The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno--Purgatorio--and Paradiso. Tr. Into English Verse, with Preliminary Essays, Notes, and Illustrations, by the Rev. Henry Boyd, Volume 1T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1802 |
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againſt Anjou Apulia Bard blaſt blood BOCCACIO Buondelmonti burning CANTO caufe Charlemagne CHARLES of Anjou CHARLES of Valois CIACCO confequence CONRADIN cry'd DANTE deep defcends defcribed difputes diſmal doom dread Emperor eternal ev'ry exclaim'd faction faid fame fate fcenes feem'd feems fent fentenc'd fhade fhall fhew fhore fide Fiend firft firſt flame Florence FLORENTINE fociety fome foon foul fpirit FREDERIC ftill ftood fubject fublime fuch fufferings Ghibellines gloomy Guelfs Gulph Heav'n Hell himſelf Infernal intereft laft laſt leaſt lefs limbs MALEBOLGE MANTUAN mortal moſt mourn muſt nature o'er obferves occafion paffing paffions pain PISTOIA plain Poet Pope pow'r puniſhment purſue rage raiſe Ravenna reafon reply'd rifing round ſcene ſeems ſhade ſhore ſhould Sicily ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteep ſtill ſtood ſtrong STYGIAN themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro trembling vale waſte whofe whoſe XVII yonder
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Página 26 - Dante in his proper light. Homer and Virgil have all the advantages of Nature and Art, they may easily allow to Dante that single one of appealing to Sentiments and Principles more general, and more permanent than their Poems refer to.
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