Selections from Dante's Divina Commedi
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ISBN13: 9780217991162
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Fuor della queta, nell'aura che trema; E vengo in parte, ove non che luca. Canto V, Lines 7-15. Dico, che quando l'anima mal nata Li vien dinanzi, tutta si confessa; E quel conoscitor delle peccata Vede qual loco d'inferno da essa: Cignesi colla coda tante volte, Quantunque gradi vuol che gi sia messa. Sempre dinanzi a lui ne stanno molte: Vanno a vicenda ciascuna al giudizio; Dicono e odono, e poi son gi volte. Lines 73-142. Io cominciai: Poeta, volentieri Parlerei a que'duo, che insieme vanno. E paion si al vento esser leggieri. Ed egli a me: Vedrai, quando saranno Pi presso a noi; e tu allor li prega Lines 7?15 describe the course of proceedings out of the quiet air into that which trembles, and I come to a place where nothing shines. Canto V, Lines 7-15. I say that when the ill-born spirit comes before him it confesses everything, and that discerner of sins sees what place in hell befits it. With his tail he girdles himself as many times as the degrees he would have it sent down. Many of them always stand before him. They go in turn each one to judgment; they speak and hear and then are whirled below. Lines 73-142. I began: ' ' Poet, willingly would I speak with those two that go together and seem to be so light upon the wind. And he to me: ' ' Thou shalt see when they are nearer to us, and do thou then entreat them before Minos, the Judge of the Infernal Court. Per quell'amor che i mena; e quei ver- ranno. Si tosto come il vento a noi li piega, Mossi la voce: O anime affannate, Venite a noi parlar, s'altri nol niega. Quali colombe dal disio chiamate, Con l'ali aperte e ferme, al dolce nido Volan per l'aer dal voler portate: Cotali uscir della schiera ov' Dido, A noi venendo per l'aer maligno, Si...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217991162 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217991165 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 130 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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