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Francis Lieber

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ...that the benevolent Pius said these kindly words by way of quotation, since it is related that they were first used by a Pope who saw an Englishman exposed to the fury of the populace, as he would not kneel down when the pontiff passed. " Kneel Citron sent by the Pope. Look here, my young friend, Mr. Niebuhr said one day, the Pope has sent me a basket full of citrons produced in his garden. I shall have them boiled in sugar and send them to my Catholic friends in Berlin. How they will enjoy it! what a feast it will be for the little ones of! down, my son," were the words with which the Pope is said to have addressed the Englishman, " an old man's blessing won't harm thee anyhow." The same anecdote is reported of Sir Horace Walpole and Pope Benedict XVI. (Larabertini). The former paid his visit to the head of the Catholic church when his father was premier of England: he hesitated to kneel down, as it might have given rise to rumours not agreeable to his father, the great Whig minister; and the Pope, observing his hesitation, is said to have found this admirable way of avoiding the difficulty, by offering the blessing as an old man only, and not in his ecclesiastic capacity. The custom may have been different from what it is now: at present, no Protestant is expected to kneel before the Pope. Mr. Niebuhr, the minister of a Protestant monarch, bent his knee but slightly when he paid his respects to the Pope in official audiences--a way of approaching monarchs which was formerly common, and is still in use in several countries. At pre-Mr. Niebuhr's Father.--Franklin. I had read Mr. Niebuhr's Life of his Father, and said: " Your father seems to me somewhat like Franklin;" alluding merely to their simplicity and inexhaustible activity and...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 Reminiscences of an Intercourse with George Berthold Niebuhr; The Historian of Rome. To get started finding Reminiscences of an Intercourse with George Berthold Niebuhr; The Historian of Rome, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ...that the benevolent Pius said these kindly words by way of quotation, since it is related that they were first used by a Pope who saw an Englishman exposed to the fury of the populace, as he would not kneel down when the pontiff passed. " Kneel Citron sent by the Pope. Look here, my young friend, Mr. Niebuhr said one day, the Pope has sent me a basket full of citrons produced in his garden. I shall have them boiled in sugar and send them to my Catholic friends in Berlin. How they will enjoy it! what a feast it will be for the little ones of! down, my son," were the words with which the Pope is said to have addressed the Englishman, " an old man's blessing won't harm thee anyhow." The same anecdote is reported of Sir Horace Walpole and Pope Benedict XVI. (Larabertini). The former paid his visit to the head of the Catholic church when his father was premier of England: he hesitated to kneel down, as it might have given rise to rumours not agreeable to his father, the great Whig minister; and the Pope, observing his hesitation, is said to have found this admirable way of avoiding the difficulty, by offering the blessing as an old man only, and not in his ecclesiastic capacity. The custom may have been different from what it is now: at present, no Protestant is expected to kneel before the Pope. Mr. Niebuhr, the minister of a Protestant monarch, bent his knee but slightly when he paid his respects to the Pope in official audiences--a way of approaching monarchs which was formerly common, and is still in use in several countries. At pre-Mr. Niebuhr's Father.--Franklin. I had read Mr. Niebuhr's Life of his Father, and said: " Your father seems to me somewhat like Franklin;" alluding merely to their simplicity and inexhaustible activity and...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 Reminiscences of an Intercourse with George Berthold Niebuhr; The Historian of Rome. To get started finding Reminiscences of an Intercourse with George Berthold Niebuhr; The Historian of Rome, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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