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... mentioned . Further , we suspect on two or three occasions a possible knowledge of Valerius Maximus , though he is nowhere mentioned by Dante . It is to be again remembered that Peter Lombard , Bonaventura , Hugh and Richard of St ...
... mentioned . Further , we suspect on two or three occasions a possible knowledge of Valerius Maximus , though he is nowhere mentioned by Dante . It is to be again remembered that Peter Lombard , Bonaventura , Hugh and Richard of St ...
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... mention their names . The very noticeable omission of Tacitus ( in whom Dante would have found in some respects a congenial spirit ) is probably to be accounted for by the fact that his works were then almost , if not entirely , unknown ...
... mention their names . The very noticeable omission of Tacitus ( in whom Dante would have found in some respects a congenial spirit ) is probably to be accounted for by the fact that his works were then almost , if not entirely , unknown ...
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... mentioned . In the case of the Vulgate , it ex- tends to the whole of it . Very few writers , mediaeval or modern , ' know their Bible ' as well as Dante did . This intimate knowledge is shown , not only by direct citation , put by the ...
... mentioned . In the case of the Vulgate , it ex- tends to the whole of it . Very few writers , mediaeval or modern , ' know their Bible ' as well as Dante did . This intimate knowledge is shown , not only by direct citation , put by the ...
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... mentioned . It is almost needless to point out that a large amount of the ' machinery ' ( so to speak ) of the Divina Commedia , the personages introduced , the scenery and incidents in detail , are taken from the Aeneid of Virgil ...
... mentioned . It is almost needless to point out that a large amount of the ' machinery ' ( so to speak ) of the Divina Commedia , the personages introduced , the scenery and incidents in detail , are taken from the Aeneid of Virgil ...
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... ( mentioned in Purg . xxii . 98 ) . A correspondent has pointed out to me a singular resemblance between a part of Dante's celebrated inscription over the Gate of Hell and a passage in Plautus ' . But I have little doubt that if the ...
... ( mentioned in Purg . xxii . 98 ) . A correspondent has pointed out to me a singular resemblance between a part of Dante's celebrated inscription over the Gate of Hell and a passage in Plautus ' . But I have little doubt that if the ...
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