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  • Have you ever balanced the scene with the bishops in Richard III. against the character of Cranmer? the description of St. Francis and St. Dominic against that of him who made Virgil wonder to gaze upon him, -- "disteso, tanto vilmente, nell 'eterno esilio"; or of him whom Dante stood beside, "come 'l frate che confessa lo perfido assassin?"

    Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

  • Have you ever balanced the scene with the bishops in “Richard III. ” against the character of Cranmer? the description of St. Francis and St. Dominic against that of him who made Virgil wonder to gaze upon him, —“disteso, tanto vilmente, nell’ eterno esilio”; or of him whom Dante stood beside, “come ’l frate che confessa lo perfido assassin?

    Sesame and Lilies. Lecture I.-Sesame: Of Kings’ Treasuries 1909

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