La divina commedia: InfernoD.C. Heath & Company, 1909 - 546 pages |
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Page x
... early impres- sions of family life were happy . He doubtless received a careful 1 See R. W. Church , Dante : an Essay , 1878 ; E. G. Gardner , The Story of Florence , 1900 ; A. J. Butler , Dante , his Times and his Work , 2d ed . , 1901 ...
... early impres- sions of family life were happy . He doubtless received a careful 1 See R. W. Church , Dante : an Essay , 1878 ; E. G. Gardner , The Story of Florence , 1900 ; A. J. Butler , Dante , his Times and his Work , 2d ed . , 1901 ...
Page xi
... Early he distinguished himself as a poet , in a town where poetry and music were just acquiring an unprecedented vogue ; and through his verse he made valuable acquaintances . His ' first friend ' was the famous poet Guido , con ...
... Early he distinguished himself as a poet , in a town where poetry and music were just acquiring an unprecedented vogue ; and through his verse he made valuable acquaintances . His ' first friend ' was the famous poet Guido , con ...
Page xiv
... for a while , in spite of the recurring prick of conscience . Even in early youth his fancy had strayed to other women , and his comradeship with the disreputable Forese Donati is perhaps to be ascribed to xiv INTRODUCTION.
... for a while , in spite of the recurring prick of conscience . Even in early youth his fancy had strayed to other women , and his comradeship with the disreputable Forese Donati is perhaps to be ascribed to xiv INTRODUCTION.
Page xx
... early one to Can Grande . The most important from a literary standpoint , if he really wrote it , is the later , ponderously exegetical Epistola ad Canem Grandem , accom- panying the first canto of the Paradiso with a minute comment on ...
... early one to Can Grande . The most important from a literary standpoint , if he really wrote it , is the later , ponderously exegetical Epistola ad Canem Grandem , accom- panying the first canto of the Paradiso with a minute comment on ...
Page xxi
... early love for Beatrice . There is reason to believe that the prose was written in 1294 . Now the final chapter of the Vita Nuova speaks of a wondrous vision which determined the lover to write no more of his lady until he should be ...
... early love for Beatrice . There is reason to believe that the prose was written in 1294 . Now the final chapter of the Vita Nuova speaks of a wondrous vision which determined the lover to write no more of his lady until he should be ...
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Page 133 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 165 - And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Page 205 - Nel tempo che colui, che il mondo schiara, La faccia sua a noi tien meno ascosa, Come la mosca cede alla zanzara, Vede lucciole giù per la vallea, Forse colà dove vendemmia ed ara; 30 Di tante fiamme tutta risplendea L' ottava bolgia, si com' io m' accorsi, Tosto che fui là Ve il fondo parea.
Page 10 - Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura Che la diritta via era smarrita.
Page 270 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 270 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Page 245 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 27 - PER me si va nella città dolente, Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore : Fecemi la divina potestate, La somma sapienza e il primo amore. Dinanzi a me non fur cose create, Se non eterne, ed io eterno duro : Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch...
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Page 148 - And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying; Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.