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... similar generality of knowledge is found in the case of Aristotle , who , it is needless to observe , was only known to Dante through Latin translations . There is scarcely an important work of Aristotle which is not represented , and ...
... similar generality of knowledge is found in the case of Aristotle , who , it is needless to observe , was only known to Dante through Latin translations . There is scarcely an important work of Aristotle which is not represented , and ...
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... similar derivative information to Cicero , or perhaps St. Augustine , or St. Thomas Aquinas . Again the direct reference to St. Jerome , in Par . xxix . 37 , is apparently derived from the citation of the passage by St. Thomas , Summa ...
... similar derivative information to Cicero , or perhaps St. Augustine , or St. Thomas Aquinas . Again the direct reference to St. Jerome , in Par . xxix . 37 , is apparently derived from the citation of the passage by St. Thomas , Summa ...
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... similar collections of ex- tracts exhibiting the wit and wisdom ' of various writers . Such collections were common in the Middle Ages , and in days of manuscripts only we can appreciate the utility , and even the necessity , of such ...
... similar collections of ex- tracts exhibiting the wit and wisdom ' of various writers . Such collections were common in the Middle Ages , and in days of manuscripts only we can appreciate the utility , and even the necessity , of such ...
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... similar case occurs in respect of Aristotle , and in this instance it has been found in printed Florilegia , actually , though wrongly , attributed to him . Though these particular works are later than Dante , See inf . under Cicero ...
... similar case occurs in respect of Aristotle , and in this instance it has been found in printed Florilegia , actually , though wrongly , attributed to him . Though these particular works are later than Dante , See inf . under Cicero ...
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... similar in- stances ) , viz . that familiarity with the original is assumed by Dante on the part of his readers to make his language effective or even intelligible to them . Thus , in Par . xii . 128 , 129 , Dante makes St. Bonaventura ...
... similar in- stances ) , viz . that familiarity with the original is assumed by Dante on the part of his readers to make his language effective or even intelligible to them . Thus , in Par . xii . 128 , 129 , Dante makes St. Bonaventura ...
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Page 304 - SI che mi tinse 1' una e 1' altra guancia, E poi la medicina mi riporse. Così od' io che soleva la lancia D' Achille, e del suo padre, esser cagione Prima di trista e poi di buona mancia.
Page 72 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 65 - My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Page 268 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music...
Page 159 - Dice che l'alma alla sua stella riede, credendo quella quindi esser decisa quando natura per forma la diede; e forse sua sentenza è d'altra guisa che la voce non suona, ed esser puote con intenzion da non esser derisa.
Page 111 - Quell' esser parte, per diverse essenze Da lui distinte e da lui contenute. Gli altri giron per varie differenze Le distinzion, che dentro da se hanno, Dispongono a lor fini e lor semenze. Questi organi del mondo così vanno, Come tu vedi omai di grado in grado, Che di su prendono, e di sotto fanno. Riguarda bene a me sì com' io vado Per questo loco al ver, che tu disiri, Sì che poi sappi sol tener lo guado. Lo moto e la virtù de' santi giri, Come dal fabbro 1' arte del martello , Da' beati motor...
Page 212 - Nell' ora che comincia i tristi lai La rondinella , presso alla mattina , Forse a memoria de' suoi primi guai ; E che la mente nostra , pellegrina Più dalla carne e men da...
Page 130 - Non scese mai con sì veloce moto foco di spessa nube, quando piove da quel confine che più va remoto, com...
Page 178 - Ergo insperata deprensum luce repente inclusumque cavo saxo atque insueta rudentem desuper Alcides telis premit, omniaque arma advocat et ramis vastisque molaribus instat. 250 Ille autem, neque enim fuga iam super ulla pericli, faucibus ingentem fumum (mirabile dictu) evomit involvitque domum caligine caeca, prospectum eripiens oculis, glomeratque sub antro fumiferam noctem commixtis igne tenebris.
Page 68 - Quod factum est in ipso vita erat", et Deus maxime se ipsum velit, sequitur quod ius a Deo, prout in eo est, sit volitum. Et cum voluntas et volitum in Deo sit idem, sequitur ulterius quod divina voluntas sit ipsum ius.