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Description:Excerpt from A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine Partaking of that admiration of classic models which yet survived the days of Medicean glory in Florence, he found much delight in their study. From Virgil, especially, in due time, he drew a poetic inspiration, while Horace and the Satirists lent him their charms of number. He could early write Italian odes with equal facility and success, and after a few years some of his Latin verses obtained celebrity. The hymn in the Roman Breviary, in honour of Mary Magdalene, beginning with Pater superni luminis, inserted there by command of Clement VIII., 'was from his pen. That the spur of ambition urged him, even in the gay morning of childhood, is un doubted. He used to tell a little anecdote of himself, which says as much. At church one day, with his mother, during sermon, and rather amused than edified, he diverted her attention by repeating, again and again, and loud enough to be heard by many, Signora, do you not see that I am going to be made a Bishop and a Cardinal? Hush, said Cynthia, hush, hush! Nay, lady, he shouted, pointing at the pictures of illustrious Doctors that adorned the building, I shall be like one of them, some day. Jesuits have imagined that the boy prophesied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine Partaking of that admiration of classic models which yet survived the days of Medicean glory in Florence, he found much delight in their study. From Virgil, especially, in due time, he drew a poetic inspiration, while Horace and the Satirists lent him their charms of number. He could early write Italian odes with equal facility and success, and after a few years some of his Latin verses obtained celebrity. The hymn in the Roman Breviary, in honour of Mary Magdalene, beginning with Pater superni luminis, inserted there by command of Clement VIII., 'was from his pen. That the spur of ambition urged him, even in the gay morning of childhood, is un doubted. He used to tell a little anecdote of himself, which says as much. At church one day, with his mother, during sermon, and rather amused than edified, he diverted her attention by repeating, again and again, and loud enough to be heard by many, Signora, do you not see that I am going to be made a Bishop and a Cardinal? Hush, said Cynthia, hush, hush! Nay, lady, he shouted, pointing at the pictures of illustrious Doctors that adorned the building, I shall be like one of them, some day. Jesuits have imagined that the boy prophesied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Jesuit Cardinal: Robert Bellarmine (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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