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nothingness of sublunary grandeutf have , , w § ail Know , beep introduced into the ceremonials of royal pageantry , both in ancient and modern times : nor is it
mentioned here as a novelty , but as a proof of the transcendent glory which oncq encompassed the papal throne . — Nemo est in mundo sine aliqua tribulatione vel angustidy qnqmvis Rex sit vel Papa . — Dc Irnit . C / iristi . I . 522 , The
pontifical dignity was then , it seerns , supposed to be the com . pleinent and perfection of regal and even imperial power . Yet there is no sovereign who seems to stand in so little need of
this lesson as the Roman Pontiff . * The robes which encumber his motions , the attendants that watch his steps , and the severe magnificence that surrounds him on all
sides , ^ re so . many memento ^ of his duties * $ 4 jd of his responsibility ; while the churches which he dail y frequents * line *! vyith monuments , that announce the existence and
the short reigns of his predecessors ; nay , the y ^ ry city which be iu r habits * th $ - sepulchre of ages and of empire s * tjie sa , d qioa . urnerit . of
all th ^ t is . gmM and ^ lorioys be ,, neatly the sun , remind , him ^ t eveiry step of fallen grandeur and of human oiprtallt ; y . One lesson more the Pontiff is now destined to
receive d&Uy , ? . nd that is of o \ others the most impressive and most mortifying ^ power escaping from his grasp , and influence evaporating in the sjbadow of a name . —Sic transit gloria mundi .
Of ; the ; refcittue ^ n 4 ^ rpc ^ sion of ttre Pontiff at the ioaugUFation ? we shall Say no more ; bi ^ U ol the cereiMmwi ^ f the Roman Cqurt in general g \ v& the opinion of the most intelligent of French travel-
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tersj tifiiife bwn wdrd $ after hnvfrig observed , &ai to tlie eye of an Englishman , though as partial to pomp and statelinefes as the tia . tive of a northern region can be , the effect would be increased if the quantum of ceremony were considerably diminished . La
pornpe qui entirontte le rape , et Its ceremonies de PEglise Romnint sont les pins majestueuses , fes plus augustes , e £ les p ftiti imposantet qu on puisse vbit . * From the state and the exterior
of the Popes in general , we will now pass to the person and the character of the present Pontiff , Pius VII . is of 2 i nobte family , Chiaramonte by n&mg , and be .
came earjy in life a Benedictin monk of the Abbby of S . Q ^ it > rgio t at Venice * His learning , virlUe and mildness , raised him shortly above the level / bf ; hl ^ "Brettren , attracted the atteriiSori otthe
Superiors first , and J dfte ? rwa *< fe of the late I * bp $ , Pftis VI . vffcoimd an opportL | hfty of nbtieihf ^ the Fa * tr ^ er Chia raptonie % on' his" W ^ y to Vienna ^ and who shortly after promoted him to the 5 ^ 6 of Imofa , slvlA afterwards tuUe ^ ll h ftn to the
purple . His calreier'in this § pfendTd lir ^^ , see iris to have been marked rather by th £ lnild teftd conciliating virtues tfoan by tfie display of extraordinary abrll ties ; we a ccordingly find him esteemed and beloved by all , parties , artd
respected even by the French g ^ nerals , and b ^ Buonaparte in particular . will
? J ^ ii Lande ^ Th * Reader per * hap « be surprised j ^ ti $ p&t ^ ° awWlP ° " &teftKTa ? f stool , Hie ttoiiniiLfflbh , *** & &c * p htk zutpciet will qeMWo ^ on . ^ erlwipt * 11 ' crease , when he ia asimedjthfti M ^^ ceremonies exist .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/10/
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