1 They at length agreed that the person should be chosen as pope who should be distinguished by some divine and miraculous token.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE THREE LANGUAGES 2 The ecclesiastics recognized therein the token from above, and asked him on the spot if he would be pope.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE THREE LANGUAGES 3 The pope heaped attentions upon Rospigliosi and Spada, conferred upon them the insignia of the cardinalate, and induced them to arrange their affairs and take up their residence at Rome.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 4 Then the pope and Caesar Borgia invited the two cardinals to dinner.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 5 The table was laid in a vineyard belonging to the pope, near San Pierdarena, a charming retreat which the cardinals knew very well by report.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 6 It was too late, for he had already drunk a glass of excellent wine, placed for him expressly by the pope's butler.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 7 Then Caesar and the pope hastened to lay hands on the heritage, under presence of seeking for the papers of the dead man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 8 After the pope's death and his son's exile, it was supposed that the Spada family would resume the splendid position they had held before the cardinal's time; but this was not the case.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 9 The bell of Monte Citorio, which only sounds on the pope's decease and the opening of the Carnival, was ringing a joyous peal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 10 I suppose it is for the good of the Church if the pope does it.
11 O, I don't question the pope's being right.
12 Might be made pope on Saint Johns' day fair.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES 13 This chamber was not one of those which are harassed by the feather-duster, the pope's head brush, and the broom.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER 14 And although there might arise sometimes a courageous pope, such as Sixtus, yet neither fortune nor wisdom could rid him of these annoyances.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES 15 This was the reason why the temporal powers of the pope were little esteemed in Italy.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES