All 9 Uses
assail
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
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- "If right thy words
I scan," replied that shade magnanimous,
"Thy soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft
So overcasts a man, that he recoils
From noblest resolution, like a beast
At some false semblance in the twilight gloom.†Canto 1.1-11 - That any suff'rance of your misery
Touches me not, nor flame of that fierce fire
Assails me.†Canto 1.1-11 * - So grief assail'd
My heart at hearing this, for well I knew
Suspended in that Limbo many a soul
Of mighty worth.†Canto 1.1-11 - But tell me, if thou know'st,
What shall at length befall the citizens
Of the divided city; whether any just one
Inhabit there: and tell me of the cause,
Whence jarring discord hath assail'd it thus?†Canto 1.1-11 - "E'en when by Theseus' might assail'd, we took
No ill revenge."†Canto 1.1-11 - I, letting fall the bough, remain'd as one
Assail'd by terror, and the sage replied:
"If he, O injur'd spirit!†Canto 1.12-22 - The pierced spirit look'd on him
But spake not; yea stood motionless and yawn'd,
As if by sleep or fev'rous fit assail'd.†Canto 1.23-34 - Soon as we came
O'er the last cloister in the dismal rounds
Of Malebolge, and the brotherhood
Were to our view expos'd, then many a dart
Of sore lament assail'd me, headed all
With points of thrilling pity, that I clos'd
Both ears against the volley with mine hands.†Canto 1.23-34 - Me if thirst assails,
Yet I am stuff'd with moisture.†Canto 1.23-34
Definitions:
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(1)
(assail) to attack or cause trouble
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)