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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 British Essayists: Rambler - Page 82
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...; the prefs is, indeed, open. Fodlis defcenfu! Avertji, Noftfs atque dies patet (itri jaaua D.ltit. VIRG. The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the dcfcent, and eafy is the wsy. DRYDEN. The means of doing hurt to ourfelves are always at hand. I immediately...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...ft atri janua dltis; Sed rn•icart gradum, fupcrcfque cvadert a 'd auras, Hoc opus, hie labsr tjl. ViRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the defcent, and eafy fs the way; But to return, and view the cheerful fkies, In this the tafk and mighty...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...patet atrijanua ditis ; Sed rcvocare gradum, fuperafque evadere ad auras , Hoc opus, hie labor eft. VIRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the defcent, and eafy is the way ; But to return, and view the cheerful fkies, In this the tafk and mighty...
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Melancholy: As it Proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of ...

Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1801 - 436 pages
...into which they have 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,...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...eloquence. Here its 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...
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Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer ...

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...pntet atrijanua Ditis : Scd revocare gradum, fupcrafque evader e ad auras, Hoc opus hie labor eft, VIRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the defcent, and eafy is the way : But to return and view the cheerful flues ; In this the t-.il.; and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 462 pages
...patet atrijanua Ditis : Sed revocare gradum, fuperafyuc evader e ad auras, Hoc opus hie labor eft. VIRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the defcent, and eafy is the way : But to return and view the cheerful fkies ; In this the tafk and mighty...
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The British Essayists: The Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 430 pages
...atrijanua Ditis : 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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 7

English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...atque diespatetatri 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...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 2

Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...holy altar laid. 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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