Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... Purgatory , Dante had reference to the world of Spirits only , and intended not to represent the inhabitants of earth . + Ib . i . 31 . * Canto iii . 140 Virgil , during the night assists Dante up the steep vi INTRODUCTION .
... Purgatory , Dante had reference to the world of Spirits only , and intended not to represent the inhabitants of earth . + Ib . i . 31 . * Canto iii . 140 Virgil , during the night assists Dante up the steep vi INTRODUCTION .
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... earth - that the flowers and trees grow spontaneously — that the two streams , Lethe and Eunoë , are not replenished by the uncertain supplies of rain , but issue from a never - failing source ; endued - the one with power to take away ...
... earth - that the flowers and trees grow spontaneously — that the two streams , Lethe and Eunoë , are not replenished by the uncertain supplies of rain , but issue from a never - failing source ; endued - the one with power to take away ...
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... earth , for the benefit of mankind . After meeting with various disasters , the Church , which in its primitive state had been adorned with all virtues and Christian graces , is corrupted through the wealth and temporal dominion ...
... earth , for the benefit of mankind . After meeting with various disasters , the Church , which in its primitive state had been adorned with all virtues and Christian graces , is corrupted through the wealth and temporal dominion ...
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... earth remain'd , That all she wish'd I granted with delight . Now , since she dwells beyond the evil tide , She cannot move me ; so the law ordain'd , When I departed from the other side . But if the mandate of a heavenly Dame Direct ...
... earth remain'd , That all she wish'd I granted with delight . Now , since she dwells beyond the evil tide , She cannot move me ; so the law ordain'd , When I departed from the other side . But if the mandate of a heavenly Dame Direct ...
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... earth abased : -he to the shore Came with a little skiff , so swift and light , The wave it touch'd not , as it bounded o'er . Upon the poop the heavenly Pilot stood , With stamp of " Blessedness " irradiate : More than a hundred souls ...
... earth abased : -he to the shore Came with a little skiff , so swift and light , The wave it touch'd not , as it bounded o'er . Upon the poop the heavenly Pilot stood , With stamp of " Blessedness " irradiate : More than a hundred souls ...
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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...