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'''Line 412: ''Inferno'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/133.html canto 33 line 46]''' - This excerpt is from Dante's time in the next-to-lowest ring of the lowest circle of hell. He has descended ''almost'' all the way down into the Inferno and is skirting the very deepest pit, but hasn't quite hit rock bottom. | '''Line 412: ''Inferno'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/133.html canto 33 line 46]''' - This excerpt is from Dante's time in the next-to-lowest ring of the lowest circle of hell. He has descended ''almost'' all the way down into the Inferno and is skirting the very deepest pit, but hasn't quite hit rock bottom. | ||
| − | '''Line 428: ''Purgatorio'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/226.html canto 26 line 148]''' - In contrast to the ''Inferno'' reference in line 412, this excerpt comes from Dante's time on the last/highest tier of the mountain | + | '''Line 428: ''Purgatorio'' [http://www.bartleby.com/20/226.html canto 26 line 148]''' - In contrast to the ''Inferno'' reference in line 412, this excerpt comes from Dante's time on the last/highest tier of the mountain of Purgatory. The lustful souls and love poets who are being purified here haven't quite reached the end of their redemptive suffering yet, but are nearing the end of Purgatory and the triumphant entrance into Paradise. |
