 | Virgil - 1828 - Počet stránok 550
...laid. Then thus replied the prophetess divine : 190 ' O goddess-born, of great Anchises' line ! Th* gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the...the cheerful skies— In this the task and mighty valour lies. 195 To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'uly... | |
 | Virgil - 1830 - Počet stránok 370
...altar laid. Then thus replied the prophetess divine : 190 ' O goddess-born, of great Anchises' line ! The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth...skies — In this the task and mighty labor lies. 195 To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'nly race. Betwixt... | |
 | Hugh Moore - 1831 - Počet stránok 528
...to retrace one's steps, and to regain the upper world, this is the labour, this the difficulty." " Smooth the descent and easy is the way, But, to return,...view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lies." DRYDEN. The allusion in this passage is to vEneas's descent into hell, so beautifully... | |
 | Egerton Smith - 1831 - Počet stránok 656
...aloof, but once having entered it, there is little hope of return or escape. The gates of hell stand open night and day, Smooth the descent and easy is the way ; But to return to light and golden skies; Th.it is the task ; — 'tis there the labour lies. " You should have quoted... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1831 - Počet stránok 508
...another, — suck is the relish of forbidden fruit ; for, as the Roman poet observes, " The gates of bell are open night and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way." So, when this agreement was on the tapis, it was bethought by those whom it concerned, that Mr. Sugden... | |
 | 1833 - Počet stránok 94
...therefore most particularly charge you to be careful here. Temptations surround you on every hand ; " The gates of hell are open night and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way." Approach not these gates, I beseech you. As the house of God is the gate of heaven, so the theatre... | |
 | Virgil - 1834 - Počet stránok 340
...altar laid. Then thus replied the prophetess divine : 190 " O goddess-born, of great Anchises' line ! The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth...the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies. 195 To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'nly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - Počet stránok 630
...oput. In:- labor til, TlftG. The gates of Hell are open night and dar ; Smooth the descent, and eaiy will not debase himself by work which requires neither skill nor courage. Anningait labour lies. DRTDEH. Surfer me to acquaint you, Sir, that I have glittered at the ball, and sparkled... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - Počet stránok 488
...altar laid. Then thus replied the prophetess divine : " O goddess-bora, of great Anchises' line ! *n»e gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the...the cheerful skies—- In this the task and mighty labour lies. To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'nly race*... | |
 | Levi Tucker - 1837 - Počet stránok 200
...purity and happiness of man. "Facihs decensus Averni, Noctea atque dies patet atri januna Distis." The gates of hell are open night and day: Smooth the descent, and easy is the way. The term, infidelity, is generic, and covers the whole field of scepticism; embracing atheists of various... | |
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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. 
