“In all speech the speaker is chiefly bent on persuasion, that is, on pleasing the audience, all’ abbellire dell’ audienza , which is the source of all other persuasions.”

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The star of morning delighting in the sun, is from Canto VIII 12, where Dante speaks of Venus as

“The star

That wooes the sun, now following, now in front.”

“The star That wooes the sun, now following, now in front.”