 | Anna Maria Porter - 1817 - 1054 pages
...crossed him, he took up a volume of his native poet ; his eye fell upon those beautiful lines, »— " For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter...speedy, perish at the last, E'en in the haven's mouth." Who is there, that, in an instant of extreme emotion, has not felt the influence of superstition ?... | |
 | 1822 - 382 pages
...lib. iii. p. 138. Who, like to scymitars,* reflected back The scripture-image by distortion marr'd. " Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one...all the winter long, And after bear the rose upon it's top ; ISO And bark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight and speedy, perish at the last... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1822 - 388 pages
...PAHADISE. 241 Who, like to scymitars,* refleeted back The scripture-image by distortion raarr'd. " Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one...all the winter long, And after bear the rose upon it's top ) 130 And bark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight and speedy, perish at the last... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1822 - 390 pages
...Well-knoun herctici. Who, like to scymitars,* reflected back The scripture-image by distortion marr'd. " Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one...I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long1, And after bear the rose upon it's top ; 130 And bark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1822 - 398 pages
...not the people he too swift to judge t As one who reekons on the hlades in field, Or e'er the erop he ripe. For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long, And after hear the rose upon it's top ; 130 And hark, that all her way aeross the sea Kan straight and speedy,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1842 - 450 pages
...Vedergli dentro al consiglio divino : Che quel può surger, e quel può cadere." Par. xiii. 130. " Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one who reckons on the blades in the field, Or e'er the crop be ripe. For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long, And... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...the other fools, Who, like to scymitars3 refleeted hack The scripture-image by distortion marr'd. " Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one...winter long, And after bear the rose upon its top ; And hark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight and speedy, perish at the last E'en in the haven's... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...never ihought that such and such consequence would follow. They will use Dantaean words, and say, — " Let not the people be too swift to judge, As one who...on the blades in field, Or e'er the crop be ripe*." When false wisdom promises a futurity of unparalleled good, right reason answers, — " Swear not by... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1852 - 446 pages
...And, Kitty, my dear, to think of old Mogg being a dowager Marchioness ! ! ! " CHAPTER XXX. — — For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long, And after bear the rose upon its top. GARY'* Dante. IT was now the season when "the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...the calm of age than amidst the gales of youth and maturity ; for, as Dante says, • I have seen A bark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight...speedy, perish at the last E'en in the haven's mouth*." But central principles ward off such catastrophes, when to the Church, as the guardian of all that... | |
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Let not the people be too swift to judge ; As one who reckons on the blades in field, Or e'er the crop be ripe. For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long, And after bear the rose upon its top ; 130 And bark, that all her way across the... 
