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Compare Virgil , Æn . ii , 274 , 275 :“ 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 ...
Compare Virgil , Æn . ii , 274 , 275 :“ 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 ...
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| Title | Readings on the Paradiso of Dante: Chiefly Based on the Commentary of Benvenuto Da Imola, Volume 1 Readings on the Paradiso of Dante: Chiefly Based on the Commentary of Benvenuto Da Imola, William Warren Vernon |
| Author | William Warren Vernon |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Oct 2007 |
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