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LABYRINTH OF THE WORLD & THE P Johann Amos 1592-1670 Comenius,Francis Hrabe Lutzow, 1849-1916 No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 199 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 280 - Some say the Pilgrim's Progress is not mine, Insinuating as if I would shine In name and fame by the worth of another, Like some made rich by robbing of their brother ; Or that so fond I am of being Sire, I'll father bastards ; or, if need require, I'll tell a lye in print, to get applause.— I scorn it ; John such dirt-heap never was, Since God converted him. Let this suffice To show why I my Pilgrim patronise.
Page 76 - It is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone," Matt. iv. 6. See also Luke iv. 10, 11 — " The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity," Ps. xciv. 11. " It is written, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain,
Page 2 - ... title of this earlier book is THE LABYRINTH OF THE WORLD AND THE PARADISE OF THE HEART. It might be called a guide book of the Soul's pilgrimage. The work consists of two parts. The first, as the author tells in a dedicatory note, " depicts the follies and vanities of the world, showing how, mainly and with great labour it busies itself with worthless things, and how all these things at last end wretchedly, either in tears or the mockery of jest.
Page 6 - Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 264 - God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready : I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have. 2 Awake, thou lute, and harp : I myself will awake right early.
Page 139 - ... trumpet resounds, noisy cries arise. Then, behold, all rise up, seize daggers, cutlasses, bayonets, or whatever they have, and strike unmercifully at one another till blood spirts out. They hack and hew at one another worse than the most savage animals. Then in every direction the cries increased ; one could hear the tramping of horses, the clashing of armour, the clattering of swords, the growl of the artillery, the whistle of shots and bullets round our ears, the sound of trumpets, the crash...
Page 88 - I could rely on; nor was it certain that anything was really as it appeared, and not coloured before the eyes according to the fashion in which the eyeglasses were fitted on. But I saw that each one of these men trusted his own instrument thoroughly; thence arose much dispute on many matters.
Page 28 - striking likenesses," as they call it, that they all stand and gape at in astonishment — (Lowers his voice) — but at bottom they are all respectable, pompous horse-faces, and self-opinionated donkey-muzzles, and lop-eared, low-browed dog-skulls, and fatted swine-snouts — and sometimes dull, brutal bull-fronts as well.