Canto 4 states that when delight or pain grips the soul, time continues physically but is not perceived because another faculty has seized the whole mind.
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"when any of our faculties retains a strong impression of delight or pain the soul will wholly concentrate on that neglecting any other power..."
"...of such things, there will be no. Difficult. For you, but delight as much as nature fashioned you to feel no sooner had we..."
"...maker gave it motion it turns willingly to things that bring delight at first it savors trivial"
"...want to turn towards him and that's what brings us eternal delight. But because we are young, we're immature, we don't appreciate that. So..."
"...savagery of one who then transformed became the bird that most delights in song."
"...siren who in mid -sea leads mariners astray there's so much delight in hearing me i turned aside ulysses although he had longed to..."
"...heard in such a manner that it gave birth to both delight and sorrow. O gentle father, what is this I hear asked? And..."
"...that really confused me earlier this morning, which is you feel delight as nature fashioned you to feel. Is this Dante saying that some..."
"...shores and then look inland. See if any part of you delight in peace. What use was there in a Justinian's mending your bridle..."
"...toward me, and I advanced toward him. Noble Judge Nino, what delight was mine when I saw you were not among the damned."
"...toward me, and I advanced toward him. Noble Judge Nino, what delight was mine when I saw you were not among the damned. There..."
"...who lack its likeness here find novelty. While I took much delight in witnessing these effigies of true humility, dear to see because he..."
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