A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1J. Murray, 1822 - 499 páginas |
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... scarcely a man of science , since the fourteenth Century , who reaped not some profit to his peculiar avoca- -- tions from a diligent perusal of the Divine Come- ( 1 ) Rev. 21 , 23 . ( 2 ) De divin . 1. 2. p . 59 . t CANTO I. dy ; many ...
... scarcely a man of science , since the fourteenth Century , who reaped not some profit to his peculiar avoca- -- tions from a diligent perusal of the Divine Come- ( 1 ) Rev. 21 , 23 . ( 2 ) De divin . 1. 2. p . 59 . t CANTO I. dy ; many ...
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... scarcely inserted an in- cident in any of his works without having a mo- del in Homer , Apollonius , Pindar , or some other Greek ; and that on the only occasion when he ap . pears to have been reduced to his own contrivance he ...
... scarcely inserted an in- cident in any of his works without having a mo- del in Homer , Apollonius , Pindar , or some other Greek ; and that on the only occasion when he ap . pears to have been reduced to his own contrivance he ...
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... scarcely once , during full thirty years that he survived her , was he ever known to smile . She's gone ! our Beatrice is gone To heaven amid the angel - kind ; She lives in that high realm of bliss And leaves you , ladies , all behind ...
... scarcely once , during full thirty years that he survived her , was he ever known to smile . She's gone ! our Beatrice is gone To heaven amid the angel - kind ; She lives in that high realm of bliss And leaves you , ladies , all behind ...
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... scarcely finished the text when he ex- pired . But , in default of his own comment on the Divine Comedy , we have what he probably intend- ( 1 ) Venir vedrámi al tuo diletto legno , E coronarmi allor di quelle foglie , Che la matera e ...
... scarcely finished the text when he ex- pired . But , in default of his own comment on the Divine Comedy , we have what he probably intend- ( 1 ) Venir vedrámi al tuo diletto legno , E coronarmi allor di quelle foglie , Che la matera e ...
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... scarcely be expected about one who died young , and who during her life performed no mighty part on the theatre of the world . Of the generality of females in her situation the entire history is comprised in this , that they were born ...
... scarcely be expected about one who died young , and who during her life performed no mighty part on the theatre of the world . Of the generality of females in her situation the entire history is comprised in this , that they were born ...
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Aeneid affirm allegory ancient Angel Antiquity appears authority avarice Beatrice beautiful Biagioli Boccaccio Canticle Canto 11 CANTO VII Cary celestial certainly Charon Christian Ciacco circle Comento COMMENT CANTO commentators considered Convito Corso Donati Dante Dante's death descend Dino Dino Compagni Divine Comedy Donati earth Elysium entire eternal exile factions father Florence Florentine former Francesca GANTO Greek Guido Cavalcanti guilty heaven Hebrew Hell Hist Homer Iliad imitation infernal Ital Italian Italy lady Landino Latin latter least less means merit mind mortal nature never opinion original Pagan Paradise passage perhaps Petrarch philosophy Phlegyas Plutus poem poet poetry Polenta Pope present punishment Purgatory quæ Ravenna remark render Ricc Rimini Roman Rome Scanatus scarcely seems sorrow soul spirit sublime supra Tartarus terza rima thing tiercet tion translation truth Verona verse Vestibule Virgil virtue Vita Nuova words
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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.