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 vi
... says , " The Purga- torio is much more interesting than the Inferno ; and the Paradiso in some respects surpasses them both . " And a former interpreter of DANTE ( Mr. Wright ) says , " The gloom and severity which characterise the ...
... says , " The Purga- torio is much more interesting than the Inferno ; and the Paradiso in some respects surpasses them both . " And a former interpreter of DANTE ( Mr. Wright ) says , " The gloom and severity which characterise the ...
Page vii
... says his compatriot and co - religionist , UGO FOSCOLO , was directly derived from the First Fathers of the Church , from whose enlarged views the Roman Papacy of the thirteenth century had already departed . His ideas of human nature ...
... says his compatriot and co - religionist , UGO FOSCOLO , was directly derived from the First Fathers of the Church , from whose enlarged views the Roman Papacy of the thirteenth century had already departed . His ideas of human nature ...
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... say , that whoever calls himself Universal Bishop , or desires to be so called , in his arrogance is the forerunner of Anti- christ , because in his pride he prefers himself to the rest . " - GREGORY ; Ep . ad Maur . Aug. 66 2 TACITUS ...
... say , that whoever calls himself Universal Bishop , or desires to be so called , in his arrogance is the forerunner of Anti- christ , because in his pride he prefers himself to the rest . " - GREGORY ; Ep . ad Maur . Aug. 66 2 TACITUS ...
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... says , " There is also the fire of purgatory , in which the souls of the just are purified by punishment for a stated time , to the end that they may be admitted into their eternal country , into which nothing defiled entereth ...
... says , " There is also the fire of purgatory , in which the souls of the just are purified by punishment for a stated time , to the end that they may be admitted into their eternal country , into which nothing defiled entereth ...
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... says , " We assert that the souls of the unjust exist after death , and are sensibly tormented , but that the souls of the good are happy , free from punishment . " - Apol . pro Christianis , 2 . ( Parisiis , 1515. ) To the same effect ...
... says , " We assert that the souls of the unjust exist after death , and are sensibly tormented , but that the souls of the good are happy , free from punishment . " - Apol . pro Christianis , 2 . ( Parisiis , 1515. ) To the same effect ...
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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.