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... arm to throw a The bolts of justice against Virtue's foe ; 2 Ει δε τοσέτον απηντηκα τε καιρες δεύτερος και μελα τοσέτες επαινετας ιδια τε και δημοσια τα εκείνε σεμνυνανίας , μηδεις θαυμάζεται . Αλλα συγγινωσκέτω μεν η θεια ψυχής % 21 ...
... arm to throw a The bolts of justice against Virtue's foe ; 2 Ει δε τοσέτον απηντηκα τε καιρες δεύτερος και μελα τοσέτες επαινετας ιδια τε και δημοσια τα εκείνε σεμνυνανίας , μηδεις θαυμάζεται . Αλλα συγγινωσκέτω μεν η θεια ψυχής % 21 ...
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... arms of death . Yet , not to scenes of earth alone confined , The fire and ardent temper of thy mind a See Note 1 , at the end of the poem . b See Note 11 . c See Note 111 . Gives thee the secrets of the ' abyss to spy 24 .
... arms of death . Yet , not to scenes of earth alone confined , The fire and ardent temper of thy mind a See Note 1 , at the end of the poem . b See Note 11 . c See Note 111 . Gives thee the secrets of the ' abyss to spy 24 .
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... arm from one of his figures would unite with the works of any other master , ancient or modern . In his style he has great uniformity ; it possesses theServetur ad imum qualis ab incepto processerit ; " and the observance of that rule ...
... arm from one of his figures would unite with the works of any other master , ancient or modern . In his style he has great uniformity ; it possesses theServetur ad imum qualis ab incepto processerit ; " and the observance of that rule ...
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... arm : then on religion's foe , On guilt and villainy inflict the blow ; Nor put thou off thy wrath , till on the ground Vice groans , laid low , and pierced with many a wound . a " Nunc in Ovilio " Mox in reluctantes Dracones . " The ...
... arm : then on religion's foe , On guilt and villainy inflict the blow ; Nor put thou off thy wrath , till on the ground Vice groans , laid low , and pierced with many a wound . a " Nunc in Ovilio " Mox in reluctantes Dracones . " The ...
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... arm between the object of his care and Death , on whom he fixes an imploring eye . At the feet of the woman is a man falling backwards , endeavouring to support himself on one arm , and covering his head with , the other . Behind this ...
... arm between the object of his care and Death , on whom he fixes an imploring eye . At the feet of the woman is a man falling backwards , endeavouring to support himself on one arm , and covering his head with , the other . Behind this ...
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amid Archimedes arms Balms of Gilead BARMOUTH beam blast blaze blessed blest bliss bloom bosom bowers breast breath breeze bright Calypso charms cheer Cicero clouds curule chair dark dear dews E'en EOLIAN EURIPID face fair fears feel fierce fire flames flow gentle Germanicus gloom glow grace grove habergeon hand hast hath heart heaven Honour hopes hour Jane joys Lictors light lips loud Love's lyre maid mind Moon Mount Etna murmurs night nymphs o'er once Othello painting pale pangs passion peace pencil PETRARCH picture pours pride Rachel racter rage rill rise roar rock round scene scorn shade shame shine sighs smiles soft song SONNET soul sound spleen strain stream sway sweet swell taste tempest terror thee thine eye thou thoughts Throbs throng vale Vice Virtue's voice wanton wave wild winds wretch δε Ει και
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Page 44 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 45 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,- and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 49 - Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 44 - And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Page 45 - And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Page 148 - Se vuoi campar d' esto loco selvaggio : Che questa bestia, per la qual tu gride, Non lascia altrui passar per la sua via, Ma tanto lo impedisce, che 1' uccide : E ha natura si malvagia e ria, Che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, E dopo il pasto ha più fame che pria. Molti son gli animali, a cui s' ammoglia, E più saranno ancora, infin che il Veltro Verrà, che la farà morir di doglia.
Page 21 - If a man has pains in his head, cholics in his bowels, or spots in his clothes, he may here meet with proper cures and remedies. If a man would recover a wife or a horse that is stolen or strayed ; if he wants new sermons, electuaries, asses...
Page 171 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 63 - Scorning surprise. Or could we break our way By force, and at our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection to confound Heaven's purest light, yet our great Enemy All incorruptible would on his throne Sit unpolluted ; and the ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious.
Page 52 - History strictly so called follows the drama; fiction now ceases, and invention consists only in selecting and fixing with dignity, precision, and sentiment the movements of reality. Suppose that the artist choose the death of Germanicus,—he is not to give us the highest images of general grief which impress the features of a people or a family at the death of a beloved chief or father, for this would be epic imagery; we should have Achilles, Hector, Niobe.