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J. and C. Mozley, 1854 - 570 pages
 

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Page 60 - Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things ? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Page 150 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
Page 109 - E l' altro ciel di bel sereno adorno, E la faccia del Sol nascere ombrata, Sì che per temperanza di vapori, L' occhio lo sostenea lunga fiata ; Cosi dentro una nuvola di fiori. Che dalle mani angeliche saliva, E ricadeva giù dentro e di fuori, Sovra candido vel, cinta d' oliva Donna m'apparve, sotto verde manto, Vestita di color di fiamma viva.
Page 33 - Perrocch' io sono il suo fedel Bernardo. Quale è colui che forse di Croazia Viene a veder la Veronica nostra ', Che per l' antica fama non si sazia , Ma dice nel pensier fin che si mostra : Signor mio Gesù Cristo Dio verace , Or fu sì fatta la sembianza vostra ? Tale era io mirando la vivace Carità di colui che 'n questo mondo Contemplando gustò di quella pace.
Page 101 - Lo villanello, a cui la roba manca, Si leva e guarda, e vede la campagna Biancheggiar tutta, ond...
Page 226 - Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me...
Page 109 - Donna m' apparve, sotto verde manto, Vestita di color di fiamma viva. E lo spirito mio, che già cotanto Tempo era stato ch' alla sua presenza * Non era di stupor, tremando, affranto, Sanza degli occhi aver più conoscenza, Per occulta virtù che da lei mosse, D' antico amor sentì la gran potenza.
Page 1 - Peter's. It is the first Christian poem; and it opens European literature, as the Iliad did that of Greece and Rome. And, like the Iliad, it has never become out of date ; it accompanies in undiminished freshness, the literature which it began.
Page 179 - Homage," says the Treatise of Tenures, " is the most honorable service, and most humble service of reverence, that a frank tenant may do to his lord : for when the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he shall be ungirt and his head uncovered, and his lord shall sit and the tenant shall kneel before him on both his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord. and shall say thus: I become your man, from this day forward, of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto...
Page 499 - Deux maladies dangereuses ont affligé en nos jours le corps de l'Eglise : il a pris à quelques docteurs une malheureuse et inhumaine complaisance, une pitié meurtrière, qui leur a fait porter des coussins sous les coudes des pécheurs, chercher des couvertures à leurs passions, pour condescendre à leur vanité, et flatter leur ignorance affectée. Quelques...

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