All 8 Uses
vengeance
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Longfellow
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- Not causeless is this journey to the abyss;
Thus is it willed on high, where Michael wrought
Vengeance upon the proud adultery.†Canto 1.1-11 *vengeance = the act of taking revenge - Then touched he me, and said: "This one is Nessus,
Who perished for the lovely Dejanira,
And for himself, himself did vengeance take.†Canto 1.12-22 - Vengeance of God, O how much oughtest thou
By each one to be dreaded, who doth read
That which was manifest unto mine eyes!†Canto 1.12-22 - Even as he did there at the fight of Phlegra,
And shot his bolts at me with all his might,
He would not have thereby a joyous vengeance.†Canto 1.12-22 - There did he leave her pregnant and forlorn;
Such sin unto such punishment condemns him,
And also for Medea is vengeance done.†Canto 1.12-22 - O how severe it is,
That blows like these in vengeance poureth down!†Canto 1.23-34 - He answered me: "Within there are tormented
Ulysses and Diomed, and thus together
They unto vengeance run as unto wrath.†Canto 1.23-34 - Unless thou comest to increase the vengeance
of Montaperti, why dost thou molest me?†Canto 1.23-34
Definitions:
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(1)
(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.) -
(2)
(with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)