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21 Commands of Jesus

By: Keith Wayne Phillips
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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...- 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...

...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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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

................................................... 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;...

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

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

......................................................................... 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 ...

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

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The Smalcald Articles Martin Luther

By: Dr. Martin Luther

... 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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Areopagitica

By: John Milton

...aolo, the great unmasker of the Trentine Council. After which time the Popes of Rome, engrossing what they pleased of political rule into thei... ...of truth which we enjoy, especially in those main points between us and the Pope, with his appurtenances the Prelates: but he who thinks we are to p... ...an that many be tolerated, rather than all compelled. I mean not tolerated popery, and open superstition, which, as it extirpates all religions a...

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The Marble Faun : Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, Illustrated with Photogravures

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...e German artists in gray flaccid hats and flaunting beards; and one of the Pope’s Swiss guardsmen in the strange motley garb which Michael Angelo cont... ... foreign guests are indeed ungrateful, if they do not breathe a prayer for Pope Clement, or whatever Holy Father it may have been, who levelled the su... ...ago for this petty purpose. Rome, as it now exists, has grown up under the Popes, and seems like nothing but a heap of broken rubbish, thrown into the... ...piazzas, when the tumult of the city is hushed; for consuls, emperors, and popes, the great men of every age, have found no better way of immortalizin... ..., they have entertained princes, cardinals, and once an emperor and once a pope, with this delicious wine, and al- ways, even to this day, it has been... ... to which I bind myself, come what come may! You know the bronze statue of Pope Julius in the great square of Perugia? I remember standing in the shad... ...noon,” Kenyon replied; “for, at that hour, I purpose to be standing by the Pope’s statue in the great square of Perugia.” 236 The Marble Fawn CHAPTER... ...“without spending as much time as I can spare in studying yonder statue of Pope Julius the Third. Those sculptors of the Middle Age have fitter lesson... ... railing that protected the pedestal of the statue. It was the figure of a pope, arrayed in his pontifical robes, and crowned with the tiara. He sat i...

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A Little Tour in France

By: Henry James

...out of France, and, betaking himself to Italy, offered his services to the Pope. It is proof of the consideration that he enjoyed in Europe, and of th... ... the most devoted of her sons, General de Lamoriciere, the defender of the Pope, the vanquished of Castelfidardo. This noble work, from the hand of Pa... ...s and infected by the Albigensian heresy, was besieged, in the name of the Pope, by the terrible Simon de Montfort and his army of crusaders. Simon wa... ...er period of the future I would avenge myself on the ci-devant city of the Popes by taking it in a contrary sense. I suppose that I redeemed my vow on... ...wet day; for I remember a terribly moist visit to the former palace of the Popes, which could have taken place only in the same tempestuous hours. It ... ...nacted here: the great schism lasted from 1305 to 1370, during which seven Popes, all Frenchmen, carried on the court of Avignon on principles that ha... ...istance, it is all reduced to nought by the vast bulk of the palace of the Popes. From across the Rhone, or from the train, as you leave the place, th...

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

By: The Duke of Saint Simon

... in person, but this the King refused. He sent his book, therefore, to the Pope, and had the annoyance to receive a dry, cold reply, and to see M. de ... ...olent and cruel sentence upon a book then under the con- sideration of the Pope. M. de La T rappe on his side was much afflicted that his letter had b... ... des Saints’ were declared rash, dangerous, er- roneous—’in globo’—and the Pope excommunicated those who read the book or kept it in their houses. The... ... his sermon by a perfect acquies- cence and submission to the judgment the Pope had just pronounced. Two days afterwards he published his retrac- tion... ...ing way. His friends believed the submission would be so flattering to the Pope, that M. de Cambrai might rely upon advancement to a cardinalship, and... ...t-Simon dinal de Bouillon, who was then at Rome, requesting him to ask the Pope in the name of the King, for a bull summoning the Chapter of Strasbour... ...the King, begging to be allowed to stay a short time, in order to pray the Pope to set aside this rule, and give him permission to succeed to the doye... ...in time, hoping that in the meanwhile Cardinal Cibo might die, or even the Pope himself, whose health had been threatened with ruin for some time. Thi... ...y the shortest road. He was of a charming simplicity and truthfulness. The Pope, upon one occasion, begged the King to lend him Le Notre for some mont...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

... favour, we 66 Essays: Book the First have, moreover, one in our time, of Pope Leo X., who upon news of the taking of Milan, a thing he had so ardent... ...pped in the presence of a prince of so delicate a nostril as King Francis. Pope Julius II. having sent an ambassador to the King of England to animate... ... himself considered the same difficulties, and had represented them to the Pope. From which saying of his, so directly opposite to the thing propounde... ...or new and extempore answers and defences. Yet, at the interview be- twixt Pope Clement and King Francis at Marseilles, it hap- pened, quite contrary,... ...hest repute for eloquence, having the charge of making the harangue to the Pope com- mitted to him, and having so long meditated on it before- hand, a... ...ng with him from Paris; the very day it was to have been pro- nounced, the Pope, fearing something might be said that might give offence to the other ... ...ls, the book of Joachim the Calabrian abbot, which foretold all the future Popes, their names and qualities; and that of the Emperor Leo, which prophe... ...o make others wait and expect them. Nevertheless, at the interview betwixt Pope Clement and King Francis at Marseilles,—[in 1533.]—the King, after he ... ... his recep- tion and entertainment, withdrew out of the town, and gave the Pope two or three days’ respite for his entry, and to re- pose and refresh ...

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The Talisman

By: Sir Walter Scott

..., the hermit of Engaddi, had, in that character, been the correspondent of popes and councils; to whom his letters, full of eloquent fervour, had desc... ...ician, skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the common weal. Pope’s Illiad. “THIS IS A STRANGE TALE, Sir Thomas,” said the sick monarch,... ...ndence of your Order, which, but for the protection of our holy father the Pope, and the necessity of employing your valour in the con- quest of Pales... ...all become the curse of all Europe, the malediction of every one, from the Pope on his throne to the very beggar at the church gate, who, ragged and l... ... Peace! the peace of the Cross—the peace of Holy Church and our Father the Pope!” These various cries of the assailants, contradicting each other, sho... ...I will submit a matter touching the honour of En- gland neither to Prince, Pope, nor Council. Here stands my banner—whatsoever pennon shall be reared ... ...hath in former days lived paramours? I 209 Sir Walter Scott will have the Pope send him an ample remission, and I would not less willingly be interce... ...s his eyes began to sparkle. The prelate hastened to avert his wrath. “The Pope’s consent must doubtless be first attained, and the holy hermit, who i... ... you shut not the door which Heaven opens. The her- mit of Engaddi—he whom Popes and Councils have regarded as a prophet—hath read in the stars that t...

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Twilight in Italy

By: D. H. Lawrence

...having something to do with it. The imperial pro- cessions, blessed by the Pope and accompanied by the great bishops, must have planted the holy idol ... ... the Puritans, we have been gathering data for the God who is not-me. When Pope said ‘Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of ... ...all dis- satisfaction, a small contrary desire. Amid the pomp of kings and popes was the Child Jesus and the Madonna. Jesus the King gradually dwindle...

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Little Britain

By: Washington Irving

...ast goose at Michaelmas; they send love letters on Valentine’s Day, burn the pope on the fifth of November, and kiss all the girls under the mistletoe... ...unketing parties at which I have been present; where we played at All fours, Pope Joan, Tome come tickle me, and other choice old games; and where we ... ...he whole neighborhood ever since. They could no longer be induced to play at Pope Joan or blind man’s buff; they could endure no dances but quadrilles... ...onable factions, under the banners of these two fami lies. The old games of Pope Joan and Tom come tickle me are entirely discarded; there is no such...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...36, according to Mr. Jowls, or in 1839, according to Mr. Wapshot, that the Pope was to fall: and she said—’Poor Pope! I hope not—What has he done?’ “ ... ...aps for the Cocoanut Indians—painted handscreens for the conversion of the Pope and the Jews—sat under Mr. Rowls on Wednesdays, Mr. Huggleton on Thurs... ...els of the house, and over the grand velvet baldaquins prepared to receive Popes and Emperors. So Becky, who had arrived in the diligence from Florenc...

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Vailima Letters

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...question; but, of course, that can’t be. Did not go down last night. It showered all afternoon, and poured heavy and loud all night. You should have s... ... on the ground outside the veran- dah, and pouring in the rays of forty-eight eyes through the back and the front door of the dining-room, while Henry...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...ferent spirit, that of Charles Jervas, the portrait painter, and friend of Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, and Gay. Jervas has been allowed little credit for ... ...he best portrait we have of Swift), and this may have been strengthened by Pope’s remark that he “translated ‘Don Quixote’ without under- standing Spa... ... of this sort, there are fifty where he is right and Shelton wrong. As for Pope’s dictum, anyone who examines Jervas’s version carefully, side by side... ...s Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political, and on his retur... ... with him as his camarero (chamberlain), the office he himself held in the Pope’s household. The post would no doubt have led to advancement at the Pa... ... events, however, which led to the alliance between Spain, Venice, and the Pope, against the common enemy, the Porte, and to the victory of the combin... ... he broke the chair of the ambassador of that king before his Holiness the Pope, who excommunicated him for the same; and yet the good Roderick of Viv... ...ime after my arrival in Flanders news came of the league that his Holiness Pope Pius V of happy memory, had made with Venice and Spain against the com... .... Each of us is the son of his own works; and being a man I may come to be pope, not to say governor of an island, especially as my master may win so ...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...their claims may be revived in more favourable times for Jacobites and for popery; and folks who in no way partake of their fantastic capriccios do ye... ...to pass unchallenged, ex comitate, if not ex misericordia.—But were he the Pope and the Pretender both, we must get some dinner ready for him, since h... ...ope, see his error—that is, if he has not seen it already—and renounce the Pope, the Devil, and the Pretender—I mean no harm, neighbour—I think we—as ... ...omings and outgoings. I am not a man for that—I keep the kirk, and I abhor Popery—I have stood up for the House of Hanover, and for liberty and proper... ...George the Third, and the true Presbyterian religion, and confusion to the Pope, the Devil, and the Pretender! I’ll tell you what, Mr. Fairbairn, I am... ...d bad religion,’ said Nanty, of whose Presbyterian edu- cation a hatred of Popery seemed to be the only remnant. ‘But I am glad there is one amongst u... ..., I suppose, freedom of political creed; for I had no sooner renounced the Pope’s infallibility, than I be- gan to question the doctrine of hereditary... ...‘Old Shaftesbury himself could not wish a prince’s person more secure from Popery—which may not be the worst religion in the world, notwithstand- ing.... ...evils, that have been so often betrayed myself! Not if they were a hundred Popes, Devils, and Pretenders. I will back and tell them their dan- ger—the...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...ens in the comedy and life of this world, where some play emperors, others popes, and, in short, all the characters that can be brought into a play; b... ...al pearls.” “I have two,” said Sancho, “that might be presented before the Pope himself, especially a girl whom I am breeding up for a count- ess, ple... ...ground the prince travels by as narrow a path as the journeyman,’ and ‘the Pope’s body does not take up more feet of earth than the sacristan’s,’ for ... ...aughter, how she goes stretched at her ease in a coach as if she was a she-pope!’ But let them tramp through the mud, and let me go in my coach with m...

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The Confessions

By: J. J. Rousseau

... the right hand Mr. Lambercier’s closet, with a print representing all the popes, a barometer, a large almanac, the windows of the house (which stood ... ...ble effect on me; my former ab- horrence began to diminish, and looking on popery through the medium of amusement and good living, I easily recon- cil... ...ost dissimi- lar ideas, she took it into her head to take Klupssel for the pope; I thought her mad the first time she told me when I came in, that the... ...ope; I thought her mad the first time she told me when I came in, that the pope had called to see me. I made her explain herself and lost not a moment... ... story to Grimm and Klupssel, who amongst ourselves never lost the name of pope. We gave to the girl in the Rue des Moineaux the name of Pope Joan. Ou...

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The Lamp and the Bell : A Drama in Five Acts

By: Edna Saint Vincent Millay

...LDA GILDA GILDA GILDA GILDA. Nay, if that were all, It might have been the Pope! BEPPO BEPPO BEPPO BEPPO BEPPO. I would it had been. I never saw the P...

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