Olympia Morata: Her Life and TimesSabbath School Society, 1846 - 234 Seiten |
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Seite 138 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Seite 138 - Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, How blest the righteous when he dies...
Seite 131 - You may conceive how tenderly those who are united by true, that is, Christian friendship, feel for one another, when I tell you that the perusal of your letter drew tears from my eyes ; for, on learning that you had been rescued from the jaws of the grave, I wept for joy. May God long preserve you to be a blessing to his church ! It grieves me much to hear of the indisposition of your daughter ; but I comfort myself with the hopes you entertain of her recovery. " As to myself, my dear Celio, I must...
Seite 182 - ... solitary confinement, where the wretched objects of inquisitorial hate were confined year after year, till death released them from their sufferings, and there their bodies were suffered to remain until they were entirely decayed, and the rooms had become fit for others to occupy. To prevent this...
Seite 181 - General occupied, and on either side were seats less elevated, for the holy fathers when engaged in the solemn business of the Holy Inquisition. From this room we proceeded to the right, and obtained access to small cells, extending the entire length of the edifice; and here...
Seite 211 - Oh, how beautiful and fair ! Thy coarse but sacred cap excelled the cardinal's hat and the pope's mitre, thy nakedness the most gorgeous apparel, thy bed of wattles the softest and most delicious couch, thy deep poverty the riches of the world. Thou wert the herald of the highest, the trumpet sounding far and wide ; thou wert full of wisdom and adorned with knowledge ; the Lord placed thee in the garden of Eden, in his holy mount, as a light above the candlestick, as the sun of the people, as a pillar...
Seite 78 - ... that, in the midst of my long-continued and severe affliction, I have found some kind friends; and I thank you, my dearest brother, for the tender interest you have taken in my welfare. But as for me, God has bestowed on me that knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ which assures me that I am not in...
Seite 179 - ... a better opportunity in the confusion of the moment to escape. Their artifice was too shallow, and did not succeed. I caused them to be placed under guard, and all the soldiers of the Inquisition to be secured as prisoners. We then proceeded to examine all the rooms of the stately edifice.
Seite 185 - It was like a resurrection ! About a hundred who had been buried for many years were now restored to life. There were fathers who found their long lost daughters ; wives were restored to their husbands, sisters to their brothers, and parents to their children ; and there were some who could recognize no friend among the multitude. The scene was such as no tongue can describe.
Seite 43 - I will do what you ask willingly, and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who knows her well. Her father was Fulvio Morata, a native of Mantua, a man famous for learning and probity, with whom I was very intimate. I have heard her at court declaiming in Latin, speaking Greek, and answering questions, as well as any of the females among the ancients could have done. Do not feel a doubt respecting the Sapphic ode, written in Greek, in which she celebrates the praises of the Most...