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... never stoops its head , Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may . " Purgatorio . v . 14 . From the period of his banishment , Dante was a wanderer , as he describes himself , from house to house , scarcely able at one time to obtain ...
... never stoops its head , Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may . " Purgatorio . v . 14 . From the period of his banishment , Dante was a wanderer , as he describes himself , from house to house , scarcely able at one time to obtain ...
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... never destined to be realized . He never again returned to his beloved Florence , or enjoyed the comforts of domestic life . Yet he rarely speaks of himself , and tender hearted as he was , never of his wife and family . His last refuge ...
... never destined to be realized . He never again returned to his beloved Florence , or enjoyed the comforts of domestic life . Yet he rarely speaks of himself , and tender hearted as he was , never of his wife and family . His last refuge ...
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... never bestow a thought upon Christ . ** The people , he says , are like sheep gone astray from the right path , since the Pope , through love of money has become a very wolf . ++ And , as for the Clergy generally , he tells them they ...
... never bestow a thought upon Christ . ** The people , he says , are like sheep gone astray from the right path , since the Pope , through love of money has become a very wolf . ++ And , as for the Clergy generally , he tells them they ...
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... never forget those sublimer qualities , which render the poet a fit companion for his immortal guide , and place the name of Dante in harmonious fellowship with that of Homer , of Shakspeare , and of Milton . INTRODUCTION . To enable us ...
... never forget those sublimer qualities , which render the poet a fit companion for his immortal guide , and place the name of Dante in harmonious fellowship with that of Homer , of Shakspeare , and of Milton . INTRODUCTION . To enable us ...
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... never failing reception in the hearts of men throughout all ages . To enable him to execute his arduous design , Virgil offers to become his guide , and to lead him through Hell and Purgatory ; -that thus visiting , as it were , in turn ...
... never failing reception in the hearts of men throughout all ages . To enable him to execute his arduous design , Virgil offers to become his guide , and to lead him through Hell and Purgatory ; -that thus visiting , as it were , in turn ...
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abyss Amphiaraus answer'd appear'd ARGUMENT art thou behold beneath Bianchi breast Cæsar canto Capaneus Church circle Cocytus cried crime Dante Dante's death demons descend display'd dost doth dread dwell E'en e'er earth Emperors erst evil exclaim'd Exclaiming eyes fame Farinata father fear feet fell fierce fire flame Flegias Florence Florentine Foscolo Friar Geryon Ghibelline Guelfs Guido Guido da Polenta hand hath head heard heart heaven hell Hence infernal Italy king land Line lofty looks Lucca master Michael Scot mighty ne'er Neri NOTES numbers o'er Ovid Paradiso party passage Pistoia poem poet Pope Boniface Pope Boniface VIII punished reach'd Rimini Rome round says seem'd serpents shade shalt side sight sinner soul spake speak spirits stood sweet tears tell thee thine thou art Tiresias torment tow'rds turn'd Ugo Foscolo Ugolino view'd Virgil whence Whereat Wherefore words wretched xxvii
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Page 238 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Page 186 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 19 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 228 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 48 - Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths.
Page 64 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Page 19 - Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
Page 98 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 127 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
Page 172 - Silvester, the Roman bishop; and never was physician more gloriously recompensed. His royal proselyte withdrew from the seat and patrimony of St. Peter; declared his resolution of founding a new capital in the East; and resigned to the popes the free and perpetual sovereignty of Rome, Italy, and the provinces of the West.