Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 2

C. and J. Rivington, 1824

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VOL II	1

Judgment against Adulterers	26

which is as Harmony	33

Grace on earnestly seeking it	36

Of Christ who gave himself to Death	38

Of Sloth	45

Of Christ who died that we might	46

Of Christ who restored our heavenly	52

65	260

77	281

232	303

Of the punishment of Offenders	310

Of the Souls Immortality	313

Of the Seductions of the Devil	316

Of avoiding Imprecations	320

Of extreme Fear	325

Of Christ who is longsuffering	60

Of doing all Things with Concord	70

Of the Remembrance of Benefits	77

Of Injustice	176

Of Wisdom which excels Strength	184

Of spiritual Friendship	190

Of Vigilance in our Calling	198

Of the Souls wounds	205

Of the Snares of the Devil	211

Of the actual state of the World	217

Of the punishment of	223

60	250

Of the Perversity of the World	331

Of hearing good Counsel	339

Of Repentance	346

Of mental Constancy	354

Of the Burdens of this Life	371

Of the Worlds Wonders	379

Of spiritual Medicine	382

Of Forethought	386

Of Fidelity	394

NOTES	401

APPENDIX	541

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Titolo	Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 2 Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Charles Swan
tradotto da	Charles Swan
Editore	C. and J. Rivington, 1824
Provenienza dell'originale	la Biblioteca Pubblica di New York
Digitalizzato	21 giu 2006

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