Gesta Romanorum, or, Entertaining moral stories tr. with preliminary observations and notes, by C. Swan, Band 2

Romani

1824

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VOL	1

Of the timorous Guardianship of	28

Of Sinners who receive the Divine	36

Of Sloth	45

Of the Inheritance and Joy of a faith	48

Of Death	55

Of worldly Evil and Distress	62

Of doing all Things with Concord	70

Of a celestial Country	303

Of the discomfiture of the Devil	304

Of the subversion of Troy	308

Of the punishment of Offenders	310

Of the Souls Immortality	313

Of the Invention of Vineyards	314

Of the Seductions of the Devil	316

Of Gratitude to God	317

Of the Remembrance of Benefits	77

Of remembering Death and forget	87

Of the miraculous Recall of Sinners	99

Of Vigilance in our Calling	117

Of Spiritual Contests	123

Of Deceit	137

Of feminine Subtlety	148

Of ecclesiastical Blindness	160

Of Women who not only betray	168

Of Injustice	176

Of Wisdom which excels Strength	184

Of Christ who died innocent	192

VOL II	193

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

Of eternal Destruction	231

Of temporal Tribulation	232

70	265

77	281

Of avoiding Imprecations	320

Of extreme Fear	325

Of the Perversity of the World	331

Of the same Subject	332

Of the Game of Schaci	334

Of hearing good Counsel	339

Of eternal Condemnation	341

Of manner of Life	343

Of Repentance	346

Of too much love of the force of Truth	347

Of mental Constancy	354

Of the Burdens of this Life	371

Of Nature and the Returns of In gratitude	376

Of the Worlds Wonders	379

Of spiritual Medicine	382

Of Persecution	384

Of Forethought	386

Of Fidelity	394

NOTES	401

211	457

60	468

APPENDIX	541

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Titel	Gesta Romanorum, or, Entertaining moral stories tr. with preliminary observations and notes, by C. Swan, Band 2 Gesta Romanorum, or, Entertaining moral stories tr. with preliminary observations and notes, by C. Swan, Charles Swan
Autor/in	Romani
Veröffentlicht	1824
Original von	Oxford University
Digitalisiert	2. März 2007

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