Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ...

Thomas Wright

J.W. Bouton, 1872

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VOL	1

Of Judgment against Adulterers	26

Of Sinners who receive the Divine	36

Of Sloth	45

Of the Inheritance and Joy of	48

Of Death	55

Of worldly Evil and Distress	62

Of doing all Things with Concord	70

Of good Advice	208

Of the Snares of the Devil	211

LXIII Of Terror	213

Of the actual state of the World	217

Of Salvation	219

Of Rebukes to Princes	221

Of the poisonous nature of Sin	222

Of the punishment of Sin	223

Of the Remembrance of Benefits	77

Of the Deceits of the Devil	83

Of remembering Death and for getting Things temporal	87

Of Constancy in adhering to Pro mises	90

Of the avaricious Pursuit of Riches which leads to Hell	95

Of the miraculous Recall of Sinners and of the Consolations which Piety offers to the distressed	99

Of Vigilance in our Calling	117

Of the Care of the Soul	120

Of Spiritual Contests	123

Of deliverance from Hell	125

Of Reconciliation through Christ	128

Of the Love of God	130

Of Unconversion	133

Of Deceit	137

Of Ingratitude	141

Of feminine Subtlety	148

Of worldly Glory and Luxury	156

Of ecclesiastical Blindness	160

Of Absence of parental Restraint	162

Of Confidence in Women	164

Of Women who not only betray Secrets but lie fearfully	168

Of Women who are not to be trusted	171

Of Justice and Equity	173

Of Injustice	176

Of real Friendship	181

Of Wisdom which excels Strength	184

Of Riches	187

Of Envy toward the Good	189

Of spiritual Friendship	190

Of Christ who died innocent	192

Of Conscience	195

Of Vigilance in our Calling	198

Of Christs Clemency	201

Of Severity which avails less than Kindness	203

Of the Souls wounds	205

Of Equity	206

Of vain Glory	224

Of celestial Dew	225

Of a Sinful and Leprous Soul	226

Of eternal Destruction	231

TALE PAGE LXXIII Of temporal Tribulation	232

59	249

Of a celestial Country	303

Of the discomfiture of the Devil	304

Of the subversion of Troy	308

Of the punishment of Offenders	310

Of the Souls Immortality	313

Of the Invention of Vineyards	314

Of the Seductions of the Devil	316

Of Gratitude to God	317

Of avoiding Imprecations	320

Of extreme Fear	325

Of the Perversity of the World	331

Of the same subject	332

Of the Game of Schaci	334

Of hearing good Counsel	339

Of eternal Condemnation	341

Of manner of Life	343

Of Repentance	346

Of too much love of the force of Truth 317	347

Of mental Constancy	354

Of the Burdens of this Life	371

Of Nature and the Returns of Ingratitude	376

Of the Worlds Wonders	379

Of spiritual Medicine	382

Of Persecution	384

TALE PAGE	386

Of Fidelity	394

NOTES	401

56	466

70	477

APPENDIX	541

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Pagina 375 - Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord.‎

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Pagina 263 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...‎

Appare in 181 libri dal 1820 al 2007

Pagina 510 - All who mighty love obey, Sadly wasting in your prime, Clerk and luick, grave and gay ! Yet do ye, before the rest, Gentle maidens, mark me tell ! Store my lesson in your breast, Trust me it shall profit well : Hear, and heed me, and be...‎

Appare in 19 libri dal 1796 al 2006

Pagina 492 - The history of APOLLONIUS, KING OF TYKE, was supposed by Mark Welser, when he printed it in 1595, to have been translated from the Greek a thousand years before [Fabr. Bib. Gr. v. 6. p. 821.] It certainly bears strong marks of a Greek original, though it is not (that I know) now extant in that language. The rythmical poem, under that title in modern Greek, was retranslated (if I may so speak) from the Latin a^ro AGCTVWXJJS a; Pupat'xr)v y\taffsav.‎

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Pagina 441 - SHEPHEARD'S PIPE. Occleve has literally followed the book before us, and has even translated into English prose the MoRALISATION annexed. He has given no sort of embellishment to his original, and by no means deserves the praises which Browne, in the following elegant pastoral lyrics, has bestowed on his performance, and which more justly belong to the genuine gothic, or rather Arabian, inventor. " ' Well I wot, the man that first Sung this lay, did quench his thirst, Deeply as did ever one, In the...‎

Appare in 25 libri dal 1774 al 1982

Pagina 423 - ... exquisite gems, and with ointments of the richest odour. He called his nobles together, and placing these chests before them, asked which they thought the most valuable. They pronounced those with the golden coverings to be the most precious, supposing they were made to contain the crowns and girdles of the king. The two chests covered with pitch 1 This is most probable. 2 The immediate source of Shakspeare's " Merchant of Venice," will be found in the INTRODUCTION.‎

Appare in 29 libri dal 1774 al 1905

Pagina 409 - Theocritus, Virgil, and Horace, have left instances of incantations conducted by figures in wax. In the beginning of the last century, many witches were executed for attempting the lives of persons, by fabricating representations of them in wax and clay. King James the First, in his...‎

Appare in 17 libri dal 1774 al 1906

Pagina 493 - The rest in the same metre, with one pentameter only to two hexameters. " Gower, by his own acknowledgment, took his story from the Pantheon ; as the author, (whoever he was) of Pericles, prince of Tyre, professes to have followed Gower.‎

Appare in 31 libri dal 1780 al 1906

Pagina 425 - I did not particularly inquire, whom he was to attend exactly at twelve. The company broke up about eleven; and not judging it convenient to anticipate the time appointed, he went into his chamber to kill the tedious hour, perhaps with some amusing book, or in some other way.‎

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Pagina 86 - I beheld you in torment, as you just now said. Yet they furnished you, even there, with bread and wine in abundance. I expressed my sorrow at seeing you in misery, and you replied, 'As long as God reigns in heaven here I must remain, for I have merited it. Do you then rise up quickly, and eat all the bread, since you will see neither me nor my companion again.‎

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Titolo	Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Volume 2 di Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories, Thomas Wright Volume 2 di Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories Invented by the Monks ... Tr. from the Latin
Curatore	Thomas Wright
tradotto da	Charles Swan
Editore	J.W. Bouton, 1872
Provenienza dell'originale	la University of Michigan
Digitalizzato	1 ott 2007

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