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... round , and handy . On the same principle all the alle- gorical proper names in the poem , which are of Italian formation , should be replaced by English , or , if need be , by Greek or Latin equivalents intelligible PREFACE . XV.
... round , and handy . On the same principle all the alle- gorical proper names in the poem , which are of Italian formation , should be replaced by English , or , if need be , by Greek or Latin equivalents intelligible PREFACE . XV.
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... round , with my reposed eye , ' gan look , And firmly gazing , as upright I rose , In cognisance the situation took ; Which now in very truth the margin shows Of that abysmal valley , dolorous , That blends a thunder from unbounded woes ...
... round , with my reposed eye , ' gan look , And firmly gazing , as upright I rose , In cognisance the situation took ; Which now in very truth the margin shows Of that abysmal valley , dolorous , That blends a thunder from unbounded woes ...
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... round it glide ; Over the which we passed , like to firm land ; By seven gates these noble wits and I 100 105 110 Came through , where fresh and verdant swards expand . A tribe was there of grave and tardy eye ; Semblance of great ...
... round it glide ; Over the which we passed , like to firm land ; By seven gates these noble wits and I 100 105 110 Came through , where fresh and verdant swards expand . A tribe was there of grave and tardy eye ; Semblance of great ...
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... round again with backward swing , " Why dost thou keep , why flingest thou aside ? Then back they turn along the noisome ring , From every side unto the adverse part , This canticle of scorn continuing ; 20 25 30 Then their half ...
... round again with backward swing , " Why dost thou keep , why flingest thou aside ? Then back they turn along the noisome ring , From every side unto the adverse part , This canticle of scorn continuing ; 20 25 30 Then their half ...
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... round about the sluggish moat we go , Between the dry shore and the middle pit , And gaze on them who gulp the mire below ; Eftsoons upon a tower's base we hit . 125 130 E CANTO VIII . I SAY resuming , that some time THE VISION OF HELL .
... round about the sluggish moat we go , Between the dry shore and the middle pit , And gaze on them who gulp the mire below ; Eftsoons upon a tower's base we hit . 125 130 E CANTO VIII . I SAY resuming , that some time THE VISION OF HELL .
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