlands, Germany as far as the Elbe, Saale and Eyder, Upper and Middle Italy, Istria, and a part of Sclavonia. In private life, Charlemagne was exceedingly amiable ; a good father, and generous friend. His domestic economy afforded a model of frugality ; his person, a rare example of simplicity and greatness. He despised extravagance of dress in men, though, on solemn occasions, he appeared in all the splendor of majesty.
Pagina 18 - In this tomb lies the body of Charles, the Great and Orthodox Emperor, who gloriously extended the kingdom of the Franks, and reigned prosperously for fortyseven years. He died at the age of seventy, in the year of our Lord 814, the 7th Indiction, on the 28th day of January.
Pagina 18 - Aix-la-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to lie built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome bore a globe of massive gold. The imperial palace was built in the highest style of splendor. Charlemagne also erected baths, in which more than 100 persons could swim in warm water.