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" The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies. "
The Financial Economy of the United States Illustrated, - Page 132
by John Alexander Ferris - 1867 - 436 pages
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...triumph is truly glorious, and in its application to this end lies its great utility : The gates of hell are open night and day ) Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But to return and view the cheerful skies, j In this the task and mighty labour lies * PR.YDEN. Now in regard to...
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Melancholy: As it Proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of ...

Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1801 - 436 pages
...been plunged by the indulgence of their pleafing but pernicious perturbations. " The gates of hell are open night and day; " Smooth the descent, a.nd easy is the way : " But to return, and view the cheerful skies, " In this the task and mighty labor lies." Serious*contemplation, induced...
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The British Essayists: The Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 430 pages
...Sed revofare gradum, fuperatque evadere ad auras, Hoc op us, bic later at. VIRC. The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But to return and view the cheerful skies; In this the task and mighty labour lies. DRYDEN. Suffer me to acquaint...
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Select British Classics, Volume 7

English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...janaa ditis ; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad Hoc opus, hie labor est. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way ; But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lies. DRYDEN. Of this vice, as of all...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 2

Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...Then thus reply'd the prophetess divine: "O goddess-born, of great Anchiscs' line! The gates of hell are open night and day; •• ' Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: -f But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies. 195 To...
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

English literature - 1803 - 322 pages
........... Facilis descensus Averni, Noctes attjue dies patet atti janua Ditis. Vinoii. The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way. DRYDEH. ' The means of doing hurt to ourselves are always at hand. I immediately sent to a printer,...
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Select British Classics, Volume 19

English literature - 1803 - 254 pages
...: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus hie labor est. VIRG. The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the vvay : But to return and view the cheerful skies; In this the task and mighty labour lies. DRYDEK....
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 3

1806 - 340 pages
...Scd revocare gradum,/"pcra/que evadere ad auras, H»c op us, bic labor est. v1RG. The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way ; But to return and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lies. • DRYDEN. Of this vice, as...
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The Falls of Clyde: Or, The Fairies; a Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five ...

John Black - Dialect drama, Scottish - 1806 - 260 pages
...your daughter ? Sir John. No, alas ! How could I know that she my daughter was ? The gates of hell are open night and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way ; But to return atf view the smiling skies, In this the task, in this the labour lies : But were she mine, and could...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 354 pages
...Std revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. VI RO. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way; But to return, and view the cheerful slues, In this the task and mighty labour lies. , .. D8TDEN. Of this vice, as...
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