Le cento e dieci divine considerazioni

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E. Anton, 1860 - 603 pages
 

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Page 559 - Florenza è tutta bella e dentro e fuori, non si può negare; nondimeno quell'amenità di Napoli, quel sito, quelle rive, quella eterna primavera mostrano un più alto grado d'eccellenza; e là pare che la natura signoreggi con imperio e, nel signoreggiare, tutta da ogni parte piacevolissimamente allegri e rida.
Page 524 - V. whom Valdesso had followed as a cavalier all the time of his long and dangerous wars ; and when Valdesso grew old, and grew weary both of war and the world, he took his fair opportunity to declare to the Emperor, that his resolution was to decline his Majesty's service, and betake himself to a quiet and contemplative life, because...
Page 524 - The Emperor had himself for the same, or other like reasons, put on the same resolution : but God and himself did, till then, only know them ; and he did therefore desire Valdesso to consider well of what he had said, and to keep his purpose within his own breast, till they two might have a second opportunity of a friendly discourse ; which Valdesso promised to do. In the...
Page 548 - ... petti d'alcuni nobili, era arrivato sino ad attaccar le dame e si credette che la cotanto famosa Vittoria Colonna, vedova del marchese di Pescara, e Giulia Gonzaga, per la strettezza che tenevano col Valdes, fossero state anche contaminate da
Page 524 - Valdesso had followed as a cavalier all the time of his long and dangerous wars ; and when Valdesso grew old, and grew weary both of war and the world, he took his fair opportunity to declare to the emperor that his resolution was to decline his Majesty's service, and betake himself to a quiet and contemplative life, because there ought to be a vacancy of time betwixt fighting and dying.
Page 525 - And he pretended, he had persuaded John Valdesso to do the like : but this is most certain, that after the emperor had called his son Philip out of England, and resigned to him all his kingdoms, that then the emperor and John Valdesso did perform their resolutions This account of John Valdesso I received from a friend, that had it from the mouth of Mr.
Page 493 - Diálogo de Mercurio y Caron, en que allende de muchas cosas graciosas y de buena doctrina, se cuenta lo que ha acaescido en la guerra desde el...
Page 559 - Io farà, acciocché così per tempo non si estingua in terra uno de' primi lumi della virtù di Toscana. Vostra Signoria dunque col presidio di Dio attenda a ristorarsi e vivere con quella allegria con che soleva, quando eravamo in Napoli. Così ci fussimo ora con la felice compagnia.
Page 436 - Pietro Paolo Vergerio, come stromento della divina provvidenza, in farlo stampare, acciò da tutti potesse esser veduto e posseduto. Egli, venendo d'Italia e lasciando il finto vescovato, per venir al vero apostolato, al qual era chiamato da Cristo, portò seco di molte belle composizioni, e fece come si suoi fare...
Page 525 - ... sacrament publicly, and appointed an eloquent and devout friar to preach a sermon of contempt of the world, and of the happiness and benefit of a quiet and contemplative life, which the friar did most affectionately. After which sermon, the Emperor took occasion to declare openly, " that the preacher had begot in him a resolution to lay down his dignities, and to forsake the world, and betake himself to a monastical life.

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