 | Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi - 1841 - 308 páginas
...hastened the destruction of those arts and sciences to which alone the age of Leo owes its splendour. The misfortunes which he drew down on his successor...consult his conscience. His indecent conversation and licencious conduct scandalised the church; his prodigality led him to encqurage the shameful traffic... | |
 | Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - 1875 - 310 páginas
...contemporaries. He has been held up to posterity as one who formed and raised to eminence men who were in fact his elders, and who had attained celebrity before...rise to the schism of Luther ; his thoughtlessness nnd indifference to human suffering made him light up wars the most ruinous, and which he was utterly... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 718 páginas
...prodigal ; who expended in sumptuous feasts the immense treasures accumulated by his predecessors. He had the taste to adorn his palace with the finest...conscience. His indecent conversation and licentious conduct scandalised the church ; his prodigality led him to encourage the shameful traffic in indulgences,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 724 páginas
...prodigal ; who expended in sumptuous feasts the immense treasures accumulated by his predecessors. He had the taste to adorn his palace with the finest...conscience. His indecent conversation and licentious conduct scandalised the church ; his prodigality led him to encourage the shameful traffic in indulgences,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 726 páginas
...prodigal ; who expended in sumptuous feasts the immense treasures accumulated by his predecessors. He had the taste to adorn his palace with the finest...elevation of soul to comprehend his duties, or to copsuit his conscience. His indecent conversation and licentious conduct scandalised the church ; his... | |
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He had the taste to adorn his palace with the finest works of antiquity, and the sense to enjoy the society of philosophers and poets ; but he had never the elevation of soul to comprehend his duties, or to consult his conscience. His indecent conversation... 