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Page 15
There I beheld both Socrates and Plato , Who nearer him before the others stand
; Den : ocritus , who puts the world on chance , Diogenes , Anaxagoras , and
Thales , Zeno , Empedocles , and Heraclitus ; Of qualities I saw the good collector
...
There I beheld both Socrates and Plato , Who nearer him before the others stand
; Den : ocritus , who puts the world on chance , Diogenes , Anaxagoras , and
Thales , Zeno , Empedocles , and Heraclitus ; Of qualities I saw the good collector
...
Page 30
Well I perceived one sent from Heaven was he , And to the Master turned ; and
he made sign That I should quiet stand , and bow before him , Ah ! how disdainful
he appeared to me ! He reached the gate , and with a little rod He opened it , for ...
Well I perceived one sent from Heaven was he , And to the Master turned ; and
he made sign That I should quiet stand , and bow before him , Ah ! how disdainful
he appeared to me ! He reached the gate , and with a little rod He opened it , for ...
Page 35
But because fraud is man's peculiar vice , More it displeases God ; and so stand
lowest The fraudulent , and greater dole assails them . All the first circle of the
Violent is ; But since force may be used against three persons , In three rounds '
tis ...
But because fraud is man's peculiar vice , More it displeases God ; and so stand
lowest The fraudulent , and greater dole assails them . All the first circle of the
Violent is ; But since force may be used against three persons , In three rounds '
tis ...
Page 42
We were attentive still unto the trunk , Thinking that more it yet might wish to tell
us , When by a tumult we were overtaken , In the same way as he is who
perceives The boar and chase approaching to his stand , Who hears the crashing
of the ...
We were attentive still unto the trunk , Thinking that more it yet might wish to tell
us , When by a tumult we were overtaken , In the same way as he is who
perceives The boar and chase approaching to his stand , Who hears the crashing
of the ...
Page 45
... mind thou do not place As yet thy feet upon the burning sand , But always keep
them close unto the wood . ” Speaking no word , we came to where there gushes
Forth from the wood a little rivulet , Whose redness makes my hair still stand on ...
... mind thou do not place As yet thy feet upon the burning sand , But always keep
them close unto the wood . ” Speaking no word , we came to where there gushes
Forth from the wood a little rivulet , Whose redness makes my hair still stand on ...
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| Title | The Divine Comedy Classic translations from classic authors |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1895 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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