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... cause of all his subsequent mis- fortunes in life.2 In order to show the occasion of Dante's exile , it may be necessary to enter more particularly into the state of parties at Florence . The city , which had been disturbed by many ...
... cause of all his subsequent mis- fortunes in life.2 In order to show the occasion of Dante's exile , it may be necessary to enter more particularly into the state of parties at Florence . The city , which had been disturbed by many ...
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... cause of his departure , it must necessarily be placed at a date posterior to 1308 ; for Can Grande , though associated with out of the whole a continued narrative , which , though it may pass for current with the unwary reader , will ...
... cause of his departure , it must necessarily be placed at a date posterior to 1308 ; for Can Grande , though associated with out of the whole a continued narrative , which , though it may pass for current with the unwary reader , will ...
Page xx
... cause of their opponents , the Ghibellines . Reverence for his country , says one of his biographers , 1 prevailed on him to absent himself from the hostile army , when Henry of Luxemburgh en- camped before the gates of Florence ; but ...
... cause of their opponents , the Ghibellines . Reverence for his country , says one of his biographers , 1 prevailed on him to absent himself from the hostile army , when Henry of Luxemburgh en- camped before the gates of Florence ; but ...
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... cause . I intend , more- over , to set forth their true meaning , which some may not perceive , if I declare it not . " He next proceeds to give many reasons why his commentary was not written rather in Latin than in Italian ; for which ...
... cause . I intend , more- over , to set forth their true meaning , which some may not perceive , if I declare it not . " He next proceeds to give many reasons why his commentary was not written rather in Latin than in Italian ; for which ...
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... cause of civil and religious liberty , he is on all occasions the zealous and fearless advocate ; and of that higher freedom , which is seated in the will , he was an assertor equally strenuous and enlightened . The contemporary of ...
... cause of civil and religious liberty , he is on all occasions the zealous and fearless advocate ; and of that higher freedom , which is seated in the will , he was an assertor equally strenuous and enlightened . The contemporary of ...
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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.