La divina commedia: InfernoD.C. Heath & Company, 1909 - 546 pages |
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... probably in the last days of May . We know little of his career . His works afford some bits of information , and there are a few scraps of documentary evidence ; his neighbor , Giovanni Villani , inserted a brief sketch of him in his ...
... probably in the last days of May . We know little of his career . His works afford some bits of information , and there are a few scraps of documentary evidence ; his neighbor , Giovanni Villani , inserted a brief sketch of him in his ...
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... probably not his first . He may have been in Bologna in 1287 or thereabouts ; he must have visited Lombardy before 1300. Between 1293 and 1300 he got deeply into debt . At some time before 1297 he married Gemma Donati , a distant ...
... probably not his first . He may have been in Bologna in 1287 or thereabouts ; he must have visited Lombardy before 1300. Between 1293 and 1300 he got deeply into debt . At some time before 1297 he married Gemma Donati , a distant ...
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... probably went to the mountains of the Casentino , on the upper Arno ; and it is believed , on the authority of Boccaccio and Villani , that he journeyed between 1307 and 1309 to Paris . In 1308 Henry of Luxembourg , a noble idealist ...
... probably went to the mountains of the Casentino , on the upper Arno ; and it is believed , on the authority of Boccaccio and Villani , that he journeyed between 1307 and 1309 to Paris . In 1308 Henry of Luxembourg , a noble idealist ...
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... probably not fully matured until after the death of Henry VII , the Emperor whose advent in 1310 had aroused such wild expectations in Dante's breast . As Henry died in 1313 and the poet in 1321 , we may ascribe the composition of the ...
... probably not fully matured until after the death of Henry VII , the Emperor whose advent in 1310 had aroused such wild expectations in Dante's breast . As Henry died in 1313 and the poet in 1321 , we may ascribe the composition of the ...
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... probably came under his inspection . He doubtless was acquainted with the elder Pliny and Solinus ; he certainly read the Trésor of Brunetto Latini , and prob- ably the Composizione del mondo of Ristoro d ' Arezzo . Astronomy he pursued ...
... probably came under his inspection . He doubtless was acquainted with the elder Pliny and Solinus ; he certainly read the Trésor of Brunetto Latini , and prob- ably the Composizione del mondo of Ristoro d ' Arezzo . Astronomy he pursued ...
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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...
Page 103 - NON era ancor di là Nesso arrivato, Quando noi ci mettemmo per un bosco, Che da nessun sentiero era segnato. Non frondi verdi, ma di color fosco ; Non rami schietti, ma nodosi e involti ; Non pomi v
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.