The early life of Dante Alighieri Author:Dante Alighieri 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: was then of such an age, that the starry heavens had moved the twelfth part of a degree towards the Easti during her lifetime; so that, she appeared to me, about... more » the beginning of her ninth year, and I saw her, about the end of my ninlh year.— She appeared to me in a dress of a noble colour, a subdued and becoming blood red, with a sash aud ornaments suited to her very youthful years. — At that moment, (1 speak the truth) the Spirit of Life which dwells in the most secret chamber of the heart, began to tremble so violently, as to be frightfully visible in the smallest pulses of my Body, aud with faultering voice, said these words : "Ecce deus fortior me, qui veniens dominabitur mihi."—" Behold a God stronger than T, who coming, will subdue me. " — Then the animal Spirit, which dwells in the lofty chamber, whither the spirits of the Senses carry their perceptions3 began to marvel greatly, and addressing itself especially to the Spirits of Vision, said these Words, "Apparuitjam beatitudo vestra,"—"Now has thy blessedness appeared. "—At that moment the Spirit of Nature, which dwells in that part to which we administer food, began to weep, and amidst tears, said the following words : " Heu miser I quia frequenter impeditus ero dein- ceps" — "Ah! wretched me! for henceforth I shall often be impeded! " From that time forth, I say, that Love held absolute empire over my soul, (which had been i In the Convito are the following words That heaven following Ihc motion of the starry spheres moves from "West to £ast, one degree in a hundred years the twelfth part of whirh is eight years and a third — Beatrice was therefore 8 years and 4 months old. The vital principle. 3 The Brain. tade e tanta signoria, per la virtù che gli dava la mia imaginazionc, che mi convenia fare compiuta...« less