The Trilogy: On the Catholicism of Dante. On the doctrine of purgatory and its origin. On the figurative senses of Dante's poem. On the style of Dante. Time table of Purgatorio. Plan of Purgatorio. PurgatorioH. G. Bohn, 1862 |
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Page vii
... nature in its progress towards perfection in a future life , and of the Holy Spirit's influence on the minds of all men , opened the way for the still further display of Christian truth . To him the Papacy was nothing more than the ...
... nature in its progress towards perfection in a future life , and of the Holy Spirit's influence on the minds of all men , opened the way for the still further display of Christian truth . To him the Papacy was nothing more than the ...
Page xiii
... natural sentiment of respect for the departed and of anxiety for their eternal welfare , but especially from the notion of a premillenial resurrection , as the special privilege of some and not common to all the faithful , the custom of ...
... natural sentiment of respect for the departed and of anxiety for their eternal welfare , but especially from the notion of a premillenial resurrection , as the special privilege of some and not common to all the faithful , the custom of ...
Page xviii
... nature Are burnt and purged away . " But for the purpose of chasing the last remains of unbelief , St. Patrick's Purgatory was contrived ; and was for ages the wonder and terror of Christendom . It lay far west of the more civilised ...
... nature Are burnt and purged away . " But for the purpose of chasing the last remains of unbelief , St. Patrick's Purgatory was contrived ; and was for ages the wonder and terror of Christendom . It lay far west of the more civilised ...
Page xxvi
... natural fruits of shame , and pain , and death correspond with its evil nature , and prove that " the way of transgressors is hard . " Thus in the Inferno , the victims of irregular desire are tossed about on fierce winds ; the tyrants ...
... natural fruits of shame , and pain , and death correspond with its evil nature , and prove that " the way of transgressors is hard . " Thus in the Inferno , the victims of irregular desire are tossed about on fierce winds ; the tyrants ...
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... Nature , which is , doubtless , the noblest earthly object of human contemplation . But it may be affirmed with equal certainty , that even in this province of genius , DANTE approaches him the nearest , and is unequalled by any other ...
... Nature , which is , doubtless , the noblest earthly object of human contemplation . But it may be affirmed with equal certainty , that even in this province of genius , DANTE approaches him the nearest , and is unequalled by any other ...
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Page 200 - Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Page 251 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, From the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 81 - And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD ; and she despised him in her heart.
Page 159 - And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Page 143 - And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost...
Page 165 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 155 - And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Page 80 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Page 255 - I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps, and they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Page 45 - But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.