All 5 Uses of
attain
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Longfellow
- God in his mercy such created me That misery of yours attains me not, Nor any flame assails me of this burning.†
Canto 1.1-11 *
- Albeit that this people maledict To true perfection never can attain, Hereafter more than now they look to be.†
Canto 1.1-11
- Inferno: Canto VIII I say, continuing, that long before We to the foot of that high tower had come, Our eyes went upward to the summit of it, By reason of two flamelets we saw placed there, And from afar another answer them, So far, that hardly could the eye attain it.†
Canto 1.1-11
- Then said to me the Guide: "See that thou thrust Thy visage somewhat farther in advance, That with thine eyes thou well the face attain Of that uncleanly and dishevelled drab, Who there doth scratch herself with filthy nails, And crouches now, and now on foot is standing.†
Canto 1.12-22
- I was bent downward, but my living eyes Could not attain the bottom, for the dark; Wherefore I: "Master, see that thou arrive At the next round, and let us descend the wall; For as from hence I hear and understand not, So I look down and nothing I distinguish."†
Canto 1.23-34
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort