 Placidas approaching nigh thought in his mind how he might take him, and as he beheld and considered the hart diligently, he saw between his horns the form of the Holy Cross shining more clear than the sun, and the image of Christ, which by the mouth...  The Golden Legend: Or, Lives of the Saints - Page 84by Jacobus (de Voragine) - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Boyd Montgomerie M. Ranking - Romances - 1872 - 248 pages
...hart saw that he followed him with all his power, at the last he went up on an high rock, and Placidas approaching nigh thought in his mind how he might...sometime Balaam by the ass, spake to him, saying, Placidas, wherefore followest thou me hither ? I am appeared to thee in this beast for the grace of... | |
 | Jacobus (de Voragine) - Christian legends - 1899 - 316 pages
...take him. And when the hart saw that he followed him with all his power, at the last he went up on an high rock. And Placidus. approaching nigh, thought...his. horns the form of the holy cross shining more clearer than the sun, and the image of Christ which by the mouth of the hart (like as sometime Balaam... | |
 | Estelle Ross - Dogs - 1922 - 342 pages
...favorite diversion was hunting. When out with his hounds he saw a vision of a milk-white stag, between its horns the form of the Holy Cross, "shining more clear...image of Christ, which, by the mouth of the hart, spoke thus : 'Why dost thou pursue me ? I am Christ, whom thou hast hitherto served without knowing... | |
 | Gertrude Katherine Shepherd Peers - Painters - 1922 - 282 pages
...high rock, turned and faced his pursuer, and as Placidus in amazement gazed on this strange quarry, " he saw between his horns the form of the holy cross...shining more clear than the sun, and the image of Christ " thereon. Then the image spoke, saying : " Placidus, wherefore followest thou Me ? I am Jesu Christ... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1923 - 1012 pages
...wjien he was hunting, and had chased a great hart to the top of a high rock, he saw between the hart's horns the form of the holy cross shining more clear...the mouth of the hart, like as sometime Balaam by t lie ass, spake to him. Then follows an account of the conversation, after which the legend says,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1923 - 556 pages
...he was hunting, and had chased a ' great hart to the top of a high rock, he saw between the hart's horns the form of the holy cross shining more clear...like as sometime Balaam by the ass,' spake to him. Then follows an account of the conversa- ' tion, after which the legend says, " And some others say... | |
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