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... the impeachment of being in this an imitator of Lord Byron , I might plead guilty by being silent - conscious that it could only do me honor : but for the sake , not of avoiding an accusation of meritorious imita- tion , but XXII PREFACE.
... the impeachment of being in this an imitator of Lord Byron , I might plead guilty by being silent - conscious that it could only do me honor : but for the sake , not of avoiding an accusation of meritorious imita- tion , but XXII PREFACE.
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... guilt and folly being the death , as virtue and reason the life of the soul ? Many are the passages in Scripture that inculcate this for even « the just man falleth seven times a day « and » it is written there is no righteous` , not ...
... guilt and folly being the death , as virtue and reason the life of the soul ? Many are the passages in Scripture that inculcate this for even « the just man falleth seven times a day « and » it is written there is no righteous` , not ...
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... guilty of such manifold iniquities unpa- ralleled voluptuousness , rabid ambition , and lewd , all - devouring avarice . This is in curious contrast with the quotation in the preceding Article . To pretend ( as some have ) that Dante ...
... guilty of such manifold iniquities unpa- ralleled voluptuousness , rabid ambition , and lewd , all - devouring avarice . This is in curious contrast with the quotation in the preceding Article . To pretend ( as some have ) that Dante ...
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... guilty of many er- rors ( some of which are pointed out every day ) and therefore it is no hardiness to assert , they may err here : their verbose elucidations are too fre- quently not at all lucid ; many of them were igno- rant of ...
... guilty of many er- rors ( some of which are pointed out every day ) and therefore it is no hardiness to assert , they may err here : their verbose elucidations are too fre- quently not at all lucid ; many of them were igno- rant of ...
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... guilty of bad taste . But how it can be bad taste to bring in review the beautiful parables of Antiquity , I am at a loss to imagine or how a writer , who dedicates his Muse to a confessedly orthodox exposition of the dogmas of his ...
... guilty of bad taste . But how it can be bad taste to bring in review the beautiful parables of Antiquity , I am at a loss to imagine or how a writer , who dedicates his Muse to a confessedly orthodox exposition of the dogmas of his ...
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Aeneid affirm allegorical ancient Angel Antiquity appear authority avarice Beatrice beautiful Biagioli Boccaccio Canticle CANTO 11 CANTO II CANTO VII Cary celestial certainly Charon Christian Ciacco circle Comento commentators considered Convito Corso Donati Dante Dante's death descend Dino Dino Compagni Divine Comedy earth Elysium entire eternal exile factions father Florence Florentine former Francesca GANTO Greek Guido Cavalcanti guilty heart heaven Hebrew Hell Hist Homer Iliad imitation infernal Ital Italian Italy lady Landino Latin latter least less means ment merit mind mortal nature never opinion Pagan Paradise passage Paul perhaps Petrarch philosophy Phlegyas Plutus poem poet poetry Polenta Pope present punishment Purgatory quæ Ravenna render Ricc Rimini Roman Rome says Scanatus scarcely seems sorrow soul spirit sublime supra Tartarus terza rima thing tiercet tion translation truth Verona verse vestibule Virgil virtue Vita Nuova words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 71 - 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. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence , my noble task (0.
Página 478 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, my father: and he said , here I am my son. And he said, behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Página 82 - 14 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 150 - the wicked came upon me like a wide breaking in of waters; in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul, the proud waters had gone over our soul
Página 479 - By myself have I sworn , saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son; I will
Página 24 - delight, to move men to take that goodness in hand, which, without delight, they would fly as from a stranger; and teach, to make them know that goodness whereunto they are moved; which is the noblest scope to which ever any learning was directed
Página 345 - destroy the righteous with the wicked? 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 95 - Amor, tenendo Mio core in mano, e nelle braccia avea Madonna, involta in un drappo dormendo. Poi la svegliava, e d'esto core ardendo Lei paventosa umilmente pascea; Appresso gir lo ne vedea piangendo.
Página 479 - bless thee, and multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven , and as the sand on the sea-shore.
Página 457 - wants their mighty dust; Yet for this want more noted, as of yore The Caesar's pageant, shorn of Brutus' bust, Did but of Rome's best son remind her more