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John of Damascus part 3
Either, therefore, take away images altogether and be out of harmony with God ,who made these regulations, or receive them with the language and...
John of Damascus part 2
Holy Scripture clothes in figure God and the angels, and the same holy man (Blessed Denis) explains why. When sensible things sufficiently render what...
John of Damascus part 1
John of Damascus: In Defense of Icons, c. 730
The Iconoclastic controversy lasted from 726, when Emperor Leo III (717-741) began an attack on the...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 20
“Memorandum of common business,” such as “blacking the face with a bottle of ink”—“nailing a horn over the doors of cuckolds”— “pretenses at assassination”—“false...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 19
“Well, with this promise,” said the cavalier, “take this chain for the twenty ducats owing, and forty on account of the business you have...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 18
“Ah! I watched for him last night at the very door of his house,” rejoined the bravo, “and when he came I looked him...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 17
She had hardly spoken these words, when a boy entered, bearing a large basket covered with a sheet. The good people seemed all very...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 16
“I was there,” replied the guide. “Then how is it that you have not given notice of a purse, which you took there, containing...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 15
“Sir,” replied he, “I possess a little spice of art; I can handle cards well, know how to turn an ace to a king,...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 14
Monipodio, having made the tour of the courtyard to see his visitors, then asked the newcomers their profession, name, and country. Rincon answered that...
