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Excerpt from The Inferno of Dante Translated T urnus, and Nifus with his faithful friend. Zoo Through ev'ry city he {hall give her chace, 'till he {hall drive her back to Hell, from whence Envy firft fent her to torment mankind. Wherefore I think, and hidge it hell that you Should follow me, and I Will be your Guide 105 From hence to places of eternal woe, Where you {hall hear the wailings of defpair, And fee the Ghofts of former times lament, Who eagerly requell a fecond death. Yet fome in Fire contentedly remain, r to Trużing that they fhall in a proper time At th' happy Regions of the Blefs'd arrive. If your defire it 15 to thefe attain, A Shade, more worthy far than I can prove, Shall you attend, when I from you depart. I r 5 That Emperor divine who reigns above (as always I have not obey'd his Laws) Will not that I lhould to his City go, Where he with power abfolute commands 0 happy He who there's allow'd to dwell E 120 I anfwer'd then; You, Poet, I requeż, By that Divinity you never knew, So that I may this Ill and worfe efcape, That you would lead me to the promis'd place Where I the wretches may lamenting fee, 12 5 And view the Gate that is by Peter kept. He then went on, and I him follow'd near. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Full title: The Inferno of Dante Translated (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Dante Alighieri
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• EAN: 9781334382154
• ISBN: 1334382158
• ID: 15501581
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 204 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. November 2016

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