Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Band 1

Wynnard Hooper

C. and J. Rivington, 1824

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TO VOL	v

Of Love	1

Of Mercy	9

Of Just Judgment	12

Of Justice	14

Of Fidelity	16

Of following Reason	23

Of the Envy of bad Men towards the good	25

Of Reconciliation between God and Man	146

Of the Measure of Temptation and of Skill	148

Of the Conquests and Charity of our Lord	150

Of want of Charity	152

Of Christ who by His Passion deli vered us from Hell	154

Of Envy	155

Of the Good who alone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven	157

Of mortal Sins	161

Of false Allegations	28

Of Depravity conquered by Mildness	34

Of the management of the Soul	41

Of the poison of	44

Of bad Example	46

Of inordinate Love	54

Of honouring Parents	60

Of the Life of Alexius son of Senator Eufemian	65

Of an exemplary Life	80

Of a perfect Life	83

TALE PAGE XVIII Of venial Sin	92

Of the Sin of Pride	97

Of Tribulation and Anguish	100

Of Overreaching and Conspiracy XXII Of worldly Fear	105

Of spiritual Medicine	109

Of the Suggestions of the Devil	111

Of Ingratitude	113

Of Humility 115 XXVI Of Humility XXVII Of just Recompence	117

Of the execrable Devices of old Women	120

Of corrupt Judgment	125

Of Offence and Judgment	127

Of the Rigor of Death	129

Of good Inspiration	131

Of Hanging	132

Of Consideration of Life	133

Of Peace Reformation c	136

Of the Course of Human Life	137

Of lifting up the Mind to Heaven	143

Of the Precaution necessary to pre vent Error	145

Of Three Kings	162

Of the end of Sinners	165

Of the Illusions of the Devil	167

Of Praise due to a Just Judge	169

Of Extortion	171

Of Fidelity	173

Of good Rulers who are not to be changed	174

Of a Celestial Kingdom	175

Of the Revocation of a banished Sinner	177

Of remembering Death	183

Of perfect Life	189

Of Confession	194

Of too much Pride and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation	196

Of Avarice and its Subtlety	209

LXI Of Reflection	213

TALE PAGE LXII Of the beauty of a faithful Mind	217

Of the pleasures of this World	220

Of the Incarnation of our Lord	225

Of the cure of the Soul	227

Of Constancy	229

Of excuses which are not to be ad mitted in extreme cases	232

Of maintaining Truth to the last	238

Or Chastity	240

Of the Compunctions of a faithful Mind	244

Of an eternal Recompence 248 THE HI LXXII Of the destruction of ungrateful Men 251 loped it LXXIII Of Avarice which makes many blind	254

Of Foresight and Care 257 nished b LXXV Of Worldly Anxiety been sté LXXVI Of Concord	264

Of the constancy of Love	271

Of Presumption 272 us to TT LXXX Of the Cunning of the Devil and of tory is the secret Judgments of God	274

gumen deduct down	303

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Titel	Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Band 1 Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Wynnard Hooper
Herausgeber	Wynnard Hooper
Übersetzt von	Charles Swann
Verlag	C. and J. Rivington, 1824
Original von	University of Michigan
Digitalisiert	7. Aug. 2007

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