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passage

in

The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary

We are referred to the following passage in St. Augustin:—"Cum fiet resurrectio carnis, et bonorum gaudia et malorum tormenta majora erunt."
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)

passage = a short part of a longer written work

He alludes to that passage in the Eunuchus of Terence where Thraso asks if Thais was obliged to him for the present he had sent her, and Gnatho replies, that she had expressed her obligation in the most forcible terms.
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)

Perhaps some illustration may be derived from the following, passage in South's Sermons, in which I have ventured to supply the words between crotchets that seemed to be wanting to complete the sense.
Canto 2.N (definition 1)

Venturi justly observes, that the Padre d'Aquino has misrepresented the sense of this passage in his translation.
Canto 2.N (definition 1)

The passage in the text I find to be nearly a translation from that work, 1. v. c. 8.
Canto 2.N (definition 1) *

The passage in the text is an illusion to his epitaph: Credidit ut Cimabos picturae castra tenere, Sic tenuit vivens: nunc tenet astra poli. v. 95.
Canto 2.N (definition 1)

...it is in reality taken from a passage in Cicero "de Senectute," where, speaking of the grape, he says, " quae, et succo terrae et calore solis augescens, primo est peracerba gustatu, deinde maturata dulcescit."
Canto 2.N (definition 1)

A passage in the travels of Bertradon de la Brocquiere, translated by Mr. Johnes, will explain this allusion, which has given some trouble to the commentators.
Canto 3.N (definition 1)

There is no passage in which Dante's opinion of the evil; that had arisen from the mixture of the civil with the ecclesiastical power, is more unequivocally declared. v. 57.
Canto 3.N (definition 1)

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But soon as he beheld I left them not, "By other way," said he, "By other haven shalt thou come to shore, Not by this passage; thee a nimbler boat Must carry."†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 2)

My liege, who thither had conducted me, Replied: "Fear not: for of our passage none Hath power to disappoint us, by such high Authority permitted.†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 2)

But follow now My steps on forward journey bent; for now The Pisces play with undulating glance Along the' horizon, and the Wain lies all O'er the north-west; and onward there a space Is our steep passage down the rocky height."†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 2)

As is that ruin, which Adice's stream On this side Trento struck, should'ring the wave, Or loos'd by earthquake or for lack of prop; For from the mountain's summit, whence it mov'd To the low level, so the headlong rock Is shiver'd, that some passage it might give To him who from above would pass; e'en such Into the chasm was that descent: and there At point of the disparted ridge lay stretch'd The infamy of Crete, detested brood Of the feign'd heifer: and at sight of us It gnaw'd…†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

Like to a bull, that with impetuous spring Darts, at the moment when the fatal blow Hath struck him, but unable to proceed Plunges on either side; so saw I plunge The Minotaur; whereat the sage exclaim'd: "Run to the passage! while he storms, 't is well That thou descend."†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

Thus shallow more and more the blood became, So that at last it but imbru'd the feet; And there our passage lay athwart the foss.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

In that city' I dwelt, Who for the Baptist her first patron chang'd, Whence he for this shall cease not with his art To work her woe: and if there still remain'd not On Arno's passage some faint glimpse of him, Those citizens, who rear'd once more her walls Upon the ashes left by Attila, Had labour'd without profit of their toil.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

As the rill, that runs From Bulicame, to be portion'd out Among the sinful women; so ran this Down through the sand, its bottom and each bank Stone-built, and either margin at its side, Whereon I straight perceiv'd our passage lay.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

Look thou my steps pursue: the margins give Safe passage, unimpeded by the flames; For over them all vapour is extinct.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

To the Lemnian isle His passage thither led him, when those bold And pitiless women had slain all their males.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

Nor weary of his weight he press'd me close, Till to the summit of the rock we came, Our passage from the fourth to the fifth pier.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

But would you still proceed, Up by this cavern go: not distant far, Another rock will yield you passage safe.†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 2)

As the Sicilian bull, that rightfully His cries first echoed, who had shap'd its mould, Did so rebellow, with the voice of him Tormented, that the brazen monster seem'd Pierc'd through with pain; thus while no way they found Nor avenue immediate through the flame, Into its language turn'd the dismal words: But soon as they had won their passage forth, Up from the point, which vibrating obey'd Their motion at the tongue, these sounds we heard: "O thou! to whom I now direct my voice!†
Canto 1.23 (definition 2)

A rundlet, that hath lost Its middle or side stave, gapes not so wide, As one I mark'd, torn from the chin throughout Down to the hinder passage: 'twixt the legs Dangling his entrails hung, the midriff lay Open to view, and wretched ventricle, That turns th' englutted aliment to dross.†
Canto 1.23 (definition 2)

Onward we pass'd, Where others skarf'd in rugged folds of ice Not on their feet were turn'd, but each revers'd There very weeping suffers not to weep; For at their eyes grief seeking passage finds Impediment, and rolling inward turns For increase of sharp anguish: the first tears Hang cluster'd, and like crystal vizors show, Under the socket brimming all the cup.†
Canto 1.23 (definition 2)

] This passage is intended as an eulogium on the liberal spirit of his Veronese patron Can Grande della Scala. v. 102.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

Venturi mentions a work written by Innocenzio Barcellini, of the Celestine order, and printed in Milan in 1701, In which an attempt is made to put a different interpretation on this passage. v. 70. through the blear light.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

The critic quotes some passages from Petrarch (Senil.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

See Notes to Canto XXVII. v. 43 The whole of this passage is alluded to by Petrarch, in his Triumph of Love c. iii. v. 118.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

It would be endless to refer to parallel passages in the Greek writers. v. 64.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

Milton has translated both this passage and that in the text.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

] This passage fixes the era of Dante's descent at Good Friday, in the year 1300 (34 years from our blessed Lord's incarnation being added to 1266), and at the thirty-fifth year of our poet's age.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

] Guido dal Cassero and Angiolello da Cagnano, two of the worthiest and most distinguished citizens of Fano, were invited by Malatestino da Rimini to an entertainment on pretence that he had some important business to transact with them: and, according to instructions given by him, they mere drowned in their passage near Catolica, between Rimini and Fano. v. 85.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

Dante has kept the latter of these writers in his eye throughout all this passage. v. 123.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

114. from this passage, coupled with the remark of Vellutello upon it: "The first of these sins is anger which he signifies by the red face; the second, represented by that between pale and yellow is envy and not, as others have said, avarice; and the third, denoted by the black, is a melancholy humour that causes a man's thoughts to be dark and evil, and averse from all joy and tranquillity." v. 44.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 2)

He answer'd straight: "No outrage hath been done to me, if he Who when and whom he chooses takes, me oft This passage hath denied, since of just will His will he makes.†
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 2)

But the deep passages, Whence issued out the blood wherein I dwelt, Upon my bosom in Antenor's land Were made, where to be more secure I thought.†
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 2)

And if there be more passages than one, Instruct us of that easiest to ascend; For this man who comes with me, and bears yet The charge of fleshly raiment Adam left him, Despite his better will but slowly mounts.†
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 2)

There were they vanquish'd, and betook themselves Unto the bitter passages of flight.†
Canto 2.12-22 (definition 2)

So one voice Bespake me; whence my master said: "Reply; And ask, if upward hence the passage lead."†
Canto 2.12-22 (definition 2)

By the stream Three paces only were we sunder'd: yet The Hellespont, where Xerxes pass'd it o'er, (A curb for ever to the pride of man) Was by Leander not more hateful held For floating, with inhospitable wave 'Twixt Sestus and Abydos, than by me That flood, because it gave no passage thence.†
Canto 2.23-33 (definition 2)

] Vellutello observes an imitation of Lucan in this passage: Ignotum vobis, Arabes, venistis in orbem, Umbras mirati nemornm non ire sinistras.†
Canto 2.N (definition 2)

] Seven P's, to denote the seven sins (Peccata) of which he was to be cleansed in his passage through purgatory. v. 115.†
Canto 2.N (definition 2)

Cowper's note on the passage.†
Canto 2.N (definition 2) *

Through diver passages, the world's bright lamp Rises to mortals, but through that which joins Four circles with the threefold cross, in best Course, and in happiest constellation set He comes, and to the worldly wax best gives Its temper and impression.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 2)

Morning there, Here eve was by almost such passage made; And whiteness had o'erspread that hemisphere, Blackness the other part; when to the left I saw Beatrice turn'd, and on the sun Gazing, as never eagle fix'd his ken.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 2)

Mark me well, How through this passage to the truth I ford, The truth thou lov'st, that thou henceforth alone, May'st know to keep the shallows, safe, untold.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 2)

Of that vale Dwelt I upon the shore, 'twixt Ebro's stream And Macra's, that divides with passage brief Genoan bounds from Tuscan.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 2)

Thou shalt prove How salt the savour is of other's bread, How hard the passage to descend and climb By other's stairs, But that shall gall thee most Will he the worthless and vile company, With whom thou must be thrown into these straits.†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 2)

I, though my doubting were as manifest, As is through glass the hue that mantles it, In silence waited not: for to my lips "What things are these?" involuntary rush'd, And forc'd a passage out: whereat I mark'd A sudden lightening and new revelry.†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 2)

To whom whate'er of genius lifteth me Above the vulgar, grateful I refer; With ye the parent of all mortal life Arose and set, when I did first inhale The Tuscan air; and afterward, when grace Vouchsaf'd me entrance to the lofty wheel That in its orb impels ye, fate decreed My passage at your clime.†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 2)

Definitions:

(1) (passage as in: In lines 1-9 of the passage...)
a short part of a longer written work

editor's notes: This meaning of passage is commonly seen on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.

(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus)
More frequently, passage refers to a passageway for travel or to the act of traveling. It can also refer to the passing of time or of a law. See a comprehensive dictionary for the many meanings of passage, but for comfort taking standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, be very familiar with passage being used to refer to a short excerpt from a longer written work.

passage in The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary

passage

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The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary