 Her dress, on that day, was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as best suited with her very tender age. At that moment, I say most truly that the spirit of life, which hath its dwelling in the secretest...  The London Quarterly Review - Page 33edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | 1864 - 998 pages
...day when he first beheld her — ' her dress on that day was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as best suited with her very tender age/ — no colour is introduced from the beginning of the poem to its close. If we desire colour we must... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1872 - 304 pages
...Boccaccio, than a girl. " Her dress, on that day,"* says Dante, "was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as...the spirit of life which hath its dwelling in the secrctcst chamber of the heart began • to tremble so violently that the least pulses of my body shook... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1872 - 290 pages
...Boccaccio, than a girl. " Her dress, on that day,"* says Dante, " was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as best suited with her very tender age. At that moment,-fI say most truly that the spirit of life which hath its dwelling in the secretest chamber... | |
 | Dressmaking - 1902 - 922 pages
...little Beatrice among the number. But this May-day, in her dress " of a most noble color, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as best suited with her very tender age," and wearing, too, the bewitching consciousness of femininity which even a wee woman wears for the guests... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1874 - 612 pages
...the most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, and at that moment, 55ü Dante. says Dante, " the spirit of life, which hath its dwelling in the...violently that the least pulses of my body shook therewith ; and in trembling it said these words, " Ecce deus fortior me, qui venions dominabitur " l (Behold... | |
 | 1874 - 858 pages
...colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, and at that moment, says Dante, " the spirit of life, -which liath its dwelling in the secretest chamber of the heart,...violently that the least pulses of my body shook therewith ; and in trembling it said these words, " Ecce deus fortior me, qui veniens dominabitur " l (Behold... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1875 - 800 pages
...meeting with Beatrice recorded above : — Her dress on that day was a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as...that the least pulses of my body shook therewith, and in trembling it said these words : Ecce Deus fortior me, qui vincens dominabitur mihi. . . . From... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - Cathedrals - 1877 - 444 pages
...with Beatrice recorded above : — " Her dress on that day was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as...moment I say most truly that the spirit of life, which huth its dwelling in the secretest chamber of the heart, began to tremble so violently that the least... | |
 | 1889 - 234 pages
...her about the end. of my ninth year. Her dress on that day was of a most noble nature, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as best suited with her tender age. At that moment I saw most truly that the spirit of life, which hath its dwelling in the... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Italian literature - 1881 - 590 pages
...how her beauty dawned upon him.2 ' Her dress, on that day, was of a most noble colour, a subdued and goodly crimson, girdled and adorned in such sort as...violently that the least pulses of my body shook therewith ; and in trembling it said these words : Ecce deus fortior me, qui veniens dominabitur mi/ii.' Beatrice... | |
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