 | England - 1861 - 814 pages
...agents, who sent him goods too precious to be resold even at a profit. " He corresponded," says Gibbon, " at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books were often imported by the same vessel." The Bodleian started with a collection which had cost Sir Thomas Bodley .£10,000,... | |
 | William Roscoe - Florence (Italy) - 1825 - 574 pages
...Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms, and without a title. Cosmo of Medici was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age...Greek books were often imported in the same vessel." Gibbon't Hist. of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, c. 66. Greek, Chaldaic, Arabic, and Indian... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...merchant, who governed the republic with- ^^d 4 out arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis * was a father of a line of princes, whose name and age are...London ; and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel. The genius and education of his grandson Lorenzo rendered him... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 594 pages
...merchant, who governed the republic шь-мю vvlth°ut arms and without a title. Cosmo of Mediéis,1'8 was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age...synonymous with the restoration of learning ; his credit waennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the servio of mankind ; he corresponded at once... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1827 - 492 pages
...merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a A- D- 1428 title. Cosmo of Medicis u was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age...London ; and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books his bound mankind for so many ages, was broken by the magicians themselves. Letters on the Study of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1829 - 482 pages
...florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis(112) was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age...Greek books were often imported in the same vessel. The Renius and education of his grandson Lorenzo rendered him, not only a patron, but a judge and candidate,... | |
 | Robert Jennings - 1832 - 432 pages
...in existence. " He corresponded," says the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, " at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel." His example was followed by other wealthy citizens ; but Cosmo... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...arms, and without a title. Cosmo, of Medicis, was the father of a line of princes, whose name and a^e are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning....London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was import ed in the same vessel. The genius and education of his grandson, Lorenzo, rendered him not... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...Florentine merchant, liV.o governed the republic without arms and without & title. Cosmo of Medicis was the father of a line of princes whose name and age are almost sjiwnymous with the restoration of learning : his credit was ennobled into fame; his riches were dedicated... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 524 pages
...Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Mediéis was the father of a line of princes whose name and age...London ; and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel. In his palace distress was entitled to relief, and merit to... | |
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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... 
