[229] p. 121. He goes on: “Perciò i concetti esposti vi si rivestono d’immagini corpulenti e fulgidissimi.”

[230] Croce, p. 135.

[231] Par. i. 100.

[232] Strictly, from Inf. i. 112 to Purg. xxvii. 142; Virgil disappears, Purg. xxx. 49.

[233] Purg. xxi. 33.

[234] Purg. xxi. 103; cf. i. 125; xix. 85 sqq., etc.

[235] Gerus. Lib. xvii. 63.

[236] Purg. xvi. 77.

[237] Inf. ii. 1-5.

[238] Inf. i. 77-78; Purg. xxvii. 35-36.