Though the name and authority of the court of Rome were so terrible in the remote countries of Europe, which were sunk in profound ignorance, and were entirely unacquainted with its character and conduct, the pope was so little revered at home that his... the new monthly magazine - Page 414by william harrison ainsworth - 1866Full view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 660 pages
...of our philosophic historian : " Though the name and authority of the court of Rome were to terrible in the remote countries of Europe, which were sunk...entirely unacquainted with its character and conduct, the pope was so little revered at home, that his inveterate enemies surrounded the gates of Rome itself,... | |
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