The Vision, Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri: Translated (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri: Translated The Translation of the Second and Third Parts, The Purgatory and The Paradise, was begun long before the First, and as early as the year 1797; but, owing to many interruptions, not concluded till the summer before last. 011 a retrospect of the time and exertions that have been thus employed, I do not regard those hours as the least happy of my life, during which (to use the eloquent language of Mr. Cole ridge) my individual recollections have been suspended, and lulled to sleep amid the music of nobler thoughts; nor that study misapplied, which has familiarized me with one of the sublimest efforts of the human invention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |