 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...  The View - Page 27by Chandos Leigh - 1819 - 28 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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,...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 wasted... | |
 | 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,...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 wasted... | |
 | 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,...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 wasted... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 434 pages
...however. Italy, trampled upon and degraded, still may possess many men of virtue and spirit ; but, in the present state of things, what can they do towards...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 wasted... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...however. Italy, trampled upon and degraded, still may possess many men of virtue and spirit; but, in the present state of things, what can they do towards...and sanguinary factions, of petty tyrants, and of forcign invaders, Italy has fallen, like a star from its place in heaven; she has seen her harvests... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1842 - 964 pages
...intcllif.;i>nt, and Industrious people in Europe, sunk into a state of sluggish indolence and apathy. " The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven; sho has seen her harvests trodden down by the horses of the stranger, and the blood of her children... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 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, of petty tyrants, and of foreign * Though there was no permanent vetic diet, with as extensive powers as diet of the Lombard league,... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - Commercial geography - 1851 - 1038 pages
...Intelligent, and industrious people in Europe, sunk Into a state of sluggish indolence and apathy. " The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...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 wasted... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1853 - 532 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,...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 wasted... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...the recollection of that liberty which had stalked like a majestic spirit among the ruins of Milan. The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions,...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 wasted... | |
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