 I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and well talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And...  The Divine Comedy - Page 272by Dante Alighieri - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 428 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty." 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man shall control the stars"; and the Turkish proverb, "Wit and a strong...of things, As if we were God's spies." 92. Convito, I V. 1 2 : "The supreme desire of everything, and that first given by nature, is to return to its source... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 420 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty." 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man shall control the stars;" and the Turkish proverb, "Wit and a strong...upon 's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spins." 92. Convito, IV. 12: "The supreme desire of everything, and that first given by nature, is... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty." 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man shall control the stars"; and the Turkish proverb, " Wit and a strong...84. Shakespeare, Lear, V. 3 : — " And take upon '» the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies." 92. Convito, I V. 1 2 : "The supreme desire... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty." 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man. shall control the stars ;" and the Turkish proverb, " Wit and a strong...body is. 84. Shakespeare, Lear, V. 3: — " And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies." 92. Convito, IV. 12 : "The supreme desire... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 782 pages
..."The wise man shall control the stare ;" and the Turkish proverb, " Wit and a strong will aresuperior to Fate." 79. Though free, you are subject to the...body is. 84. Shakespeare, Lear, V. 3: — " And take upon's the mystery of tilings. As if we were God'-i spies." 92. Convilo,\\. 12: "The supreme desire... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty." 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man shall control the stars ;" and the Turkish proverb, " Wit and a strong...and the soul is not subject to the influence of the stare, as the body is. 84. Shakespeare, Lear, V. 3: — " And take upon's the mystery of things, As... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 pages
...sufficient to destroy all idea of human liberty. " 78. Ptolemy says, " The wise man shall control the stars " ; and the Turkish proverb, " Wit and a strong...mystery of things, As if we were God's spies." 92. Cotrvito, IV. 12 : "The supreme desire of everything, and that first given by nature, is to return... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 526 pages
...Talk of court news ; and we '11 talk with them too, Who loses and who wins, who's in, who's out; 15 And take upon 's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies. And we '11 wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by th' moon.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 pages
...to reform everything but themselves. The general motto was : — " And we '11 talk with them, too, And take upon 's the mystery of things As if we were God's spies." Nature is always kind enough to give even her clouds a humorous lining. We have barely hinted at the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 416 pages
...court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins ; who 's in, who 's out ; — And take upon 's the mystery of things As if we were God's spies : and we'll wear out In a wall'd prison packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by the moon.... | |
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