 | 1842 - 622 pages
...god; Differing wherein from the idolater, But that he worships one, a hundred ye t Ah ! Constantine ! to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...dower, Which the first wealthy Father gain'd from thee !" But the limits of this paper are already exceeded. We must break off, and reserve for the concluding... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1822 - 402 pages
...god, Differing wherein from the idolater, But that he worships one, a hundred ye ? Ah, Constantine !* to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...plenteous dower, Which the first wealthy Father gain'd fromthee." 120 Meanwhile, as thus I sung, he, whether wrath Or conscience smote him, violent tipsprang... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1822 - 820 pages
...holy beauty of the following lines ? — But he that worships one, an hundred ye ? Ah, Constantine ! to how much ill gave birth Not thy conversion, but...that plenteous dower, Which the first wealthy father gained from thee! CAREY'S TRANSLATION. * Now was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1831 - 366 pages
...Differing wherein from the idolater, % But that he worships one, a hundred ye ? Ah, Constantine ! ° to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...Which the first wealthy Father gain'd from thee." Meanwhile, as thus I sung, he, whether wrath Or conscience smote him, violent upsprang Spinning on... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1833 - 520 pages
...god, Diff'ring wherein from the idolater, But that he worships one, a hundred ye. Ah ! Constantine, to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...that plenteous dower Which the first wealthy father gained from thee ? * In describing the avarice and luxurious living of the clergy,f he seems sometimes... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 664 pages
...translation of a poet, whom it is not easy to translate so as to be both interesting and faithful : — Ah, Constantino ! to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but thy plenteous dower ^VTiich the first wealthy father gained from thee. 1 Curye, p. 82. " The abbe Fleury... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1842 - 450 pages
...god, Differing wherein from the idolater, But that he worships one, a hundred ye ? Ah Constantine ! to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...dower Which the first wealthy Father gain'd from thee !" Cory. IN THE PURGATORIO. " Però, se 'I mondo presente disvia." (Pury. xvi. 82 — 1 14.) " If then... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1842 - 428 pages
...your god, DifFring wherein from the idolater. But that he worships one, a hundred ye. Ah! Constantine, to how much ill gave birth, Not thy conversion, but...that plenteous dower Which the first wealthy father gained from thee ?t In describing the avarice and luxurious living of the clergy,§ he seems sometimes... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...d1gnitates per Constantinum essent alienatae (ut dicunt) ab Imperio," &e. lib.iii. " Therefore to make a Not thy conversion, but that plenteous dower, Which the first wealthy Father gain'd from thee." Meanwhile, as thus I sung, he, whether wrath Or conseienee smote him, violent upsprang Spinning on... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1847 - 796 pages
...ye have made your God, Diff'ring wherein from the idolater, But that he worships one, a hundred ye. Ah ! Constantino, to how much ill gave birth, Not...that plenteous dower Which the first wealthy father gained from thee ? ' s He peopled his Hell, as well as his Purgatory, with Romish clergy, from popes... | |
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She who with seven heads tower'd at her birth, And from ten horns her proof of glory drew, Long as her spouse in virtue took delight. Of gold and silver ye have made your god... 
