| William Russell - 1802 - 512 pages
...And Pius V. was so transported when he heard of it, that he exclaimed, in a kind of holy ecstasy, " There was a man sent from God, and his name was " John"!" alluding to Don John of Austria. Philip's joy was more moderate. " Don John," said he, " has been "... | |
| Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1829 - 410 pages
...great joy throughout Christendom, and Pope Pius V., when he heard it, exclaimed in a holy ecstacy, ' There was a man sent from God, and his name was John!" It was of Lepanto, too, that Cervantes speaks, when, on being reproached by a literary rival, he breaks... | |
| Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1829 - 416 pages
...great joy throughout Christendom, and Pope Pius V., when he heard it, exclaimed in a holy ecstacy, ' There was a man sent from God, and his name was John!' It was of Lepanto, too, that Cervantes speaks, when, on being reproached by a literary rival, he breaks... | |
| Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1830 - 332 pages
...great joy throughout Christendom, and Pope Pius V., when he heard it, exclaimed in a holy ecstasy, ' There was a man sent from God, and his name was John ! ' It is of Lepanto, too, that Cervantes speaks, when, on being reproached by a literary rival, he... | |
| John Davenport - 1839 - 520 pages
...generalissimo Don John, but in which the Venetians had the greatest share, cried out, in a transport of joy, " There was a man sent from God, and his name was John;" words which were afterwards applied to John Sobieski, king of Poland, when he delivered Vienna. It... | |
| William Russell - 1839 - 582 pages
...And Pius V. was so transported when he heard of it, that he exclaimed, in a kind of holy ecstasy, " There was a man sent from God, and his name was John !"(2) alluding to Don John of Austria. Philip's joy was more moderate. " Don John," said he, "has been... | |
| John Frost - 1846 - 386 pages
...Pius V. heard of this victory, he was transported with joy, and exclaimed in a kind of holy ecstasy, " There was a man sent from God, and his name was John ;" alluding to the gallant commander of the allies. But Philip of Spain, when the news of his brother's... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1846 - 366 pages
...understanding with the magistrates of the city." The sermon was preached from the famous text — " There was a man sent from God, and his name was John" — a happy plagiarism from the quotation of Scripture by Pope Pius V. on the occasion of the victory... | |
| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1849 - 270 pages
...Selim II. When Pope Pius V. heard of the victory, he held up his hands and exclaimed in extacy, — " There was a man sent from God. and his name was John," — alluding to Don John of Austria. impossibility he rendered practicable, and could the same opportunity... | |
| John Watts De Peyster - 1855 - 396 pages
...and shuddering rememberance of the imminence of the peril, misapplying the words of sacred writ, " There was a man sent from GOD and his name was JOHN" — to drive back the Musselman and Tartar hordes, when stalwart STAREMBERG wrote in bitterness of... | |
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