The Divina Commedia of Dante AlighieriDuckworth, 1899 - 673 pages |
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allusion Angels appear ascent Beatrice began Bolgia breast Cacciaguida Charles of Anjou Christ CIRCLES OF PURGATORY Compare Par Compare Purg Conv Dante Dante's death Divina Commedia divine doth e'en earth Emperor Empyrean eternal eyes face father fire flame Florence Florentine followed gaze Ghibellines God's grace heard heaven holy Inferno Justinian King lady light look MALEBOLGE Master meaning mind Mount ne'er note to Inf note to Purg NOTES TO CANTO o'er Ovid passage passed poets Pope Pope Boniface VIII Primum Mobile Purgatory referred round seems seen shade shalt side sight sinners SINS smile Sordello soul speak speech spirits Stairway stars Statius supposed sway sweet ta'en tell terza rima thee thence thine things thou dost truth turned VIII Virg Virgil virtue whence Wherefore words xvii xviii xxii xxvii
Popular passages
Page 109 - And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters...
Page 387 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Page 427 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 596 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 556 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Page 556 - God's eternal store, to circumscribe This Universe, and all created things. One foot he centred, and the other turned Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, ' Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds ; This be thy just circumference, O World ! ' Thus God the Heaven created, thus the Earth, Matter unformed and void.
Page 317 - And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb ; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost...
Page 556 - Then stay'd the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things. One foot he centred, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world.
Page 406 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 436 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.