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... CLOTH , FLAT BACK , COLOURED TOP ; LEATHER , ROUND CORNERS , GILT TOP ; LIBRARY BINDING IN CLOTH , & QUARTER PIGSKIN LONDON : J. M. DENT & SONS , LTD . NEW YORK : E. P. DUTTON & CO . OETS ARE THE TRUMPETS WHICH SING TO BAT TEE .
... CLOTH , FLAT BACK , COLOURED TOP ; LEATHER , ROUND CORNERS , GILT TOP ; LIBRARY BINDING IN CLOTH , & QUARTER PIGSKIN LONDON : J. M. DENT & SONS , LTD . NEW YORK : E. P. DUTTON & CO . OETS ARE THE TRUMPETS WHICH SING TO BAT TEE .
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... round him , the poet found a not uncongenial refuge in that ancient Romagnole city , amidst the monuments of Cæsars and the records in mosaic of primitive Christianity , where the church walls testified the glory of Justinian , and the ...
... round him , the poet found a not uncongenial refuge in that ancient Romagnole city , amidst the monuments of Cæsars and the records in mosaic of primitive Christianity , where the church walls testified the glory of Justinian , and the ...
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... Round through that air with solid darkness stain'd , Like to the sand that in the whirlwind flies . 66 I then , with error 3 yet encompast , cried : " O master ! what is this I hear ? what race Are these , who seem so overcome with woe ...
... Round through that air with solid darkness stain'd , Like to the sand that in the whirlwind flies . 66 I then , with error 3 yet encompast , cried : " O master ! what is this I hear ? what race Are these , who seem so overcome with woe ...
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... round Defended by a pleasant stream . O'er this As o'er dry land we pass'd . Next , through seven gates , I with those sages enter'd , and we came Into a mead with lively verdure fresh.1 There dwelt a race , who slow their eyes around ...
... round Defended by a pleasant stream . O'er this As o'er dry land we pass'd . Next , through seven gates , I with those sages enter'd , and we came Into a mead with lively verdure fresh.1 There dwelt a race , who slow their eyes around ...
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... round and dash'd amain with sore annoy . When they arrive before the ruinous sweep , There shrieks are heard , there lamentations , moans , And blasphemies ' gainst the good Power in Heaven . I understood , that to this torment sad The ...
... round and dash'd amain with sore annoy . When they arrive before the ruinous sweep , There shrieks are heard , there lamentations , moans , And blasphemies ' gainst the good Power in Heaven . I understood , that to this torment sad The ...
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Æneid Angels answer'd appear'd ARGUMENT ascend aught beam Beatrice began behold beneath blessed Bologna Cacciaguida CANTO Cary Charles of Anjou Christ circle Convivio cried Dante Dante's daughter death descend Divine dost doth E'en e'er earth erewhile eternal evil exclaim'd eyes fell fix'd flame Florence Florentine Forlì gaze Geryon Ghibelline grace Guelf Guido Guido da Montefeltro hath hear heard Heaven holy human King light living look look'd Malebolge mark'd Moroello Malaspina mortal mount moved ne'er o'er onward Phaëton Pistoia Poet Pope Pope Boniface VIII Purg Purgatory reach'd replied rest rock round seem'd side sight smile song Sordello soul spake speak sphere spirit stars Statius steps stood sweet tell thee thence thine things Thomas Aquinas thou hast thou mayst thou shalt thought truth turn'd unto Virgil virtue visage vision voice whence wherefore Wicksteed words
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Page ii - TRAVEL ? SCIENCE * FICTION THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY HISTORY ? CLASSICAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ESSAYS * ORATORY POETRY & DRAMA BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE ROMANCE THE ORDINARY EDITION IS BOUND IN CLOTH WITH GILT DESIGN AND COLOURED TOP.
Page 1 - 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 179 - Now was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim newly on his road with love Thrills, if he hear the vesper bell from far, 5 That seems to mourn for the expiring day...
Page 50 - In brief, we all are monsters; that is, a composition of man and beast, wherein we must endeavour to be as the poets fancy that wise man Chiron, that is, to have the region of man above that of beast, and sense to sit but at the feet of reason.
Page 148 - Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Page 4 - For every vein and pulse throughout my frame She hath made tremble." He, soon as he saw That I was weeping, answer'd, " Thou must needs Another way pursue, if thou wouldst 'scape From out that savage wilderness. This beast, At whom thou criest, her way will suffer none To pass, and no less hindrance makes than death : So bad and so accursed in her kind, That never sated is her ravenous will, Still after food P more craving than before.
Page 22 - If thou art bent to know the primal root, From whence our love gat being, I will do As one, who weeps and tells his tale. One day, For our delight we read of Lancelot, How him love thrall'd.
Page 112 - With these few words I sharpen'd for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then Could scarcely have withheld them. To the dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings, still gaining on the left. Each star of the other pole night now beheld, And ours so low, that from the ocean floor It rose not.
Page 145 - Of th' other two, Whose heads are under, from the murky jaw Who hangs, is Brutus :* lo ! how he doth writhe • And speaks not. The other, Cassius, that appears So large of limb. But night now reascends; And it is time for parting. All is seen.