Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... doth the plain decline . ” Now ' gan the vanquish'd matin hour to flee ; And seen from far , as onward came the day , I recognised the trembling of the sea . We journey'd o'er the solitary plain , Like one retracing his bewilder'd way ...
... doth the plain decline . ” Now ' gan the vanquish'd matin hour to flee ; And seen from far , as onward came the day , I recognised the trembling of the sea . We journey'd o'er the solitary plain , Like one retracing his bewilder'd way ...
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... doth uprear 1 The scales , which fall when she has reach'd her height : So that Aurora's cheeks , where then I stood , Began through age an orange tint to wear-- With white and vermeil colours late imbued , By ocean's shore we still ...
... doth uprear 1 The scales , which fall when she has reach'd her height : So that Aurora's cheeks , where then I stood , Began through age an orange tint to wear-- With white and vermeil colours late imbued , By ocean's shore we still ...
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... doth he direct ; For all the souls , not doom'd to join the throng By Acheron's shore , at Tiber's mouth collect . " Then I : " If here no ordinance annul Memory or practice of that amorous song , Which erst was wont my every care to ...
... doth he direct ; For all the souls , not doom'd to join the throng By Acheron's shore , at Tiber's mouth collect . " Then I : " If here no ordinance annul Memory or practice of that amorous song , Which erst was wont my every care to ...
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... acts is not to us disclosed . Insensate he , who thinks with mortal ken To pierce Infinitude , which doth enfold Three Persons in one substance . - Seek not then , O mortal race , for reasons , -but believe , CANTO III . 21.
... acts is not to us disclosed . Insensate he , who thinks with mortal ken To pierce Infinitude , which doth enfold Three Persons in one substance . - Seek not then , O mortal race , for reasons , -but believe , CANTO III . 21.
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... to earth their noses hold ; And what the leader doth , they also do , If chance she stop , behind her closely prest- Simple and still - not knowing why : e'en so 79 I saw the leaders of this favour'd race 85 Now CANTO III . 23.
... to earth their noses hold ; And what the leader doth , they also do , If chance she stop , behind her closely prest- Simple and still - not knowing why : e'en so 79 I saw the leaders of this favour'd race 85 Now CANTO III . 23.
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Page 314 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not ; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Page 304 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 271 - And round about the throne were four and twenty seats, and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Page 305 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 271 - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices ; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God : and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal.
Page 271 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Page 280 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from GOD, having the glory of GOD...
Page 180 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship God.
Page 270 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 304 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...