The book Sesame And Lilies; Two Lectures By John Ruskin; was written by author Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Here you can read free online of Sesame And Lilies; Two Lectures By John Ruskin; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Sesame And Lilies; Two Lectures By John Ruskin; a good or bad book?
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The earlier editions read * word.' 27 : 14. — Clondi, these, without water. Jude 12; said of false teachers. 27 : 22. — Dante. The passage referred to is in Canto IX of the Purgatorio, Dante and Virgil are approaching the gate of Purga- tory. I quote Gary's translation : The lowest stair was marble white, so smooth And polished, that therein my mirrored form Distinct I saw. The next of hue more dark Than sablest grain, a rough and singed block, Cracked lengthwise and across. The third, that lay... Massy above, seemed porphyry, that flamed Red as the life-blood spouting^ from a vein. On this God^s angel either foot sustained, Upon the threshold seated which appeared A rock of diamond. . . . Forth he drew Two keys of metal twain: the one was gold. Its fellow silver. With the pallid first, And next the burnished, he so plyed the gate As to content me well. The three steps are interpreted as meaning respectively contn- tion, confession, and works of satisfaction, the steps by which one leaves sin and enters the Christian life.
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