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... exclaim'd the courteous guide , " Who in the wrath of the Almighty die , Are gather'd here from every region wide : Goaded by heavenly Justice in its ire , Το pass the stream they rush thus hastily ; So that their fear is turn'd into ...
... exclaim'd the courteous guide , " Who in the wrath of the Almighty die , Are gather'd here from every region wide : Goaded by heavenly Justice in its ire , Το pass the stream they rush thus hastily ; So that their fear is turn'd into ...
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... exclaim'd , of his pale looks aware , " How shall I speed , if even thou dost quail , Thou - who art wont to cheer me in despair ? " He answer'd me : " The loud laments I hear From those who are beneath us , on my face Pourtray that ...
... exclaim'd , of his pale looks aware , " How shall I speed , if even thou dost quail , Thou - who art wont to cheer me in despair ? " He answer'd me : " The loud laments I hear From those who are beneath us , on my face Pourtray that ...
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... Exclaim'd : " O tell , my lord and master , tell , Went ever spirit hence , who by his own Or other's worth in aftertime was blest ? " Then he , to whom my covert speech was known , Gave answer : " I had lately reach'd this round , When ...
... Exclaim'd : " O tell , my lord and master , tell , Went ever spirit hence , who by his own Or other's worth in aftertime was blest ? " Then he , to whom my covert speech was known , Gave answer : " I had lately reach'd this round , When ...
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... exclaim'd in lofty strain : " Let honour to the mighty bard be paid ; - His shade that left us , now returns again . " . Ceased had the voice - when in composed array Four mighty shades approaching I survey'd ; - Nor joy , nor sorrow ...
... exclaim'd in lofty strain : " Let honour to the mighty bard be paid ; - His shade that left us , now returns again . " . Ceased had the voice - when in composed array Four mighty shades approaching I survey'd ; - Nor joy , nor sorrow ...
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... exclaim'd , when he beheld me there , His dread employ suspending- " mark thy road ; And heed thee well on whom thou dost rely ; Nor let the spacious entrance tempt thee on . " To him my guide : " Why makest thou this cry ? Check not ...
... exclaim'd , when he beheld me there , His dread employ suspending- " mark thy road ; And heed thee well on whom thou dost rely ; Nor let the spacious entrance tempt thee on . " To him my guide : " Why makest thou this cry ? Check not ...
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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.