Dante: The PurgatorioLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... speak to thee before the rest , Beseech thee , if the country e'er thou see " Twixt Naples and Romagna , my request In Fano to make known with courteous prayer , That orisons be offer'd up for me , To cleanse me of the weighty sins I ...
... speak to thee before the rest , Beseech thee , if the country e'er thou see " Twixt Naples and Romagna , my request In Fano to make known with courteous prayer , That orisons be offer'd up for me , To cleanse me of the weighty sins I ...
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... speak , the facts themselves avow . Athens and Lacedæmon , who display'd Such skill in laws , and were so polish'd too , In social life but slight improvement made , Compared to thee , who dost such schemes conceive- The subtle thread ...
... speak , the facts themselves avow . Athens and Lacedæmon , who display'd Such skill in laws , and were so polish'd too , In social life but slight improvement made , Compared to thee , who dost such schemes conceive- The subtle thread ...
Page 58
... . " That these words are used in the more common acceptation may be proved by the passage just referred to , canto xvi . 100 , where Dante , speaking on the same subject - the Popes and their assumption of temporal 58 NOTES .
... . " That these words are used in the more common acceptation may be proved by the passage just referred to , canto xvi . 100 , where Dante , speaking on the same subject - the Popes and their assumption of temporal 58 NOTES .
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... speak of , gloriously pourtray'd ; — And there his horse's rein a widow held , In garb of misery and tears array'd . 73 And round about him flock'd full many a knight ; 79 High o'er whose heads throughout the extended plain Waved in the ...
... speak of , gloriously pourtray'd ; — And there his horse's rein a widow held , In garb of misery and tears array'd . 73 And round about him flock'd full many a knight ; 79 High o'er whose heads throughout the extended plain Waved in the ...
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... speaking visible , Wondrous to us , because not met with here . Whilst I contemplated with fond delight These forms with such humility endow'd , And , for their Maker , precious to my sight ; The poet whisper'd : - " Lo ! this way ...
... speaking visible , Wondrous to us , because not met with here . Whilst I contemplated with fond delight These forms with such humility endow'd , And , for their Maker , precious to my sight ; The poet whisper'd : - " Lo ! this way ...
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Angel answer'd appear'd ARGUMENT ascend Beatrice beauteous beautiful behold blessed breast canto Charles of Anjou Church Cimabue circle Commento Corso Donati cried Dante Dante's delight divine doth drew e'en earth erst eternal exclaim exclaim'd eyes face fair father flame Forese Foscolo gaze grace Griffon Guido haply hast hath hear heard heaven heavenly Hence holy Hugh Capet Inferno Italy Judge of Gallura Julius Cæsar lady light Line lofty Lombardi look Lord Matelda Milton mind mortal mount mountain night NOTES o'er Ovid Paradise pass'd Petrarch Philip the Fair poet Pope Pope Boniface VIII prayers Purgatory pursue race replied Rome round Saviour says seem'd shade side sight song Sordello soul speak spirits stars Statius steps stood stream tell thee thine thirst thou tow'rds tree turn'd Ugo Foscolo unto view'd Virgil virtue voice Whence Wherefore wings wonder words
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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...