...in the 16th canto of his Purgatorio — Rome, that turned it into good, Was wont to boast two suns whose several beams Cast light on either way, the world's and God's. One since hath quenched the other ; and the sword Is grafted on the crook, and so conjoined Each must perforce decline...

...in the 16th canto of his Purgatorio — Rome, that turned it into good, Was wont to boast two suns whose several beams Cast light on either way, the world's and God's. One since hath quenched the other ; and the sword Is grafted on the crook, and so conjoined Each must perforce decline...

...Dante, Purgatorio, Cant. XVI.— ' Rome that turu'd [the world] to good Was wont to boast two suna, whose several beams Cast light on either way — the world's and God's. ' One since hath quenched the other ; and the sword Is grafted on the crook ; and, so conjoin'd, Each must perforce...

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...di Dio." Purgaterio, xvi. 106-8. " Rome, that turned the world to good, Was wont to boast two suns, whose several beams Cast light on either way, — the world's and God's." CART. And it was this strong sense of the glory of its former greatness that deepened the poet's grief...

...sword upon the crook," or entrusting to any man or class of men authority over religious belief. " If thou doubt me, mark •' The blade : each herb is judged of by its seed," IX. CONFORMITY. ON the restoration of Charles II., many ministers who had been sequestered were restored...

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...ill-conducting, that hath turned the world To evil. Rome, that turned it unto good, Was wont to boast two suns, whose several beams Cast light on either way, the world's and God's. One since hath quenched the other ; and the sword Is grafted on the crook ; and, so conjoined, Each must perforce...

...suns, whose several beams Cast light on either way, the world's and God's. One since hath quenched the other; and the sword Is grafted on the crook; and, so conjoined, Each must perforce decline to worse, unawed By fear of other. If thou doubt me, mark The...

...boast two suns, whose several beams Cast light on either way — -the world's and God's. One since has quench'd the other ; and the sword Is grafted on the...perforce decline to worse, unawed By fear of other: 1 See Tytler, History of Scotland, vol. iv. p. 174. Bishop Kennedy died on May 10th, AD H66. 5 Cheruel,...