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... body of infantry . This circumstance in the event proved highly fortunate to the Florentines ; for their own cavalry being thus joined to their foot , while that of their enemies was led by the pursuit to a con- siderable distance from ...
... body of infantry . This circumstance in the event proved highly fortunate to the Florentines ; for their own cavalry being thus joined to their foot , while that of their enemies was led by the pursuit to a con- siderable distance from ...
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... body , made the Count Alessandro da Romena their leader , and appointed a council of twelve , of which number Dante was one . In the year 1304 , having been joined by a very strong force , which was not only furnished them by Arezzo ...
... body , made the Count Alessandro da Romena their leader , and appointed a council of twelve , of which number Dante was one . In the year 1304 , having been joined by a very strong force , which was not only furnished them by Arezzo ...
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... bodies ; a description of men , their deserts and punishments , of supreme happiness and utter misery , and of the middle state between the two extremes : nor , perhaps , was there ever any one who chose a more ample and fertile subject ...
... bodies ; a description of men , their deserts and punishments , of supreme happiness and utter misery , and of the middle state between the two extremes : nor , perhaps , was there ever any one who chose a more ample and fertile subject ...
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... bodies , as the abodes of bliss suited to their several endowments . And whatever philosophers may think of the matter , it is certainly much better , for the ends of poetry at least , that too much should be believed , rather than less ...
... bodies , as the abodes of bliss suited to their several endowments . And whatever philosophers may think of the matter , it is certainly much better , for the ends of poetry at least , that too much should be believed , rather than less ...
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... body rests on the hinder foot . 5 A panther . ] Pleasure or luxury . 6 With those stars . ] The sun was in Aries , in which sign he supposes it to have begun its course at the creation . The gay skin . ] A late editor of the Divina ...
... body rests on the hinder foot . 5 A panther . ] Pleasure or luxury . 6 With those stars . ] The sun was in Aries , in which sign he supposes it to have begun its course at the creation . The gay skin . ] A late editor of the Divina ...
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Page 68 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Page 338 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Page 307 - 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 416 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Page 257 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 445 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 3 - IN the midway * of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct ; and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death.
Page 211 - Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it ; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah ; and God smote him there for his error ; and there he died by the ark of God.
Page 79 - Thus me my guide address'd, And beckon'd him, that he should come to shore, Near to the stony causeway's utmost edge. Forthwith that image vile of Fraud appear'd, His head and upper part exposed on land, But laid not on the shore his bestial train. His face the semblance of a just man's wore, So kind and gracious was its outward cheer; The rest was serpent all: two shaggy claws Reach'd to the arm-pits; and the back and breast, And either side, were painted o'er with nodes And orbits.
Page 46 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.