Download or read book The New Life of Dante Alighieri (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Eliot Norton and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Life of Dante Alighieri The New Life. I. In that part of the book of my memory before which little can be read is found a rubric which sayeth, Incipit Vita Nova. Under which rubric I find the words written which it is my intention to copy into this little book, - and if not all of them, at least their meaning. II. Nine times now, since my birth, had the heaven of light turned almost to the same point in its own gyration, when first appeared before mine eyes the glorious Lady of my mind, who was called Beatrice by many who knew not wherefore she was so called. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.