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To even an Italian there is matter in this comment not to be found in any other . I
am the first of Dante's commentators who treat of his oriental acquirements . The
explanation of Arabic and Hebrew verses (which hitherto passed for nonsense ) ...
To even an Italian there is matter in this comment not to be found in any other . I
am the first of Dante's commentators who treat of his oriental acquirements . The
explanation of Arabic and Hebrew verses (which hitherto passed for nonsense ) ...
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(UHTO i. the comment of Boccaccio, who, indeed, did little else than faithfully
construe the latin before him into Italian, and fairly transcribe the Roman- written
Greek into its proper Greek Characters . 'Comedy' ( says Dante ) 'means a
country ...
(UHTO i. the comment of Boccaccio, who, indeed, did little else than faithfully
construe the latin before him into Italian, and fairly transcribe the Roman- written
Greek into its proper Greek Characters . 'Comedy' ( says Dante ) 'means a
country ...
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Should my recital appear prolix, or should the quotations transcribed to support it
be judged superfluously numerous, I alledge as an excuse that it is an
oltremontano who undertakes to investigate a question of Italian antiquities,
which is not ...
Should my recital appear prolix, or should the quotations transcribed to support it
be judged superfluously numerous, I alledge as an excuse that it is an
oltremontano who undertakes to investigate a question of Italian antiquities,
which is not ...
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... aver that, if Oltremontani are more profuse than any Italian in extolling its
beauties , it is not because they appreciate them better than a well educated
Italian , but because they are ignorant of the numerous beauties of a vastly
superior order, ...
... aver that, if Oltremontani are more profuse than any Italian in extolling its
beauties , it is not because they appreciate them better than a well educated
Italian , but because they are ignorant of the numerous beauties of a vastly
superior order, ...
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As to internal evidence in their compositions , whatever Orientalisms the English
of Milton may be held to contain , such vestiges are far less significant or
numerous there, than in the Italian of Dante: for, not to anticipate many we shall
hereafter ...
As to internal evidence in their compositions , whatever Orientalisms the English
of Milton may be held to contain , such vestiges are far less significant or
numerous there, than in the Italian of Dante: for, not to anticipate many we shall
hereafter ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aeneid affirm allegory ancient Angel appear authority avarice Beatrice beautiful Biagioli Boccaccio CAHTO Canticle Canto Canto i. p. Cary celestial certainly Charon Christian Church Ciacco CiHTO circle Comento commentators considered Convito Corso Donati creed Dante Dante's death descend Dino Dino Compagni Divine Comedy earth Elysium entire eternal exile factions fancy father Florence Florentine former Francesca Greek Guido Cavalcanti guilty heaven Hebrew Hell Hist Homer i3oo Iliad imitation infernal Ital Italian Italy Landino Latin latter least less means ment merit mind mortal nature never occasion opinion original Pagan Paradise passage Paul perhaps Petrarch philosophy Phlegyas Plutus poem poet poetry Polenta Pope present punishment Purgatory Ravenna remark render Rimini Roman Rome Scanatus scarcely seems sorrow soul spirit sublime Tartarus terza rima thing tiercet tion translation truth verse vestibule Virgil virtue Vita Nuova words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 73 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 482 - And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Página 84 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 483 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Página 24 - These be they that, as the first and most noble sort may justly be termed vates, so these are waited on in the excellentest languages and best understandings with the foredescribed name of poets. For these, indeed, do merely make to imitate, and imitate both to delight and teach, and delight to move men to take that goodness in hand, which without delight they would fly as from a stranger...
Página 22 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Página 349 - And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Página 103 - Ch' ogni lingua divien tremando muta, E gli occhi non ardiscon di guardare. Ella sen va, sentendosi laudare, Benignamente d'umiltà vestuta;* E par che sia una cosa venuta Di cielo in terra a miracol mostrare. Mostrasi si piacente a chi la mira, Che dà per gli occhi una dolcezza al core, Che intender non la può chi non la prova.
Página 276 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Página 152 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | A comment on the Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1 A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, John Taafe (Knight commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem) |
| Autor | John Taafe (Knight commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem]) |
| Editora | John Murray, 1822 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 2 Abr 2008 |
| Número de páginas | 499 páginas |
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