 | Joseph Faà di Bruno - 1884 - 472 pages
...Flavian amphitheatre. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken...in antiquity. But the Republic of Venice was modern when compared to the Papacy ; and the Republic of Venice is gone, and the Papacy remains. The Papacy... | |
 | James J. Treacy - 1885 - 420 pages
...Flavian amphitheatre. The proudest royal-houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken...beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends. The republic of Venice came next in antiquity. But the republic of Venice was modern when compared... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 pages
...are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace hack t@ $ Fepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable. The republic of Venice... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken aeries, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth...century, to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth: and fur beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 440 pages
...Flavian amphitheatre. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleonr in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the... | |
 | Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - 1886 - 432 pages
...amphitheatre. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when comparecí witli the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken...extends till it is lost in the twilight of fable. * * * » * "She [the Catholic Church] saw the commencement of all the governments and all the ecclesiastical... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper - 1887 - 1030 pages
...proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, compared with the line of the supreme Pontiff?, traced back in unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon...in the nineteenth century, to the Pope who crowned Pepln In the eighth ; and far beyond stretches the august dynasty, until It fades into the twilight... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 pages
...Flavian amphitheatre. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken...in antiquity. But the republic of Venice was modern when compared with the Papacy ; and the republic of Venice is gone, and the Papacy remains. The Papacy... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1100 pages
...Flavian amphitheatre. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the arities which distinguished him from his contemporaries....observations are intended to apply only to those when compared with the Papacy; and the republic of Venice is gone, and the Papacy remains. The Papacy... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pages
...Ttie proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Poutifls. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from...century, to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth, &c.' The second and third sentences are contrasting or obverse sentences, and their subject takes the... | |
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The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth;... 
