Lorenzo De' Medici: The Magnificent, Том 2

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Smith, Elder, & Company, 1876
 

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Стр. 468 - Quis dabit capiti meo Aquam ? quis oculis meis Fontem lachrymarum dabit ? Ut nocte fleam, Ut luce fleam. Sic turtur viduus solet, Sic cygnus moriens solet, Sic luscinia conqueri.
Стр. 56 - ... A solemn peroration in praise of the Medicean prince, himself a poet, whose studies formed the recreation of severer labours, ends the composition. This is written in Poliziano's best style, and, though it is too long to quote, six lines may be selected as indicating the theme of the argument : — Quodque alii studiumque vocant durumque laborem, Hie tibi ludus erit ; fessus civilibus actis Hue is emeritas acuens ad carmina vires : 1...
Стр. 339 - We have round about us thirty thousand estates, owned by noblemen and merchants, citizens and craftsmen, yielding us yearly bread and meat, wine and oil, vegetables and cheese, hay and wood, to the value of...
Стр. 66 - Circumstat populus murmure dissono ; Circumstant juvenem purpurei patres ; Causa vincimus et robore militum ; Hac stat Juppiter, hac favet. Quare, O cum misera quid tibi Nenia, Si nil proficimus ? quin potius gravis Absterisse bono lsetitiEe die Audes nubila pectoria.
Стр. 346 - ... and small majolica bowls, with some kind of a fancy preparation of milk. Then eight silver platters, with gelatine of capon's breast, ornamented with heraldic devices, the dish for the most distinguished guest, the Duke of Calabria, having a fountain in the middle showering a spray of orange blossom water. The first part of the meal consisted of twelve courses of meats, including venison, veal, ham, pheasants, partridges, capons, chickens, blanc-mange; at the close a great silver dish was placed...
Стр. 56 - Arianna. ^Nutricia, sub fine : — ' Non vacat argutosque sales satyraque bibaces Descriptos memorare senes ; non carmina festis Excipienda choris querulasve animantia chordas. Idem etiam tacitae referens pastoria vitae Otia et urbanos thyrso extimulante labores Mox fugis in caelum, non ceu per lubrica nisus, Extremamque boni gaudes contingere metam.
Стр. 340 - It contains also eighty-three rich and splendid warehouses of the silk merchants' guild, and furnishes gold and silver stuffs, velvet, brocade, damask, taffeta, and satin to Rome, Naples, Catalonia, and the whole of Spain, especially Seville, and to Turkey and Barbary. The principal fairs to which these wares go are those of Genoa, the Marches, Ferrara, Mantua, and the whole of Italy; Lyons, Avignon, Montpelier, Antwerp, and London. The number of banks amounts to thirty-three; the shops of the cabinet-makers,...
Стр. 416 - ... depriving Ferdinand of his kingdom.27 Camillo Senciati, the Neapolitan Ambassador in Florence, on his way to Milan, in May, 1490, told Lorenzo that " if the Pope . . . did not leave off his threats of citation and excommunication, His Majesty was not minded to endure such offenses any longer. The King meant to appear in Rome, with lance in rest, and answer the Pope in such a way as to make him see his error.
Стр. 339 - ... any four of yours in Venice put together — the trades of wool and silk. Witness the Roman court and that of the King of Naples, the Marches and Sicily, Constantinople and Pera, Broussa and Adrianople, Salonika and Gallipoli, Chios and Rhodes, where, to your envy and disgust, in all of those places there are Florentine consuls and merchants, churches and houses, banks and offices, and whither go more Florentine wares of all kinds, especially silken stuffs and gold and silver brocades, than from...
Стр. 464 - ... Italy." His mourning fellow citizens felt that the life must be its own memorial, for none of them could suggest a tribute worthy of his greatness. The Sig' noria, indeed, summing up his accomplishments in an official proclamation, declared: "It had seemed good to the Senate and people of Florence to establish a public testimonial of gratitude to the memory of such a man in order that virtue may not be unhonored among Florentines.

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