 ... Donna Olympia took up her residence at the Vatican, and employed the eleven years of her brotherin-law's life in the sale of benefices, appointments, and offices of every description, for which she did not hesitate to drive the hardest bargains possible....  A decade of Italian women - 第 349 頁Thomas Adolphus Trollope 著 - 1859完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1859 - 520 頁
...pontificate of Innocent X., Olympia Pamfili was the reigning power. " No step," says Mr. Trollope, " of domestic government or foreign policy decided on,...punishment inflicted, was the pontiff's own work. He wns absolutely a puppet in her hands. The keys of St. Peter were strung to her girdle ; * Boscoe... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1875 - 410 頁
...did not hesitate to drive the hardest bargains possible. " Olympia established herself in the Vatican as its mistress ! No step of domestic government or...promotion accorded, no punishment inflicted, was the pontiffs own work. His invaluable sister-in-law did all. He was absolutely a puppet in her hands. The... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1875 - 714 頁
...did not hesitate to drive the hardest bargains possible. "Olympia established herself in the Vatican as its mistress! No step of domestic government or...promotion accorded, no punishment inflicted, was the pontiffs own work. His invaluable sister-in-law did all. He was absolutely a puppet in her hands. The... | |
 | Thomas Adolphus Trollope - 1876 - 464 頁
...was startled at the novelty of the position assumed by Olympia immediately on Innocent's elevation. She accompanied the new Pope to the Vatican, and established...promotion accorded, no punishment inflicted, was the Pope's own work. His invaluable sister-in-law did all. He was absolutely a puppet in her hands. The... | |
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