Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Nide 1

Wynnard Hooper

C. and J. Rivington, 1824 - 933 sivua

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VOL	v

TALE Introduction	viii

Of venial	xviii

Of the Sin of Pride	xix

Of Tribulation and Anguish	xx

PAGE	xxiv

92	xli

Of Love	cxviii

41	154

Of Envy	155

Of the Good who alone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven	157

44	159

Of mortal Sins	161

Of Three Kings	162

46	163

Of the end of Sinners	165

Of Mercy	9

Of Just Judgment	12

Of Justice	14

Of Fidelity	16

Of following Reason	21

Of the Envy of bad Men towards the good	25

Of false Allegations	28

Of Depravity conquered by Mildness	34

Of the management of the Soul	41

Of the poison of	44

Of bad Example	46

Of inordinate Love	54

Of honouring Parents	60

and of Caution opposed to them	105

Of the execrable Devices of old Women	107

Of worldly Fear	108

Of spiritual Medicine	109

Of the Suggestions of the Devil	111

Of Ingratitude	113

Of Humility	115

Of just Recompence	117

25	119

131	125

Of Offence and Judgment	127

Of the Rigor of Death	129

28	131

Of Hanging	132

Of Consideration of Life	133

Of Peace Reformation	136

Of the Course of Human Life	137

34	143

Of the Precaution necessary to pre	145

Of Reconciliation between God and vent Error	146

of Skill	148

TALE PAGE XLI Of the Conquests and Charity of our Lord	150

Of want of Charity	152

Of the Illusions of the Devil	167

Of Praise due to a Just Judge	169

Of Extortion	171

Of Fidelity	173

54	174

Of a Celestial Kingdom	175

Of the Revocation of a banished Sinner	177

Of remembering Death	183

Of perfect Life	189

Of Confession	194

Of too much Pride and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation	196

Of Avarice and its Subtlety	209

Of Reflection	213

60	214

TALE PAGE LXII Of the beauty of a faithful Mind	217

Of the pleasures of this World	220

Of the Incarnation of our Lord	225

Of the cure of the Soul	227

Of Constancy	229

Of excuses which are not to be ad mitted in extreme cases	232

Of maintaining Truth to the last	238

65	239

Of Chastity	240

Of the Compunctions of a faithful Mind	244

Of an eternal Recompence	248

Of the destruction of ungrateful Men	251

Of Avarice which makes many blind	254

Of Foresight and Care	257

Of Worldly Anxiety	261

Of Concord	264

Of Riches which are not to be co veted	268

Of the constancy of Love	271

Of Presumption	272

Of the Cunning of the Devil and of the secret Judgments of God	274

NOTES	281

Of the Life of Alexius son of the Senator Eufemian	334

Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet

Abibas Alexis Amadis of Gaul anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood book of Tobit brother Cæsar called castle Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress espoused Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden Guido hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king kingdom knight lady lived lord marry master mercy messengers noble palace peace Pompey poor possessed pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew ship soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion took tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton wherefore wife wise woman wyfe young

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Otsikko	Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Nide 1 Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Wynnard Hooper
Toimittaja	Wynnard Hooper
kääntäjä	Charles Swan
Kustantaja	C. and J. Rivington, 1824
Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti	Michiganin yliopisto
Digitoitu	7. elokuu 2007
Pituus	933 sivua

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