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" The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions, of petty tyrants, and of foreign invaders, Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven ; she has seen her harvests trodden down by the horses of the stranger, and the blood of her children... "
Annual Calendar of McGill College and University, Montreal - Page 67
by McGill University - 1868
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View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 1

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1818 - 554 pages
...of those ancient republics, from whose history our first notions of freedom and virtue are derived. The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...quarrels not their own ; Conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still alike a slave ;~\- a long retribution for the tyranny...
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The View

Chandos Leigh - 1819 - 82 pages
...petty tyrants, and of foreign invaders, Italy has fallen, like a star from its place in heaven; she hat seen her harvests trodden down by the horses of the...quarrels not their own ; Conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, stil' alike a slave; a long retribution for the tyranny of Rome."...
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Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of ..., Volume 1

Charlotte Anne Eaton - Rome (Italy) - 1820 - 410 pages
...prodigality of heaven has dressed her happy shores, have only served more effectually to rivet her chains. " The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...of her children wasted in quarrels not their own."* The storm is even now gathering, that is destined to burst upon her devoted land ; and if Naples fall...
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A Catalogue of Manuscripts, in Different Languages on Theology, English and ...

John Cochran - 1829 - 210 pages
...policy as it regarded that country, but more especially the Seven Roman Catholic Cantons. ITALY. — The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...quarrels not their own ; conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still edike, a slave ;* a long retribution for the tyranny of...
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View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 1

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1837 - 576 pages
...Passeriiii (ossin piulloslo Giovan Battisla Pattorini) in Matliitu, Componimaiii Laid, vol. iii., p. 331. star from its place in heaven ; she has seen her harvests...quarrels not their own ; Conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still alike a slave,* a long retribution for the tyranny of...
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Poems: Now First Collected

Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 434 pages
...present state of things, what can they do towards ameliorating the condition of their countrymen ? " The victim by turns, of selfish and sanguinary factions,...quarrels not their own : Conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still alike a slave; a long retribution for the tyranny of Rome."...
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Poems: Now First Collected

Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...countrymen ? " The victim by turns, of selfish and sanguinary factions, of petty tyrants, and of forcign invaders, Italy has fallen, like a star from its place...quarrels not their own : Conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still alike a slave; a long retribution for the tyranny of Rome."—HALLAM'S...
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1842 - 964 pages
...petty tyrants, and of foreign invaders, Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven; sho has seen her harvests trodden down by the horses of...quarrels not their own ; conquering or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet (Flllcaja), stiU alike a slave ; a long retribution for the tyranny...
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M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer: A Dictionary ..., Volume 2, Part 1

John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1844 - 576 pages
...MTbe victim by turns of selfeh und sanguinary factions, of petty tyrant«, and of foreign invader», Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven...children wasted in quarrels not their own ; conquering or conquerrá, in the indignant language of her poet (FilicsJa), »till alike л */«*; n long retribution...
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View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages. 2 vols. [with ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 pages
...tosto Giovan Battista Pastounion, this congress might readily have rini) in Mathias, Componiinvaders, Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven...blood of her children wasted in quarrels not their own ; Conyueriity or conquered, in the indignant language of her poet, still alike a slave*, a long retribution...
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