Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... replied , " If he , who taketh whom he lists , and when , Hath oft this passage to my prayer denied ; For of his will is righteous Will the guide . He in his vessel hath for three months ta'en All who were anxious to pass o'er the tide ...
... replied , " If he , who taketh whom he lists , and when , Hath oft this passage to my prayer denied ; For of his will is righteous Will the guide . He in his vessel hath for three months ta'en All who were anxious to pass o'er the tide ...
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... replied : " Go we to meet them , since their steps are slow ; And thou , sweet son , do thou in 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 ...
... replied : " Go we to meet them , since their steps are slow ; And thou , sweet son , do thou in 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 ...
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... replied , " My Son ; " and pointed to a ledge , that ran A little higher round the mountain side . His words so spurr'd me on , I forced my way , Struggling on hands and knees his pace to keep , Until the circling ledge beneath me lay ...
... replied , " My Son ; " and pointed to a ledge , that ran A little higher round the mountain side . His words so spurr'd me on , I forced my way , Struggling on hands and knees his pace to keep , Until the circling ledge beneath me lay ...
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... replied , “ That difficult the first steps always are , But easier , as man scales its lofty side . Hence , when so pleasant it to thee shall seem , That the ascending shall as easy be , As in a boat the gliding down a stream , — Then ...
... replied , “ That difficult the first steps always are , But easier , as man scales its lofty side . Hence , when so pleasant it to thee shall seem , That the ascending shall as easy be , As in a boat the gliding down a stream , — Then ...
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... Who thrills us with desire his face to see . " " No well remembered features do I view ; — But , O ye blessed spirits , " I replied , " If aught may give you pleasure I can do → 49 55 Tell me , and by the peace I seek on.
... Who thrills us with desire his face to see . " " No well remembered features do I view ; — But , O ye blessed spirits , " I replied , " If aught may give you pleasure I can do → 49 55 Tell me , and by the peace I seek on.
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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...