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Facilis descensus Averni Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis : Sed revocare gradum , superasque evadere ad auras , Hoc opus , hic labor est ( 1 ) . The Italian is rather an allusion to this , than an imitation of it .
Facilis descensus Averni Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis : Sed revocare gradum , superasque evadere ad auras , Hoc opus , hic labor est ( 1 ) . The Italian is rather an allusion to this , than an imitation of it .
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| Title | A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1 A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, John Taaffe |
| Author | John Taafe (Knight commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem]) |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1822 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 499 pages |
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