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" The threshold of my second age, and changed My mortal for immortal; then he left me, And gave himself to others. When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. "
Works of the British Poets: The vision of Dante Alighieri, tr. by H.F. Cary - Page 120
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Dante as Philosopher, Patriot, and Poet: With an Analysis of the Divina ...

Vincenzo Botta - 1865 - 436 pages
...by their light In upright walking. Soon as I had reached The threshold of my second age, and changed My mortal for immortal ; then he left me, And gave....When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase • I was less dear to him, and valued less. His steps were turned into deceitful ways, Following false...
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Dante as Philosopher, Patriot, and Poet: With an Analysis of the Divina ...

Vincenzo Botta - 1865 - 430 pages
...to others. When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. His steps were turned into deceitful ways, Following false images of good, that make No promise perfect. Nor availed...
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The Religious Magazine and Monthly Review, Volume 46

Unitarianism - 1871 - 608 pages
...hold upon us, — never permit them to say to us, as Dante represents Beatrice as saying of him, — " When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. . . . Nor availed me aught To sue for inspirations, with the...
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The Vision: Or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri - Italian poetry - 1880 - 638 pages
...125 In upright walking. Soon as I had reach d The threshold of my second age, and chang'd My mojtal for immortal, then he left me, And gave himself to...When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase 130 Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. His steps were turn'd...
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The Vision, Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise

Dante Alighieri - 1881 - 490 pages
...their light 125 In upright walking. Soon as I had reach'd The threshold of my second age, and chang'd My mortal for immortal, then he left me, And gave...When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase 130 Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. His steps were turn'd...
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Dante's Divina Commedia: Its Scope and Value

Franz Hettinger - 1887 - 474 pages
...by their light In upright walking. Soon as I had reach'd The threshold of my second age, and changed My mortal for immortal ; * then he left me, And gave himself to others.1 When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I...
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Mores Catholici: Books V-VI

Kenelm Henry Digby - Civilization, Medieval - 1889 - 712 pages
...destiny of love. -When from flesh To spirit I bad risen, and increase Of beauty and of virtue circled me, I was less dear to him, and valued less. His steps...into deceitful ways, Following false images of good, tbat make No promise perfect."* Yet old history is not without moving narratives which prove that even...
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The Vision, Or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri - 1889 - 454 pages
...their light 125 In upright walking. Soon as I had reach' d The threshold of my second age, and chang'd My mortal for immortal, then he left me, And gave himself to othera. When from flesh To spirit I had risen, and increase 13C Of beauty and of virtue circled me,...
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatory

Dante Alighieri - Heaven - 1891 - 240 pages
...soon as I was upon the threshold of my second age, and had changed life, this one took himself from me, and gave himself to others. When from flesh to spirit I had ascended, and beauty and virtue were increased in me, I was less dear and less pleasing to him ; and...
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 2

Dante Alighieri - 1891 - 244 pages
...soon as I was upon the threshold of my second age, and had changed life, this one took himself from me, and gave himself to others. When from flesh to spirit I had ascended, and beauty and virtue were increased in me, I was less dear and less pleasing to him ; and...
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