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Page 40
Not foliage green , but of a dusky colour , Not branches smooth , but gnarled and
intertangled , Not apple - trees were there , but thorns with poison . Such tangled
thickets have not , nor so dense , Those savage wild beasts , that in hatred hold ...
Not foliage green , but of a dusky colour , Not branches smooth , but gnarled and
intertangled , Not apple - trees were there , but thorns with poison . Such tangled
thickets have not , nor so dense , Those savage wild beasts , that in hatred hold ...
Page 53
... and both the sides it had Depicted o'er with nooses and with shields . With
colours more , groundwork or broidery Never in cloth did Tartars make nor Turks ,
Nor were such tissues by Arachne laid . As sometimes wherries lie upon the
shore ...
... and both the sides it had Depicted o'er with nooses and with shields . With
colours more , groundwork or broidery Never in cloth did Tartars make nor Turks ,
Nor were such tissues by Arachne laid . As sometimes wherries lie upon the
shore ...
Page 54
When I had turned mine eyes upon the faces Of some , on whom the dolorous fire
is falling , Not one of them I knew ; but I perceived That from the neck of each
there hung a pouch , Which certain colour had , and certain blazon ; And ...
When I had turned mine eyes upon the faces Of some , on whom the dolorous fire
is falling , Not one of them I knew ; but I perceived That from the neck of each
there hung a pouch , Which certain colour had , and certain blazon ; And ...
Page 56
There is a place in Hell called Malebolge , Wholly of stone and of an iron colour ,
As is the circle that around it turns . Right in the middle of the field malign There
yawns a well exceeding wide and deep , Of which its place the structure will ...
There is a place in Hell called Malebolge , Wholly of stone and of an iron colour ,
As is the circle that around it turns . Right in the middle of the field malign There
yawns a well exceeding wide and deep , Of which its place the structure will ...
Page 80
Ivy was never fastened by its barbs Unto a tree so , as this horrible reptile Upon
the other's limbs entwined its own . Then they stuck close , as if of heated wax
They had been made , and intermixed their colour ; Nor one nor other seemed
now ...
Ivy was never fastened by its barbs Unto a tree so , as this horrible reptile Upon
the other's limbs entwined its own . Then they stuck close , as if of heated wax
They had been made , and intermixed their colour ; Nor one nor other seemed
now ...
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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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