Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... mountain , where souls , in the course of a toilsome ascent , are purified from sin , and fitted to enter the heavenly mansions . * * At first sight , reference appears to be made solely to the world of spirits . That Dante , however ...
... mountain , where souls , in the course of a toilsome ascent , are purified from sin , and fitted to enter the heavenly mansions . * * At first sight , reference appears to be made solely to the world of spirits . That Dante , however ...
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Dante Alighieri. The beautiful mountain , destined to be the scene of his laborious journey , the poet had viewed afar off , when he first awoke to a sense of his miserable condition in the wilderness of the Inferno . In the lower region ...
Dante Alighieri. The beautiful mountain , destined to be the scene of his laborious journey , the poet had viewed afar off , when he first awoke to a sense of his miserable condition in the wilderness of the Inferno . In the lower region ...
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... mountain . Admitted within the gate of Purgatory , † the poets proceed upward by a narrow way to the first circle or ledge . In this , Pride is punished with severe inflictions ; and on the sides of the marble rock are displayed ex ...
... mountain . Admitted within the gate of Purgatory , † the poets proceed upward by a narrow way to the first circle or ledge . In this , Pride is punished with severe inflictions ; and on the sides of the marble rock are displayed ex ...
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Dante Alighieri. holy mountain of Zion . A description of the terrestrial Paradise follows , -the living verdure of the forest tem- pering the fervour of the early day - the leaves trembling before the soft impulse of a gentle wind ...
Dante Alighieri. holy mountain of Zion . A description of the terrestrial Paradise follows , -the living verdure of the forest tem- pering the fervour of the early day - the leaves trembling before the soft impulse of a gentle wind ...
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... mountain , and suffering himself to be drawn away from his " first love , " ' If , " she says , " at my decease you were bereaved of the fairest form that nature or art ever designed , it became you not to have stooped to delusive ...
... mountain , and suffering himself to be drawn away from his " first love , " ' If , " she says , " at my decease you were bereaved of the fairest form that nature or art ever designed , it became you not to have stooped to delusive ...
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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...