Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 119
nize the greatcathedral, then building. Alongside stands an imposing groupin which we recognize the Pope and the Emperor with crozierand sword, theoretical joint rulers over the lives and con-sciences of men. Other figures are alleged by tradition, letus hope erroneously, to be portraits of… … The Protest of Faith loi couple of unplausible sheep, guarded by two spotted dogs,black and white, while other similar dogs are making shortshrift of some grey wolves near by. This, we are told,represents an old pun at first leveled against the Dominicansbut afterward taken by them in good part.…
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