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... Essay on Man by Alexander Pope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essay on Man by Alexander Pope , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , J... ...te University is an equal opportunity university. Essay on Man By Alexander Pope THE DESIGN HA VING PROPOSED TO WRITE some pieces on human life an... ... will appear obvious; that principles, maxims, or Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 3 precepts so written, both strike the reader more strongly at firs... ...erve their effects, may be a task more agreeable. Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 4 EPISTLE I OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF MAN WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIV... ...ind, Why form’d so weak, so little, and so blind? Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 5 First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form’d no weak... ...ere, What matter, soon or late, or here or there? Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 6 The blest to–day is as completely so, As who began a thousand yea... ...l sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 7 Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion agai... ...res Of show’rs and sunshine, as of man’s desires; Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 8 As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As men for ever temp...

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Excerpt: The Odyssey of Homer translated by Alexander Pope.

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...The Odyssey of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Odyssey of Ho... ...tronic Classics Series Publication The Odyssey of Homer trans. Alexander Pope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...lectronic transmission, in any way. The Odyssey of Homer trans. Alexander Pope , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , Jim... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Pope The Odyssey of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope INTR INTR INTR INTR ... ...a fact re lated in Herodotus, because it is inconsistent with a theory 5 Pope developed from an Assyrian inscription which no two schol ars read in... ...spot. Here also a poplar grew, which they said had sprung up ever since 7 Pope Melesigenes arrived.” But poverty still drove him on, and he went by w... ...e story re specting Homer and his journey. He paid little attention to 9 Pope what he said, and blamed Glaucus for his stupidity in taking in and fe... ... Iliad and Odyssey the result of an ingenious arrangement of fragments 11 Pope by earlier poets? Well has Landor remarked: “Some tell us there were t... .... There is some truth, though some malicious exaggeration, in the lines of Pope:— “‘The critic eye—that microscope of wit— Sees hairs and pore...

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Excerpt: Alexander Pope?s ?The Rape of the Lock?.

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...The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; sed ju... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Alexander Pope s The Rape of the Lock is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...g Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Senior Faculty Editor. Alexander Pope s The Rape of the Lock is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Alexander Pope s The Rape of the Lock the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis,... ... am, with the truest esteem, Madam, Your most obedient, humble servant, A. Pope 4 CANTO I What dire offense from amorous causes springs, What mighty ... ...heir ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. *Card game; Pope arranges cards so that Belinda wins. 25 Behold, four Kings in majesty... ...ecrate to fame, And midst the stars inscribe Belinda s name. 55 Alexander Pope s The Rape of the Lock is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un...

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Excerpt: The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A., F.S.A.

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...THE ILIAD OF HOMER TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NOTES BY TES BY TES BY TES BY TE... ...ECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S. A. is a p... ... electronic transmission, in any way. The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S. A., the P... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Pope THE ILIAD OF HOMER TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, WITH NO WITH NO WITH ... ..., to the deeper inspirations of our nature. The thoughts of Homer or of 5 Pope Shakespere are the universal inheritance of the human race. In this mu... ...inhabitants of Smyrna, but also of the strangers whom the trade carried 7 Pope on there, especially in the exportation of corn, attracted to that cit... ...e recep- tion, he declared that, if they would allow him a public main- 9 Pope tenance, he would render their city most gloriously re- nowned. They ... ...elled at its author. Having finished supper, they banqueted [Footnote: 11 Pope Dia logon estionto. A common metaphor. So Plato calls the parties conv... ...not having been able to unravel an enigma proposed by some fishermen’s 13 Pope children.[Footnote: The riddle is given in Section 35. Com- pare Macke...

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... An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ... an electronic transmission, in any way. An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. An Essay on Criticism By Alexander Pope ’Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in ... ...ride, And fain wou’d be upon the Laughing Side ; “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 3 If Maevius Scribble in Apollo’s spight, There are, who judge sti... ...ight, One clear, unchang’d and Universal Light, “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 4 Life, Force, and Beauty, must to all impart, At once the Source,... ... , Prescribe, apply, and call their Masters Fools. “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 5 Some on the Leaves of ancient Authors prey, Nor Time nor Moths e’... ...full Th’ Intent propos’d, that Licence is a Rule. “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 6 Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the ... ...join’d, And fill the Gen’ral Chorus of Mankind! “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 7 Hail Bards Triumphant ! born in happier Days ; Immortal Heirs o... ...nd the first Clouds and Mountains seem the last: “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 8 But those attain’d , we tremble to survey The growing Labours of...

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Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

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...Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE.................................................................................................................................. 6 PREFACE2...................................................................................

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...THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE VOL. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by T... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes... ...University is an equal opportunity university. Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE ......................................................................... ...................................... 277 6 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE VOL. I. With Memoir... ...LEXANDER POP LIFE OF ALEXANDER POP LIFE OF ALEXANDER POP LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE E E E E Alexander Pope was born in Lombard Street, London, on the 21st... ...s, in his excellent Life of the Poet, mentions that there was an Alexander Pope, a clergyman, in the re- mote parish of Reay, in Caithness, who rode a... ...sey,” in five volumes quarto, which is still preserved by his descendants. Pope’s father had made about £10,000 by trade; but being a Roman Catholic, ... ...terest in their son, who was very deli- 7 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One cate in health, and their only child. Pope’s study is st...

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...Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE........................................................................................ 7 MORAL ESSAYS ........................................................................................................................

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...THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE Volume T wo With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes,... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE.......................................................................... ....................................................... 131 VERSES LEFT BY MR POPE.......................................................................... ...s...................................306 7 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE With Memoir, Critical Di... ...IUS AND POETR THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POPE E E E E Few poets during their lifetime have been at once so much admi... ...ing their lifetime have been at once so much admired and so much abused as Pope. Some writers, des- tined to oblivion in after-ages, have been loaded ... ...he grave neglected, if not decried and depreciated. But it was the fate of Pope to combine in his single experience the extremes of detraction and fla...

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...ERN GREECE ..................................................................................................................... 108 LORD CARLISLE ON POPE...................................................................................................... 142...

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........................................................ 108 LORD CARLISLE ON POPE.......................................................................... ...y assaulted by the dogs, but delivered by the master of the establishment. Pope’s translation, with the exception of one or two expressions,’ (amongst... ...y remarks, a simile of Homer’s, which ought to have been pure nonsense for Pope and Cowper; viz. that in describing a dense mist, such as we foolishly... ...n of extremity. 123 Thomas de Quincey In the passage already quoted under Pope’s version from Odyssey, xiv. 29, what is the meaning of that singular ... ...ndertakers, such as Broome and Fenton. Considering the ample fortune which Pope drew from the whole work, we have often been struck by the inex- plica... ...ex- plicable indulgence with which this scandalous partition is treated by Pope’s biographers. It is simply the lowest act of self-degradation ever co... ...RD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POP ORD CARLISLE ON POPE E E E E 1851 1851 1851 1851 1851 L ORD CARLISLE’S RECENT LECTURE upon ... ...st has usurped upon what origi- nally had been a purely personal interest. POPE! What nov- elty was there, still open to even literary gleaners, about... ...isconnected. It is on the latter, viz., the character and pre- tensions of Pope, as selected by Lord Carlisle for such an inaugural experiment, that I...

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...Excerpt: It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commentator of Dante....

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...- tive of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedi- cate this short portion of a lon... ...o say?” answered Hulot. “Is this the way you receive me when I come like a Pope with my hands full of Indulgences? —Well, your husband will never be a...

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................. 193 DRYDEN?S HEXASTICH............................................................................................................ 198 POPE?S RETORT UPON ADDISON .......................................................................................... 201...

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......................................................................... 198 POPE’S RETORT UPON ADDISON ................................................... ...master of ped- antry! Get down, Schlosser, this moment; or let me get out. Pope, by far the most important writer, English or Conti- nental, of his ow... ... by name as unwor- thy of notice. The three works, selected as the gems of Pope’s collection, are the ‘Essay on Criticism,’ the ‘Rape of the Lock,’ an... ... which (with Dr. Johnson’s leave) is the feeblest and least interesting of Pope’s writings, being substantially a mere versification, like a met- rica... ...any cases; but not here. Imagine this Hun coming down, sword in hand, upon Pope and his Rosicrucian light troops, levying chout upon Sir Plume, and fl... ..., levying chout upon Sir Plume, and fluttering the dove-cot of the Sylphs. Pope’s ‘duty it was,’ says this demoniac, to ‘scourge the follies of good s... ...e claims of duty? Possibly; but it would not have satisfied Schlosser. And Pope’s guilt consists in having made his poem an idol or succession of pict... ...from a playful machin- ery, instead of converting it into a bloody satire. Pope, how- ever, did not shrink from such assaults on the aristocracy, if t... ...ces, and can imagine his countryman Zacharia equal to a com- petition with Pope. But this it may be right to add, that the ‘Rape of the Lock’ was not ...

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...Excerpt: Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X Among those monstrous evils of this age with which I have now for three years been waging war, I am sometimes compelled to look to you and to call you to mind, most blessed father Leo. In truth, since you alone are...

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...r Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther LETTER OF MARTIN LUTHER TO POPE LEO X Among those monstrous evils of this age with which I have now fo... ...rlstadt, and, having taken up a new question concerning the primacy of the Pope, turned his arms unexpectedly against me, and com- pletely overthrew t... ... distinction between them, except that those who are now boastfully called popes, bishops, and lords, it calls ministers, servants, and stewards, who ... ...eep clear of danger among those innumerable commands and pre- cepts of the Pope, of bishops, of monasteries, of churches, of princes, and of magistrat... ...ustification or salvation, but that I may thus comply with the will of the Pope, of the bishop, of such a community or such a magis- trate, or of my n...

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...eputed most requisite to the English Church, which we granted, and by our Charter confirmed, and obtained the Confirmation of the same, from our Lord Pope Innocent the Third, before the rupture between us and our Barons, was of our own free will: which Charter we shall observe, and we will it to be observed with good faith, by our heirs for ever....

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...f Coventry, and Benedict of Rochester, Bishops; Master Pandulph our Lord the Pope’s Subdeacon and familiar, Brother Almeric, Master of the Knights Tem... ... Charter confirmed, and obtained the Confirmation of the same, from our Lord Pope Innocent the Third, before the rupture between us and our Barons, w...

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...t: A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police- spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as Communistic by its opponents in power? Where the Opposition that has not hurled bac...

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...s of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German po lice...

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...Contents SHAKSPEARE ........................................................................................................................4 POPE ................................................................................................................................... 73 CHARLES LAMB ...........................................................................

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................................................... 4 4 4 4 4 POP POP POP POP POPE E E E E ................................................................. ...asting scorn. For himself, he belonged to the age of Dryden rather than of Pope: he “flourished,” if we can use such a phrase of one who was always wi... ...to do him jus- tice, (and this we might well assume, since his great rival Pope, who had expressly studied Shakspeare, was, after all, so memorably de... ...eneral neglect? If 10 Biographical Essays so, whence came Rowe’s edition, Pope’s, Theobald’s, Sir Tho- mas Hanmer’s, Bishop Warburton’s, all upon the... ...But then Lord Shaftesbury, who may be taken as half way between Dryden and Pope, (Dryden died in 1700, Pope was then twelve years old, and Lord S. wro... ...no end. How came Betterton the actor, how came Davenant, how came Rowe, or Pope, by their intense (if not always sound) admiration for Shakspeare, unl... ...professed to have re- ceived it from him, passed it onwards to Rowe, he to Pope, Pope to Bishop Newton, the editor of Milton, and Newton to Dr. Johnso... ...um. Shakspeare was in 49 Thomas de Quincey fact the first man of letters, Pope the second, and Sir Walter Scott the third, who, in Great Britain, has... ...blished an edition in seven vols. 8vo, in 1709. Editions were published by Pope, in six vols. 4to, in 1725; by Warburton, in eight vols. 8vo, in 1747;...

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... Publishing House, 1921), pp. 453 529. Preface of Dr. Martin Luther. Since Pope Paul III convoked a Council last year, to assemble at Mantua about Whi... ... mously confessed by our side, and it has been resolved that, in case the Pope with his adherents should ever be so bold as seriously and in good fai... ...little trouble on that account [are disgusted with this negligence of the Pope], since they notice thereby that the Pope would rather see all Christ... ...f convoke a Council, and deliver Thy servants by Thy glorious advent! The Pope and his adherents are done for; they will have none of Thee. Do Thou,... ...article all things depend which we teach and practice in opposition to the Pope, the devil, and the [whole] world. Therefore, we must be sure concerni... ...oncerning this doctrine, and not doubt; for otherwise all is lost, and the Pope and devil and all things gain the victory and suit over us. Article I... ...we had to receive as ar ticles of faith, and to live accordingly; and the Pope con firmed these things, as also the Mass and all other abomina “The... ... of the devil [and errors]? Unless the devil was riding [made insane] the Pope, causing him to praise and establish these practices, whereby the peop... ...and the dead, by which the miserable [sacrilegious and accursed] Judas, or Pope, has sold the merit of Christ, together with the superfluous mer its ...

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... use of the compara tively modern edition, 4to 1663. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND, king of Hungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. B... ...ingdoms of the earth; And, as I guess, will first arrive at Rome, To see the Pope and manner of his court, And take some part of holy Peter’s feast, T... ...I have, my Faustus; and, for proof thereof, This is the goodly palace of the Pope; And, ‘cause we are no common guests, I choose his privy chamber for... ...erefore, let’s away. MEPHIST . Nay , stay, my Faustus: I know you’ d see the Pope, And take some part of holy Peter’s feast, The which, in state and h... ...d high solemnity, This day, is held through Rome and Italy, In honour of the Pope’s triumphant victory. FAUSTUS. Sweet Mephistophilis, thou pleasest m... ...ne eye I there beheld. Then in this show let me an actor be, That this proud Pope may Faustus’ cunning see. MEPHIST. Let it be so, my Faustus. But, fi... ...hen devise what best contents thy mind, By cunning in thine art to cross the Pope, Doctor Faustus – Marlowe 33 Or dash the pride of this solemnity; ... ...ers, some the pillars; MONKS and FRIARS, singing their procession; then the POPE, RAYMOND king of Hungary, the ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS, BRUNO led in ch... ...g of Hungary, the ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS, BRUNO led in chains, and ATTENDANTS. POPE. Cast down our footstool. RAYMOND. Saxon Bruno, stoop, Whilst on thy...

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...s. CONDY. My Lord you need not mervaile at the Guise, For what he doth the Pope will ratifie: In murder, mischeefe, or in tiranny. NAVARRE. But he tha... ...Indian golde to coyne me French ecues: For this have I a largesse from the Pope, A pension and a dispensation too: And by that priviledge to worke upo... ...y with him, cut of his head and handes, And send them for a present to the Pope: And when this just revenge is finished, Unto mount Faucon will we dra... ...r warres Against the proud disturbers of the faith, I meane the Guise, the Pope, and King of Spaine, Who set themselves to tread us under foot, And re... ...honor of our God and countries good. Spaine is the counsell chamber of the pope, Spaine is the place where he makes peace and warre, And Guise for Spa... ...France. What I have done tis for the Gospel’s sake. EPERNOUNE. Nay for the Popes sake, and shine owne benefite. What Peere in France but thou (aspirin... ...able to maintaine an hoast in pay, That livest by forraine exhibition? The Pope and King of Spaine are thy good frends, Else all France knowes how poo... ...r all the power I can, To overthrow those factious Puritans: And know, the Pope will sell his triple crowne, I, and the catholick Philip King of Spain... ...houghts aime at the crowne, He takes his vantage on Religion, To plant the Pope and popelings in the Realme, And binde it wholy to the Sea of Rome: Bu...

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...ed freely to distribute English wealth and En glish lands among them. The Pope sent to Normandy a consecrated banner, and a ring containing a hair wh... ...tes, which were aggra vated by there being in Rome at that time two rival Popes; each of whom declared he was the only real original infallible Pope,... ... promise, bribe, and buy again; and by those means, and by the help of the Pope, who exerted himself to save more bloodshed, and by solemnly declaring... ...e), he took a second wife— Adelais or Alice, a duke’s daugh ter, and the Pope’s niece. Having no more chil dren, however, he proposed to the Barons... ...ons, and drew lots with other fight ing men for their share of booty. The Pope (or Bishop of Rome), on King Stephen’s resisting his ambition, laid En... ...aving the power to refuse these things, no matter whether he were called a Pope or a Poulterer, would, of course, have the power of afflicting numbers... ...hat noth ing might be wanting to the miseries of King Stephen’s time, the Pope threw in this contri bution to the public store not very like the w... ...child of five years old. However, the war came to nothing at last, and the Pope made the two Kings friends again. Now, the clergy, in the troubles of ... ...t, denied the power of the court, and said he would refer his cause to the Pope. As he walked out of the hall, with the cross in his hand, some of tho...

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...ate the observance. Hard by the cathedral stands the ancient Palace of the Popes, of which one portion is now a common jail, and another a noisy barra... ... secret council chamber, and its prisons. Before I quit this Palace of the Popes, let me translate from the little history I mentioned just now, a sho... ...n ancient tradition relates, that in 1441, a nephew of Pierre de Lude, the Pope’s legate, seriously insulted some distinguished ladies of Avignon, who... ...shield all imitators of San Carlo Borromeo as it shielded him! A reforming Pope would need a little shielding, even now. The subterranean chapel in wh... ...entre of the kind of theatre thus railed off, was a canopied dais with the Pope’s chair upon it. The pavement was covered with a carpet of the brighte... ... filled with ladies in black dresses and black veils. The gentlemen of the Pope’s guard, in red coats, leather breeches, and jack boots, guarded all t... ...; and from the altar all down the nave, a broad lane was kept clear by the Pope’s Swiss guard, who wear a quaint striped surcoat, and striped tight le... ...s a slowly moving crowd of people: talking to each other: star ing at the Pope through eye glasses; defrauding one another, in moments of partial cur... ...certain period of the ceremony, however, each carried his candle up to the Pope, laid it across his two knees to be blessed, took it back again, and f...

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...ordinary facility in handling the afflicted consciences of the fallen. The Pope and his bishops, inspired by the desire to lord it over men’s souls, c... ...rk-righteousness is a trouble-maker. Has it never occurred to you that the pope, cardinals, bishops, monks, and that the whole synagogue of Satan are ... ...im be accursed.” In spite of this emphatic denunciation so many accept the pope as the supreme judge of the Scriptures. “The Church,” they say, “chose... ... but witnesses, disciples, and confessors of the Scriptures, whether we be pope, Luther, Augustine, Paul, or an angel from heaven. VERSE 10. For do I... ...arnest that I imposed upon my body more than it could stand. I honored the pope as a matter of conscience. Whatever I did, I did with a single heart t... ...of the blessings of God’s generous gifts. I tell you I stood in awe of the pope’s authority. T o dissent from him I considered a crime worthy of etern... ...rd mum- mery. But God alone is to be feared and honored. I would honor the Pope, I would love his person, if he would leave my conscience alone, and n... ...d leave my conscience alone, and not compel me to sin against God. But the Pope wants to be adored himself, and that cannot be done without offending ... ..., let us choose God. The truth is we are commissioned by God to resist the Pope, for it is written, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29...