The Works of James Russell Lowell: Literary essaysHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 |
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Page 116
... Beatrice , and flows away in waves of sunshine . But Milton never let himself go for a moment . As other poets are possessed by their theme , so is he self - possessed , his great theme be- ing John Milton , and his great duty that of ...
... Beatrice , and flows away in waves of sunshine . But Milton never let himself go for a moment . As other poets are possessed by their theme , so is he self - possessed , his great theme be- ing John Milton , and his great duty that of ...
Page 127
... Beatrice Portinari . In 1289 he was present at the battle of Campaldino , fighting on the side of the Guelphs who there utterly routed the Ghibellines , and where , he says characteristically enough , " I was present , not a boy in arms ...
... Beatrice Portinari . In 1289 he was present at the battle of Campaldino , fighting on the side of the Guelphs who there utterly routed the Ghibellines , and where , he says characteristically enough , " I was present , not a boy in arms ...
Page 128
... Beatrice ) in 1301. His wife was Gemma dei Donati , and through her Dante , whose family , though noble , was of the lesser nobility , became nearly connected with Corso Donati , the head of a powerful clan of the grandi , or greater ...
... Beatrice ) in 1301. His wife was Gemma dei Donati , and through her Dante , whose family , though noble , was of the lesser nobility , became nearly connected with Corso Donati , the head of a powerful clan of the grandi , or greater ...
Page 140
... task . At the end of the Vita Nuova , his first work , Dante wrote down that remarkable aspiration that God would take him to himself after he had written 1 Paradiso , XVII . woman . of Beatrice such things as were never yet 140 DANTE.
... task . At the end of the Vita Nuova , his first work , Dante wrote down that remarkable aspiration that God would take him to himself after he had written 1 Paradiso , XVII . woman . of Beatrice such things as were never yet 140 DANTE.
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... Beatrice , a nun in the convent of Santa Chiara at Ravenna . In 1396 Florence voted a monument , and begged in vain for the metaphorical ashes of the man of whom she had threatened to make lit- eral cinders if she could catch him alive ...
... Beatrice , a nun in the convent of Santa Chiara at Ravenna . In 1396 Florence voted a monument , and begged in vain for the metaphorical ashes of the man of whom she had threatened to make lit- eral cinders if she could catch him alive ...
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