Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... hope abide . " A thousand paces forward had we gone— Still was that company as far away As a good thrower might impel a stone , — When back upon the rocks of that steep pile All drew , and firmly stood in close array , Like one in doubt ...
... hope abide . " A thousand paces forward had we gone— Still was that company as far away As a good thrower might impel a stone , — When back upon the rocks of that steep pile All drew , and firmly stood in close array , Like one in doubt ...
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... Hope remaining bears her verdant bloom . ' Tis true , that he who doth the Church offend , And contumacious dies , though he repent At last , -- for all the space that he did spend In that presumption - must , without this ridge Rove ...
... Hope remaining bears her verdant bloom . ' Tis true , that he who doth the Church offend , And contumacious dies , though he repent At last , -- for all the space that he did spend In that presumption - must , without this ridge Rove ...
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... hope of ever gratifying their wishes . " Of this number of philosophers was Virgil himself . Inf . iv . 42. Hence his per- turbation , and the abrupt conclusion of his speech . His argument is this : " ( ) mortal race , if such great ...
... hope of ever gratifying their wishes . " Of this number of philosophers was Virgil himself . Inf . iv . 42. Hence his per- turbation , and the abrupt conclusion of his speech . His argument is this : " ( ) mortal race , if such great ...
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... hope of obtaining the favour of God . " ( 140. ) Thus Virgil , Æn . vi . 320 : - " Nec ripas datur , " & c . ( 144. ) The “ ban " alludes to the prohibition to enter Purga- tory till after the period appointed to the excommunicated ...
... hope of obtaining the favour of God . " ( 140. ) Thus Virgil , Æn . vi . 320 : - " Nec ripas datur , " & c . ( 144. ) The “ ban " alludes to the prohibition to enter Purga- tory till after the period appointed to the excommunicated ...
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... hope , and lit me through the gloom . Up through the broken rock we then proceeded , Which hemm'd us closely in on either flank ; So that our hands as well as feet we needed , And when , at last , expanded to our view The plain that ...
... hope , and lit me through the gloom . Up through the broken rock we then proceeded , Which hemm'd us closely in on either flank ; So that our hands as well as feet we needed , And when , at last , expanded to our view The plain that ...
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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...