Mornings in Florence: Being Simple Studies of Christian Art for English Travellers, Volume 5J. Wiley & sons, 1876 - 138 pages |
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Page 82 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Page 81 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 82 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and •'/••.-• is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 82 - For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name ; I have surnamed thee, though thon hast not known me. " I am the Lord, and there is none else ; there is no God beside me.
Page 83 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 81 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 83 - Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 4 - Well, I can only tell you that I know fifty people who will write me letters full of tender sentiment, for one who will give me tenpence ; and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will...
Page 80 - ... credible by any rational person. Certainly not : the spirit, nevertheless, which created the story, is an entirely indisputable fact in the history of Italy and of mankind. Whether St. Louis and Brother Giles ever knelt together in the street of Perugia matters not a whit. That a king and a poor monk could be conceived to have thoughts of each other which no words could speak ; and that indeed the King's tenderness and humility made such a tale credible to the people, — this is what you have...
Page 51 - But Botticelli's Fortitude is no match, it may be, for any that are coming. Worn, somewhat ; and not a little weary, instead of standing ready for all comers, she is sitting, — apparently in reverie, her fingers playing restlessly and idly — nay, I think — «ven nervously, about the hilt of her sword.