Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. Unto this last. The Queen of the air. The storm cloud of the nineteenth centuryDana Estes & Company, 1856 |
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Page 49
... heaven ; one is of gold , the other of silver : they are given by St. Peter to the sentinel angel ; and it is not easy to determine the meaning either of the substances of the three steps of the gate , or of the two keys . But Milton ...
... heaven ; one is of gold , the other of silver : they are given by St. Peter to the sentinel angel ; and it is not easy to determine the meaning either of the substances of the three steps of the gate , or of the two keys . But Milton ...
Page 183
... heaven , and gazing for ever on the light of the sun of justice ; hence the souls which have excelled in it are represented by Dante as stars forming in heaven for ever the figure of the eye of an eagle : they hav- ing been in life the ...
... heaven , and gazing for ever on the light of the sun of justice ; hence the souls which have excelled in it are represented by Dante as stars forming in heaven for ever the figure of the eye of an eagle : they hav- ing been in life the ...
Page 257
... heaven , keeps in her peacock's train . We know that this interpretation is right , from a passage in which ... heavens and stars themselves . Thus , in his highest power , he corresponds to the " primo mobile " of the later Italian ...
... heaven , keeps in her peacock's train . We know that this interpretation is right , from a passage in which ... heavens and stars themselves . Thus , in his highest power , he corresponds to the " primo mobile " of the later Italian ...
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