 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning : the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the Pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which...to them or to himself. If he pressed the acceptance ot a liberal gift, it was not as the measure of desert, but as the proof of benevolence ; and when... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning : the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the Pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which...friend of the most eminent scholars of the age ; he be* came their patron; and sueh was the humility of his manners, that the change was scarcely discernible... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 Seiten
...raised himself by his virtue and learn°' ing: the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which were soon pointed against the Roman church.111 He had been the friend 109 Tlic state of the Platonic philosophy in Italy, is illustrated... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 564 Seiten
...he raised himsetf by his virtue and learning : the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the Pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which...pointed against the Roman church. He had been the * The state of the Platonic philosophy in Italy, is illustrated by Boivin (Mem. de 1'AcacJ. des -Inscriptions,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 394 Seiten
...4to.) " been adequate to his merits. From a plebeian origin, he raised himself, by his virtue a«d learning. The character of the man prevailed over...the humility' of his manners, that the change was seaicely discernible, either to them or to himself. If he pressed the acceptance of a liberal gift,... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning: the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which...eminent scholars of the age : he became their patron. — The influence of the holy see 'pervaded Christendom ; and he exerted that influence in the search,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning; the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope; and he sharpened those weapons which...such was the humility of his manners, that the change wa« scarcely discernible either to them or to himself. If he pressed the acceptance of a liberal gift,... | |
 | 1815 - 488 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning; the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which were soon pointed ag linst the Roman church. He had been the friend of the most eminent scholars of the age ; he became... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 Seiten
...the pope. He had been the friend, and he became the patron, of the most eminent scholars of the age ; and such was the humility of his manners, that the...change was scarcely discernible, either to them or himself. From the ruins of the Byzantine libraries, from the darkest monasteries of Germany and Britain,... | |
 | Martin Ruter - 1845 - 458 Seiten
...he raised himself by his virtue and learning ; the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which...scholars of the age : he became their patron ; and suc.li was the humility of his manners, that the change was scarcely discernible either to them or... | |
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Gibbon, x' has not been adequate to his merits. From a plebeian origin, he raised himself by his virtue and learning ; the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which were soon pointed against the... 
