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Voices, footsteps, sounded outside and a man in the cocked hat and uniform of a lieutenant of carbineers came briskly into the hall and saluted his superior. "We are ready, sir." The Countess roused herself, saying: "Then come! I too am ready." "Heaven above us!" Neri faltered. "You are not going." He took her by the hand and led her away from the door. "No, my child, we will go alone.
In every age of the Church earnest souls drew great sweetness and consolation from reading the psalms or from reading the canonical Hours. Writers dealing with this part of priestly work quote the words of eminent servants of God, They quote St. Augustine, St. Gregory Nazianzan, St. Bernard, St. Catherine of Bologna, St. Philip Neri, St. Francis De Sales and St. Alphonsus.
Brescia relieved by Sforza His other victories Piccinino is recalled into Lombardy He endeavors to bring the Florentines to an engagement He is routed before Anghiari Serious disorders in the camp of the Florentines after the victory Death of Rinaldo degli Albizzi His character Neri Capponi goes to recover the Casentino The Count di Poppi surrenders His discourse upon quitting his possessions.
I would like to catch sight of the saint who could work a miracle on papa! Capers, what a saint he would have to be!" "Bacchus!" ejaculated Maria Luisa, "San Filippo Neri would be nowhere! The Holy Father would have to make a saint on purpose to convert that monster! A saint who should have nothing else to do. Oh, how hot it is! My head is splitting. What are we to do, Lucia, my heart?
No one knows who she is; she loves Carmelo Neri, and there all is said. Such a little thing she is so delicate! like a foam-bell on the waves; and Carmelo You have seen Carmelo, signor?" I shook my head in the negative. "Ebbene!
In the Villa Mattei we saw an ediculo, which rises at the edge of a terrace, amidst climbing plants. There, as an inscription says, Saint Philip Neri talked to his disciples of things divine. From the terrace one can see the Baths of Caracalla, and part of the Roman Campagna behind them.
The truth of this, both the ancient and modern dissensions of our city prove. Everyone thought that when the Ghibellines were destroyed, the Guelphs would long continue happy and honored; yet after a short time they divided into the Bianchi and Neri, the black faction and the white.
What I was going to say was that her mother took her away yesterday, and Sister Philip Neri was amused to see how sad I was to have her go. She reminded me that when Alice first came here she had bitten my hand to the bone, so that I could not use it for three weeks. Ah, well!" And Good Mother gave the sweet toneless laugh of the religious. "That is not the worst of it a clean bite on the hand!"
His last sermon at Littlemore on "The Parting of Friends" still moves us profoundly, like the cry of a prophet torn by personal anguish in the face of duty. In 1845 he was received into the Catholic church, and the following year, at Rome, he joined the community of St. Philip Neri, "the saint of gentleness and kindness," as Newman describes him, and was ordained to the Roman priesthood.
The count's successes The Venetians come to terms with him Views of the Venetians Indignation of the Milanese against the count Their ambassador's address to him The count's moderation and reply The count and the Milanese prepare for war Milanese ambassadors at Venice League of the Venetians and Milanese The count dupes the Venetians and Milanese He applies for assistance to the Florentines Diversity of opinions in Florence on the subject Neri di Gino Capponi averse to assisting the count Cosmo de' Medici disposed to do so The Florentines sent ambassadors to the count.
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