A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1J. Murray, 1822 - 499 pages |
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... idea that Dante himself repeats in the Convito - ' the summit of our arch is in the thirty fifth year ' ( 1 ) . It is su- perfluous to seek for further authority ; by saying he was in the middle of life , he must have meant he was in ...
... idea that Dante himself repeats in the Convito - ' the summit of our arch is in the thirty fifth year ' ( 1 ) . It is su- perfluous to seek for further authority ; by saying he was in the middle of life , he must have meant he was in ...
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... ideas of vice Dante intended to con- vey , he could never have so misled his readers and so rambled from his sacred original , as to have dropt all reference to nations , a grand conception adapted to the opening of a grand poem : but ...
... ideas of vice Dante intended to con- vey , he could never have so misled his readers and so rambled from his sacred original , as to have dropt all reference to nations , a grand conception adapted to the opening of a grand poem : but ...
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... unsatisfactory , still more so are they that are put on the she wolf . With her is con- nected the idea of lewd avarice ; and mercenary strumpets were called she wolves by the Latins , CANTO I. as and a brothel , a wolf - 30 COMMENT.
... unsatisfactory , still more so are they that are put on the she wolf . With her is con- nected the idea of lewd avarice ; and mercenary strumpets were called she wolves by the Latins , CANTO I. as and a brothel , a wolf - 30 COMMENT.
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... idea of lewdness and lucre , that , likewise , of the incestuous sister of the brute , whom , as I have just said , we shall find selected to personify the money - fiend : Oh ! loathing breeds Your lust of lucre , Pastors ! Knaves ...
... idea of lewdness and lucre , that , likewise , of the incestuous sister of the brute , whom , as I have just said , we shall find selected to personify the money - fiend : Oh ! loathing breeds Your lust of lucre , Pastors ! Knaves ...
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... idea , that of an infinite , eternal Master ) not of the World or Soul - of - the - world of the Stoics , not of the Deity of Plato , the Grecian Пprov AITIOV , not of the Ju- piter of Horace or Macrobius , of Him to whom the Ancients ...
... idea , that of an infinite , eternal Master ) not of the World or Soul - of - the - world of the Stoics , not of the Deity of Plato , the Grecian Пprov AITIOV , not of the Ju- piter of Horace or Macrobius , of Him to whom the Ancients ...
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Aeneid affirm allegorical allegory ancient Angel Antiquity appear authority avarice Beatrice beautiful Biagioli Boccaccio Canticle CANTO 11 CANTO II CANTO VII Cary celestial certainly Charon Christian Ciacco circle Comento commentators considered Convito Corso Donati Dante Dante's death descend Dino Dino Compagni Divine Comedy Donati earth Elysium entire eternal exile factions father Florence Florentine former Francesca GANTO Greek Guido Cavalcanti guilty heart heaven Hebrew Hell Hist Homer Iliad imitation infernal Ital Italian Italy lady Landino Latin latter least less means ment merit mind mortal nature never opinion Pagan Paradise passage Paul perhaps Petrarch philosophy Phlegyas Plutus poem poet poetry Polenta Pope present punishment Purgatory quæ Ravenna render Ricc Rimini Roman says Scanatus scarcely seems sorrow soul spirit sublime supra Tartarus terza rima thing tiercet tion translation truth Verona verse Vestibule Virgil virtue Vita Nuova words
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Page 86 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
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Page 26 - These be they that, as the first and most noble sort may justly be termed vates, so these are waited on in the excellentest languages and best understandings with the foredescribed name of poets. For these, indeed, do merely make to imitate, and imitate both to delight and teach, and delight to move men to take that goodness in hand, which without delight they would fly as from a stranger...
Page 491 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 490 - And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 105 - Ch' ogni lingua divien tremando muta, E gli occhi non ardiscon di guardare. Ella sen va sentendosi laudare Benignamente d'umiltà vestuta, E par che sia una cosa venuta Di cielo in terra a miracol mostrare. Mostrasi si piacente a chi la mira, Che da per gli occhi una dolcezza al core, Che intender non la può chi non la prova. E par che della sua labbia si muova Uno spirto soave, pien d' amore, Che va dicendo all'anima: sospira.
Page 154 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Page 448 - Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Page 357 - ... should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all 30 the place for their sakes.
Page 75 - SKINNER. (1655.) , this three-years-day these eyes, though clear' To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor hate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.