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... appears not only the prophet and preacher , but , what must never be lost sight of , the Man , the Italian , the Monk . M. Perrens has paid especial attention to the corre- sponding dates of his works , and the events of his life : we ...
... appears not only the prophet and preacher , but , what must never be lost sight of , the Man , the Italian , the Monk . M. Perrens has paid especial attention to the corre- sponding dates of his works , and the events of his life : we ...
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... appear that extravagance of asceticism in which some of the older anchorites and the more famous monks luxuriated and gloried . He has no special aspirations after peculiar filth and misery ; and , throughout his teaching , the advice ...
... appear that extravagance of asceticism in which some of the older anchorites and the more famous monks luxuriated and gloried . He has no special aspirations after peculiar filth and misery ; and , throughout his teaching , the advice ...
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... appears from Dr. Midden that a French writer has undertaken this foolish task , but we must acknowledge that this ultramontane school , the school of Audin and Rohrbacher , as to historical value , is so far below contempt , that it ...
... appears from Dr. Midden that a French writer has undertaken this foolish task , but we must acknowledge that this ultramontane school , the school of Audin and Rohrbacher , as to historical value , is so far below contempt , that it ...
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... appear , a monk , in all the rigour and intolerance of monkhood . To Savonarola these evenings at Careggi so beautifully described , and in a kindred spirit , by Mr. Hallam , who of all persons might fairly assume that classical culture ...
... appear , a monk , in all the rigour and intolerance of monkhood . To Savonarola these evenings at Careggi so beautifully described , and in a kindred spirit , by Mr. Hallam , who of all persons might fairly assume that classical culture ...
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... appear , ' The Triumph of the Cross . ' On Fra Mariano he took a revenge neither high - minded nor Christian . He accused him of having spoken ill of the Pope , whom Fra Girolamo had defended against his insolent invective . Re- procher ...
... appear , ' The Triumph of the Cross . ' On Fra Mariano he took a revenge neither high - minded nor Christian . He accused him of having spoken ill of the Pope , whom Fra Girolamo had defended against his insolent invective . Re- procher ...
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Page 120 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 355 - Vergine bella, che di sol vestita, coronata di stelle, al sommo Sole piacesti sì che 'n te sua luce ascose, amor mi spinge a dir di te parole; ma non so 'ncominciar senza tu' aita e di colui ch'amando in te si pose.
Page 116 - Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her withered bays; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head.
Page 357 - Thus, there was a wonder in Heaven; a throne was seen far above all created powers, mediatorial, intercessory, a title archetypal, a crown bright as the morning star, a glory issuing from the eternal throne, robes pure as the heavens, and a sceptre over all.
Page 448 - Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in, Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state ; Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power, Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings ; Or embassies from regions far remote, In various habits, on the Appian road...
Page 452 - ... di faciant, mea ne terra locet ossa frequenti, qua facit assiduo tramite vulgus iter ! post mortem tumuli sic infamantur amantum. me tegat arborea devia terra coma, aut humer ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae : non iuvat in media nomen habere via.
Page 399 - It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Page 20 - It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in his own power.
Page 31 - O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!
Page 449 - Meroe, Nilotic isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea ; From the Asian kings, and Parthian among these, From India and the golden Chersonese, . And utmost Indian isle, Taprobane, Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreathed, From Gallia, Gades, and the British west, Germans and Scythians, and Sarmatians north Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.