Readings on the Paradiso of Dante: Chiefly Based on the Commentary of Benvenuto Da Imola, Volume 1Macmillan, 1909 |
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... Hei mihi ! qualis erat ! quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore , qui redit exuvias indutus Achillei ! " and ibid . 591 , 592 : — " Alma parens , confessa Deam , qualisque videri Coelicolis et quanta solet . " + Così fatta : There are a few ...
... Hei mihi ! qualis erat ! quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore , qui redit exuvias indutus Achillei ! " and ibid . 591 , 592 : — " Alma parens , confessa Deam , qualisque videri Coelicolis et quanta solet . " + Così fatta : There are a few ...
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