A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1J. Murray, 1822 - 499 pages |
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... poem that has been ever written . The Iliad and Odyssey and the Aeneid have been commented over and over again in a great many languages ; and to whatever extent those comments were perfect , or imperfect , the world has always received ...
... poem that has been ever written . The Iliad and Odyssey and the Aeneid have been commented over and over again in a great many languages ; and to whatever extent those comments were perfect , or imperfect , the world has always received ...
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... poem whatever . My object is not to give a verbal explanation of the text ; for this will be found in any of it with which my comment may be read in the notes , if it be read with an Italian copy ; and in the notes and the paraphrase of ...
... poem whatever . My object is not to give a verbal explanation of the text ; for this will be found in any of it with which my comment may be read in the notes , if it be read with an Italian copy ; and in the notes and the paraphrase of ...
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... poem , THE DIVINE COMEDY . This he began between twenty and thirty , and had scarcely finished when he died : so it occupied above twenty years in the composition . While composing it , however , he was not only enga- ged in wars ...
... poem , THE DIVINE COMEDY . This he began between twenty and thirty , and had scarcely finished when he died : so it occupied above twenty years in the composition . While composing it , however , he was not only enga- ged in wars ...
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... poem will not expire before all Italian letters become ut- terly extinct . For it not only is united with the birth of the history and language of one of the most noted people in the world , and is prized by them above every other ...
... poem will not expire before all Italian letters become ut- terly extinct . For it not only is united with the birth of the history and language of one of the most noted people in the world , and is prized by them above every other ...
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... poem in Latin hero- ics , but soon changed both tongue and metre . Who knows how many metres he might have tried , before he decided for terza rima ? His smaller poems display a variety of metres . Any of these , or blank verse were as ...
... poem in Latin hero- ics , but soon changed both tongue and metre . Who knows how many metres he might have tried , before he decided for terza rima ? His smaller poems display a variety of metres . Any of these , or blank verse were as ...
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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.
Page 24 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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.