... coughing and weeping, as if fome great misfortune had befallen him ; but he no fooner perceived, upon the fcrutiny, that there was a fufficient number of votes to fecure his election, than he threw his... The Life of Pope Sixtus the Fifth - Page 204by Gregorio Leti - 1779 - 620 pagesFull view - About this book
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1754 - 540 pages
...and uniformity. As foon as ever he found a fufficient number of votes to fecure his election, * he threw the ftaff with which he ufed to fupport himfelf into the middle of the chapel, and appeared taller, by almoft a foot, than he had done for feveral years, hawking and fpitting with... | |
| World history - 1761 - 570 pages
...fcrutiny, that there was a fufficient number of votes to fecure his election, than he threw his fluff, with which he ufed to fupport himfelf, into the middle...almoft a foot, than he had done for feveral years before. This behaviour alarming the cardinal Dean, he called out, " Stay a little, foftly, there is... | |
| Virginia - 1761 - 528 pages
...number of votes to fecure his election, than he threw his ftaff, with which he ufed to fupport hlmfelf, into the middle of the chapel, ftretched himfelf up,...appeared taller, by almoft a foot, than he had done for (everal years before. This behaviour alarming the cardinal Dean, he called out, " Stay a little, foftly,... | |
| World history - 1782 - 500 pages
...fcrutiny, that there was a fufficient number of votes to fccure his election, than he threw his flaff, with which he ufed to fupport himfelf, into the middle of the chapel, fi retched himfelf up, and appeared taller, by aljnoil a foot, than he had feemed for feveral years... | |
| Alexander Bicknell - Biography - 1791 - 546 pages
...the moment he perceived there was a fufficient number of votes to fccure 325 fecure his election, he threw the ftaff, with which he ufed to fupport himfelf,...almoft a foot than he had done for feveral years. The cardinals, aftonifhed at fo fudden an alteration, looked at him with amazement ; and one of them... | |
| English essays - 1768 - 814 pages
...of I'pirit ; but when he perceived there was a fufiicient number of votes to fecure his election, he threw the ftaff, with which he ufed to fupport himfelf, into the middle of the Chapel, ftSetched himfelf up, and appeared taller, by almolt a foot, than he had done for feveral years, hawking... | |
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