La divina commedia: InfernoD.C. Heath & Company, 1909 - 546 pages |
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Page xvi
... head was in the clouds.1 Visionary as he was , saddened by his own misfortunes , and exas- perated by human wickedness , he had a fundamentally healthy dis- position . In his character fierce passion was mated with equally vigorous self ...
... head was in the clouds.1 Visionary as he was , saddened by his own misfortunes , and exas- perated by human wickedness , he had a fundamentally healthy dis- position . In his character fierce passion was mated with equally vigorous self ...
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... heads , Incontinence , Violence , and Fraud , it is natural that the beasts should stand for corresponding practices : the ravening wolf is Incontinence of any kind , the raging lion is Violence , the swift and stealthy leopard is Fraud ...
... heads , Incontinence , Violence , and Fraud , it is natural that the beasts should stand for corresponding practices : the ravening wolf is Incontinence of any kind , the raging lion is Violence , the swift and stealthy leopard is Fraud ...
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... head of Canto XXXIV . 8. On the Judgment Day , when all the wicked shall have been consigned to Hell , it will be sealed up , and will remain unchanged forever . 14. Cf. Æn . , VI , 26 : ' Nunc animis opus , Ænea , nunc pectore firmo ...
... head of Canto XXXIV . 8. On the Judgment Day , when all the wicked shall have been consigned to Hell , it will be sealed up , and will remain unchanged forever . 14. Cf. Æn . , VI , 26 : ' Nunc animis opus , Ænea , nunc pectore firmo ...
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... head and all . 96. Nimica , ' hostile ' to sin . Podèsta potestà , Christ ; cf. John v , 27 : ' And [ the Father ] hath given him authority ( potestatem ) to execute judgment also , because he is the Son of man . ' On the Day of ...
... head and all . 96. Nimica , ' hostile ' to sin . Podèsta potestà , Christ ; cf. John v , 27 : ' And [ the Father ] hath given him authority ( potestatem ) to execute judgment also , because he is the Son of man . ' On the Day of ...
Page 83
... head and chest erect , ' as if he held Hell in great contempt ' Dante approaches him with deference ; only when goaded beyond endurance by Farinata's taunts does he show resentment . To him , as to Cavalcante , he uses the respect- ful ...
... head and chest erect , ' as if he held Hell in great contempt ' Dante approaches him with deference ; only when goaded beyond endurance by Farinata's taunts does he show resentment . To him , as to Cavalcante , he uses the respect- ful ...
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Page xxv - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 115 - 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 26 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 169 - And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Page 274 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds : I will be like the most High.
Page 114 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 274 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 274 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Page 152 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 189 - And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.