Dante: The InfernoLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845 |
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... behold the blessed abode of the sai Paradise , and stimulate his country to virtue by scription of heavenly bliss- " a soul more worthy conduct his flight . " In the opening of the second canto , after an invo to the Muse , Dante ...
... behold the blessed abode of the sai Paradise , and stimulate his country to virtue by scription of heavenly bliss- " a soul more worthy conduct his flight . " In the opening of the second canto , after an invo to the Muse , Dante ...
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... Behold the beast which caused me to retreat ! Protection from her wrath , great sage , bestow ; Through fear my every vein and pulse doth bea " Thee it behoves another path to take , " He answer'd , ( seeing how my sorrow flow'd ...
... Behold the beast which caused me to retreat ! Protection from her wrath , great sage , bestow ; Through fear my every vein and pulse doth bea " Thee it behoves another path to take , " He answer'd , ( seeing how my sorrow flow'd ...
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... true , That Death such myriads of mankind had slain . And when I had examined many a shade , Behold ! that abject one appear'd in view , Who , mean of soul , the grand refusal made . 37 43 。? " 19 5 Straight I perceived.
... true , That Death such myriads of mankind had slain . And when I had examined many a shade , Behold ! that abject one appear'd in view , Who , mean of soul , the grand refusal made . 37 43 。? " 19 5 Straight I perceived.
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... behold , Pointing them to me , and recounting o'er . When I had heard my sage instructor name Those beauteous dames , and valiant knights of old , Compassion seized on my bewilder'd frame . " Fain would I speak , O gracious bard , ” I ...
... behold , Pointing them to me , and recounting o'er . When I had heard my sage instructor name Those beauteous dames , and valiant knights of old , Compassion seized on my bewilder'd frame . " Fain would I speak , O gracious bard , ” I ...
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... behold , where'er I move or turn , where'er I cast mine eye . Now the third circle have I reach'd , where rain Accursed - heavy - cold - eternal flows ; No change - no respite in this dread domain . Dark water tumbled through the gloom ...
... behold , where'er I move or turn , where'er I cast mine eye . Now the third circle have I reach'd , where rain Accursed - heavy - cold - eternal flows ; No change - no respite in this dread domain . Dark water tumbled through the gloom ...
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answer'd appear'd ARGUMENT art thou behold beneath Bianchi breast Cæsar canto Capaneus Charles of Valois Church circle Count Ugolino cried crime Dante Dante's death demons descend display'd doth dread dwell E'en e'er earth Emperors erst evil exclaim'd Exclaiming eyes fame Farinata father fear feet fell fierce fire flame Flegias Florence Florentine Foscolo Friar Geryon Ghibelline Guelfs Guido Guido da Polenta hand hath head heart heaven hell Hence Italy king land Line lofty Lombardi looks master Michael Scot mighty ne'er Neri Nessus NOTES numbers o'er Ovid Paradiso party passage Pistoia poem poet Pope Boniface Pope Boniface VIII punished reach'd Rimini Rome round says seem'd serpents shade sight sinner soul spake speak spirits stood tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast torment tow'rds turn'd Ugo Foscolo valley Vanni Fucci view'd Virgil whence Whereat Wherefore words wretched xxvii
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Page 242 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Page 190 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 21 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 232 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 50 - Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths.
Page 66 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Page 129 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome.
Page 100 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 21 - Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
Page 11 - Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced ; my flesh also shall rest in hope. 1 1 For why ? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell ; neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12 Thou shalt show me the path of life : in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.