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 viii
... Rome , and died in her communion , make no sufficient allowance for the time in which he lived and the circumstances in which he was placed . At the same time , both classes of objectors appear to forget , how much of truth and error ...
... Rome , and died in her communion , make no sufficient allowance for the time in which he lived and the circumstances in which he was placed . At the same time , both classes of objectors appear to forget , how much of truth and error ...
Page ix
... Rome by the Bianchi of his native city , and to Venice by Guido da Polenta , Lord of Ravenna ; and Wiclif was sent to Bruges as one of four Commissioners on the part of the English Government , for the adjustment of a dispute with the ...
... Rome by the Bianchi of his native city , and to Venice by Guido da Polenta , Lord of Ravenna ; and Wiclif was sent to Bruges as one of four Commissioners on the part of the English Government , for the adjustment of a dispute with the ...
Page xii
... Rome , on the subject of Pur- gatory , was thus expressed by the Council of Florence , A.D. 1439 , " If the truly penitent depart hence in the love of God , before they have made satisfaction for sins of commission and omission by ...
... Rome , on the subject of Pur- gatory , was thus expressed by the Council of Florence , A.D. 1439 , " If the truly penitent depart hence in the love of God , before they have made satisfaction for sins of commission and omission by ...
Page xiv
... Rome derived her doctrine of Purgatory . This Pagan origin of Catholic Doctrine may be further illustrated by the following Apologue . There was a time when the Church of Rome was a pure church , and her " faith was spoken of throughout ...
... Rome derived her doctrine of Purgatory . This Pagan origin of Catholic Doctrine may be further illustrated by the following Apologue . There was a time when the Church of Rome was a pure church , and her " faith was spoken of throughout ...
Page xv
... Rome , was transferred to the Pope as the high - priest of Papal Rome ; and the ceremony , introduced by the vanity of the tyrant Caligula , of requiring all who approached him to kiss his embroidered slipper , has been faithfully ...
... Rome , was transferred to the Pope as the high - priest of Papal Rome ; and the ceremony , introduced by the vanity of the tyrant Caligula , of requiring all who approached him to kiss his embroidered slipper , has been faithfully ...
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Page 207 - 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 xviii - Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night ; And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Page 111 - 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 62 - 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 115 - 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 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.
Page xxviii - The style of Dante is, if not his highest, perhaps his most peculiar excellence. I know nothing with which it can be compared. The noblest models of Greek composition must yield to it. His words are the fewest and the best which it is possible to use. The first expression in which he clothes his thoughts is always so energetic and comprehensive that amplification would only injure the effect. There is probably no writer in any language who has presented so many strong pictures to the mind ; yet there...
Page 63 - 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 187 - DESCEND from Heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing...
Page 189 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him ; and they were full of eyes within : and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.