...Rusticucci.] Giacopo Rusticucci, a Florentine, remarkable for his opulence and the generosity of his spirit. G Hath to this evil brought." If from the fire I had been shelter" d, down amidst them straight I then had cast me ; nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd...

...They made an Exile — not a slave of me. ' La fiera moglle pin ch* altro, mi nuoce, 'me, my wife, Of savage temper, more than aught beside, Hath to this evil brought,' his own conjugal unhappineu must have recurred forcibly and painfully to til mind.— C THE PROPHECY...

...them, Am Kusticucci,3 whom, past doubt, my wife, Of savage temper, more than aught beside Hath to thia evil brought." If from the fire I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight I then had cast me ; nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd my going: but that fear Of the dire burning vanquish'd...

...alludes to her in the following lines, which he puts into the mouth of a lost soul : — " Me, my wife, Of savage temper, more than aught beside, Hath to this evil brought." This is a terrible stroke on the temper of Gemma ; yet not too severe : for, alas ! many men have been...

...infelicity may have suggested the exclamation of one of his characters in the Inferno, " Me, my wife Of savage temper, more than aught beside, Hath to this evil brought." In 1300 Dante, unfortunately for himself, but fortunately for the world, was chosen Chief Prior of...

..." From floor to ceiling Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms." 10. " Whom past doubt, my wife Of savage temper, more than aught beside, Hath to this evil brought." 11. "Through all the isle her 'beauty was confessed ; Oh ! what perfections must that virgin share...

...thus: — " And myself, Who in this torment do partake with them, Am E ci, whom, past doubt, my wife, Of savage temper, more than aught beside Hath to this evil brought." His wife's temper pushed him down to Purgatory. Dante, — rejected by the beautiful Beatrice, and...

...Rusticucci," whom, past doubt, my wife, Of savage temper, more than aught beside Hath to this evil biought." If from the fire I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight I then had cast me ; nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd my going : but that fear Of the dire burning...

...this evil brought." If from the fire I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight I then had cast me, nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd my going ; but that fear 50 Of the dire burning vanquish'd the desire, Which made me eager of their wish'd embrace. I then began : " Not scorn, but...

...this evil brought." If from the fire I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight I then had cast me, nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd my going ; but that fear 50 i Of the dire burning vanquish'd the desire, Which made me eager of their wish'd embrace. I then began...