"Dantean" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... this a gauche might make as good a short test as any of a reader's sense of humour. But here also a possible Dantean reminiscence (not suggested to me this time) comes in; for in the lines already quoted ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury
... t' go wi' the whittaws," said Molly, whimpering, and quite overcome by this Dantean picture of her future, "on'y we allays used to comb the wool for 'n at Mester Ottley's; an' so I just axed ye. I donna want to set eyes on the whittaws again; I wish I may never stir if ...
— Adam Bede • George Eliot |
