Dante, tr. by I.C. Wright, with engr. after Flaxman, Volume 21845 |
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... for me such knowledge to withhold- Never did he behold life's latest eve ; But Folly drew him to that term so near , Scarce had he time his error to retrieve . 37 43 49 55 In this extremity I brought him aid , As hath CANTO I. 3.
... for me such knowledge to withhold- Never did he behold life's latest eve ; But Folly drew him to that term so near , Scarce had he time his error to retrieve . 37 43 49 55 In this extremity I brought him aid , As hath CANTO I. 3.
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... Behold God's Angel ; clasp thy hands , " he said ; 66 Henceforth prepare such ministers to see . See how He spurneth human means - nor oars , Nor other sail except his wings assumes , To speed his way between such distant shores . See ...
... Behold God's Angel ; clasp thy hands , " he said ; 66 Henceforth prepare such ministers to see . See how He spurneth human means - nor oars , Nor other sail except his wings assumes , To speed his way between such distant shores . See ...
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... Behold ! " and then Above his breast he pointed to a wound , And smiling added— “ Manfred is my name , Costanza's grandson : when thou shalt regain The living world , this favour let me claim : - Go to my beauteous child , whose ...
... Behold ! " and then Above his breast he pointed to a wound , And smiling added— “ Manfred is my name , Costanza's grandson : when thou shalt regain The living world , this favour let me claim : - Go to my beauteous child , whose ...
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... behold Still wheeling closer round to either Bear , Unless it deviate from its pathway old . How this may be , if thou desire to know , Imagine Sion with this mountain high Situate on the earth together , so That one horizon only have ...
... behold Still wheeling closer round to either Bear , Unless it deviate from its pathway old . How this may be , if thou desire to know , Imagine Sion with this mountain high Situate on the earth together , so That one horizon only have ...
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Dante Alighieri. CANTO IV . " Dear lord , " I said , " behold a spirit there , Who doth comport himself more lazily Than if e'en Idleness his sister were . " To us he turn'd - and gazed with look intent , Moving his features upward o'er ...
Dante Alighieri. CANTO IV . " Dear lord , " I said , " behold a spirit there , Who doth comport himself more lazily Than if e'en Idleness his sister were . " To us he turn'd - and gazed with look intent , Moving his features upward o'er ...
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Page 310 - 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 300 - 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 267 - 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 267 - 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 176 - 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 267 - 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 266 - 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 300 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Page 276 - 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...
Page 110 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.