The Inferno

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D. Douglas, 1884 - 277 páginas
 

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Página 35 - State depends upon the ruin of another, there is a revolution and vicissitude of their greatness, and must obey the swing of that wheel, not moved by Intelligences, but by the hand of God, whereby all estates arise to their zenith and vertical points according to their predestinated periods.
Página 35 - All cannot be happy at once; for, because the glory of one state depends upon the ruin of another, there is a revolution and vicissitude of their greatness, and must obey the swing of that wheel...
Página 66 - And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden to dress it and to keep it.
Página 250 - set in the midst of the nations and countries round about her," had means of communication with the whole world which they had never possessed before. serve the purpose of a strong garrison against the wandering marauders of the desert, or as the keepers of a citadel in case of a revolt — this chain of Judean hills, thus occupied, was, in fact, the nucleus...
Página 18 - Who o'er their reason let their impulse reign. As starlings in the winter-time combined 40 Float on the wing in crowded phalanx wide, So these bad spirits, driven by that wind, Float up and down and veer from side to side ; Nor for their comfort any hope they spy Of rest, or even of suffering mollified. And as the cranes* in long-drawn company Pursue their flight while uttering their song, So I beheld approach with wailing cry Shades lifted onward by that whirlwind strong. ' Master, what folk are...

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