The Divine Comedy, Volume 10Crowell, 1897 - 476 pages |
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... According to Ptolemy , ( and also to the Christian verity , ) the revolving heavens are nine ; and according to the common opinion among astrologers , these nine heavens together have influence over the earth . Wherefore it would appear ...
... According to Ptolemy , ( and also to the Christian verity , ) the revolving heavens are nine ; and according to the common opinion among astrologers , these nine heavens together have influence over the earth . Wherefore it would appear ...
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... according to the first , this sonnet has three parts . In the 1 Browning has made a beautiful allusion to this passage in his " One Word More . " - K. 2 Thus according to some texts . The majority , however , add the words , " And ...
... according to the first , this sonnet has three parts . In the 1 Browning has made a beautiful allusion to this passage in his " One Word More . " - K. 2 Thus according to some texts . The majority , however , add the words , " And ...
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... Dante was married of Beatrice . Can Gemma then be " the lady of to Gemma Donati about a year after the death the window , " his love for whom Dante so con- In this sonnet I make myself into two , according THE NEW LIFE . 39.
... Dante was married of Beatrice . Can Gemma then be " the lady of to Gemma Donati about a year after the death the window , " his love for whom Dante so con- In this sonnet I make myself into two , according THE NEW LIFE . 39.
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... according to the order of time , unto all those matters in the which she had borne a part ; and my heart began painfully to repent of the desire by which it had so basely let itself be possessed during so many days , contrary to the ...
... according to the order of time , unto all those matters in the which she had borne a part ; and my heart began painfully to repent of the desire by which it had so basely let itself be possessed during so many days , contrary to the ...
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... . The sun , which according to the Ptolemaic system is a planet . Used here in the Scriptural 6. " Even when I remember I am afraid . " and symbolical sense . Job xxi . 6 . Who leads all wanderers safe through every way . Then 45.
... . The sun , which according to the Ptolemaic system is a planet . Used here in the Scriptural 6. " Even when I remember I am afraid . " and symbolical sense . Job xxi . 6 . Who leads all wanderers safe through every way . Then 45.
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angels answered Arezzo ARGUMENT beam Beatrice beauty began behold beneath blessed Brunetto Latini Cacciaguida Cæsar called CANTO Cary Charles of Anjou Christ Church circle Convito cried Dante Dante's death descend desire died Divine Comedy dost doth E'en earth Empyrean eternal evil eyes faith fell flame Florence gaze Ghibellines glory grace grief Guelphs and Ghibellines Guido hath hear heard heart heaven Hell hence holy King lady light living look Malebolge mayst mind mortal moved ne'er o'er original Ovid Paradise pass Pharsalia Philip the Fair Piccarda Pistoia poem Poet Primum Mobile Purg Purgatory replied round seemed sight smile song sonnet soul spake speak speech spirit stars Statius stream sweet tell thee thence thine things thou hast thought translation truth turned unto Virgil virtue voice weeping whence Wherefore words ΙΟ
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Page xvii - Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Leads't thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
Page 5 - O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus," and to pray them to stay and hear me.
Page 371 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page xxv - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 43 - I labor all I can, as she well knoweth. Wherefore if it be His pleasure through whom is the life of all things, that my life continue with me a few years, it is my hope that I shall yet write concerning her what hath not before been written of any woman.
Page 27 - I FELT a spirit of love begin to stir Within my heart, long time unfelt till then ; And saw Love coming towards me, fair and fain (That I scarce knew him for his joyful cheer), Saying,
Page 462 - Here vigor failed the towering fantasy : But yet the will rolled onward, like a wheel In even motion, by the love impelled, That moves the sun in heaven and all the stars.
Page 451 - Twixt gladness and, amaze, In sooth no will had I to utter aught, Or hear. And, as a pilgrim, when he rests Within the temple of his vow, looks round In breathless awe, and hopes some time to tell Of all its goodly state ; e'en so mine eyes Coursed up and down along the living light, Now low, and now aloft, and now around, Visiting every step. Looks I beheld, Where charity in soft persuasion sat ; Smiles from within, and radiance from above; And, in each gesture, grace and honour high.
Page 55 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Page 458 - Here thou to us, of charity and love, Art, as the noon-day torch ; and art, beneath, To mortal men, of hope a living spring. So mighty art thou, lady, and so great...