 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1875 - 652 pages
...republic without arms and without a titfe. Cosmo of Medicis Ui was the father of a line of prince,-;, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the...dedicated to the service of mankind; he corresponded at'once with Cairo and London : and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 652 pages
...father of a line of princes whose name and ago are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning. He corresponded at once with Cairo and London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel. He encouraged the emulation of Demetrius Chalcondyles and Angelo... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1876 - 652 pages
...Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis11* was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age are alnx>st synonymous with the restoration of learning : his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis112 was the father of a line of prince*, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the...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... | |
 | Hubbard Free Library, Hallowell, Me, Emma Huntington Nason - Hallowell (Me.) - 1880 - 104 pages
...immortal men 4 who spoke the sublime language of eloquence and reason." And so the " Florentine merchant, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning," soon saw the nation "capable of transmitting and improving the lessons which they had imbibed." " His... | |
 | 1884 - 550 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." Soon after the death of his grandfather, Lorenzo entered on the stage of public life ; the infirmities... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1883 - 638 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 are almost synonymous with tile restoration of learning ; his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1886 - 732 pages
...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...restoration of learning: his credit was ennobled into faixe; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1893 - 408 pages
...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...London, and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was imported in the same vessel. The genius and education of his grandson, Lorenzo, rendered him not... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 660 pages
...Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis m was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age...synonymous with the restoration of learning: his credit waa ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once... | |
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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... 
