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" ten steps backwards . " The magnanimity he displayed on this occasion was crowned with success . Being asked upon his death-bed what gave him the most-satisfaction during the course of his long and glorious life , he said , " That it " was the consideration that he never drew his sword but in the ser" vice of his God and of his Sovereign . "
COSMO DE MEDICI .
On the tomb of this illustrious citizen , of Florence , the founder of the family of the Medici , is inscribed this short but honourable inscription . COSMUS MEDICIS Hie situs est ; Decreto Publico , Pater Patriae .
Here lie the Remains of the GREAT COSMO DE : MEDICIS Who , by the unanimous Voice of his People , Was declared the " FA . HER OF HIS COUNTRY . "
LORENZO DE MEDICIS ;
This great man , from his earliest years , exhibited that quickness of mind which so much distinguished his maturer years . His father Cosmo having one day presented him , when he was quite a child , to an Embassador , to whom he was talking of him with the foolish fondness of a parent , desired the Embassador to-put some question to his son , and to see , by his answers , if he was not a boy of parts . The Embassador did he
as was desired , and was soon convinced of the truth of what Cosmo had told him ; but added , " This child , as he " grows up , will mostprobably become stupid ' : for it has in general " been observed , that those who , when young , are very sprightly " and clever , hardly ever increase in . talents as they grow older . " Young Lorenzohearing thiscrept gentlto the Embassadorand
, , y , looking him archly in the face , said to him , " I am certain , that when " you were young . yOU were a boy of very great genius . " Lorenzo being asked , Who were the greatest fools in the world ? replied , " . Those , surely , who put themselves in a passion with " fools . " : ,, ; ; . ; , .. ,
ROGER BACON .
This acute and learned . Franciscan Monk was of a gentleman ' s family in Dorsetshire , ' according to Mr . Selden , and was born in 121-4 . He began his studies very early at Oxford ,, and then went to Paris , where he studied mathematics ' and physic ; and , according to him , was made Professor of Divinity in the University of that city . He returned to Oxford soon afterwards , and applied himself to the study of the learned languages , in which he made so rapid a progress , that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
" ten steps backwards . " The magnanimity he displayed on this occasion was crowned with success . Being asked upon his death-bed what gave him the most-satisfaction during the course of his long and glorious life , he said , " That it " was the consideration that he never drew his sword but in the ser" vice of his God and of his Sovereign . "
COSMO DE MEDICI .
On the tomb of this illustrious citizen , of Florence , the founder of the family of the Medici , is inscribed this short but honourable inscription . COSMUS MEDICIS Hie situs est ; Decreto Publico , Pater Patriae .
Here lie the Remains of the GREAT COSMO DE : MEDICIS Who , by the unanimous Voice of his People , Was declared the " FA . HER OF HIS COUNTRY . "
LORENZO DE MEDICIS ;
This great man , from his earliest years , exhibited that quickness of mind which so much distinguished his maturer years . His father Cosmo having one day presented him , when he was quite a child , to an Embassador , to whom he was talking of him with the foolish fondness of a parent , desired the Embassador to-put some question to his son , and to see , by his answers , if he was not a boy of parts . The Embassador did he
as was desired , and was soon convinced of the truth of what Cosmo had told him ; but added , " This child , as he " grows up , will mostprobably become stupid ' : for it has in general " been observed , that those who , when young , are very sprightly " and clever , hardly ever increase in . talents as they grow older . " Young Lorenzohearing thiscrept gentlto the Embassadorand
, , y , looking him archly in the face , said to him , " I am certain , that when " you were young . yOU were a boy of very great genius . " Lorenzo being asked , Who were the greatest fools in the world ? replied , " . Those , surely , who put themselves in a passion with " fools . " : ,, ; ; . ; , .. ,
ROGER BACON .
This acute and learned . Franciscan Monk was of a gentleman ' s family in Dorsetshire , ' according to Mr . Selden , and was born in 121-4 . He began his studies very early at Oxford ,, and then went to Paris , where he studied mathematics ' and physic ; and , according to him , was made Professor of Divinity in the University of that city . He returned to Oxford soon afterwards , and applied himself to the study of the learned languages , in which he made so rapid a progress , that