The Trilogy: On the Catholicism of Dante. On the doctrine of purgatory and its origin. On the figurative senses of Dante's poem. On the style of Dante. Time table of Purgatorio. Plan of Purgatorio. PurgatorioH. G. Bohn, 1862 |
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... thoughts is always so energetic and comprehensive , that amplification would only injure the effect . There is probably no writer in any lan- guage who has presented so many striking pictures to the mind . Yet there is probably no ...
... thoughts is always so energetic and comprehensive , that amplification would only injure the effect . There is probably no writer in any lan- guage who has presented so many striking pictures to the mind . Yet there is probably no ...
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... thoughts fly swiftly though their limbs delay . When , lo ! as when the night is nearly o'er , Through the dense vapour Mars with reddening beam Sinks in the west above the ocean floor So shone ( may I again behold its gleam ) r ; A ...
... thoughts fly swiftly though their limbs delay . When , lo ! as when the night is nearly o'er , Through the dense vapour Mars with reddening beam Sinks in the west above the ocean floor So shone ( may I again behold its gleam ) r ; A ...
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... thought imagine Sion's hills With this high mountain on the earth so stand That both shall have the same horizon still , And different hemispheres : thou then wilt see , How that bright path , which Pháëton so ill1 Knew how to keep ...
... thought imagine Sion's hills With this high mountain on the earth so stand That both shall have the same horizon still , And different hemispheres : thou then wilt see , How that bright path , which Pháëton so ill1 Knew how to keep ...
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... thought on thought awakes Is ever frustrated in his own aim : 3 The force of one the other weaker makes . " What could I answer but , " I come , " while shame Tinged me a little as I spake less cheery , For which so oft one may ...
... thought on thought awakes Is ever frustrated in his own aim : 3 The force of one the other weaker makes . " What could I answer but , " I come , " while shame Tinged me a little as I spake less cheery , For which so oft one may ...
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... thought , Which I , behind the footsteps of a guide So excellent , from world to world have sought . " And one began : 1 " In thee we all confide For kindnesses , without an oath express'd , If power to achieve thy wish be not denied ...
... thought , Which I , behind the footsteps of a guide So excellent , from world to world have sought . " And one began : 1 " In thee we all confide For kindnesses , without an oath express'd , If power to achieve thy wish be not denied ...
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