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" Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates : 'Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. "
P. Virgilii Maronis Æneis. Virgil's Æneid, with Engl. notes by H. Young - Page 97
by Publius Vergilius Maro - 1878
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...impervious as a rock of adamant to such as are within them : Facilis descensus Averni ; Noctes utque dies patet atri janua Ditis : 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 way j But...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1823 - 416 pages
...because it implies a change from rest to motion, from privation to reality: Facllis descensus Averni : Noctes atque dies patet atri janua ditis; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, Me labor est. VIRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way;...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 586 pages
...rock of adamant to such as are within them : Facitis descensus Avcrni ; Nodes atque dies patet atn janua Ditis : 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 way : But to return...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 17-18

British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...motion, from privation to reality. — Farilis descensus Averni : Noctes atque dies patet atrijanua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. — VIBG. xx. vi. 126. The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the...
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The Adventurer, Volume 1

English essays - 1823 - 304 pages
...of adamant to such as are within them : Fatilis descensus Averni ; Nodes alque dies patet atrijanua Ditis: 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 way; But to return...
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Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and ...

Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1823 - 348 pages
...without pain and effort from the dark and devious labyrinths of error. " Facilis descensus Averni : Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus ; hie labor est. ." But even if principle did not require the sacrifice, an enlightened view of self-interest would...
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Publii Virgilii Maronis opera

Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1824 - 496 pages
...orabat dictis, arasque tenebat ; Quum sic orsa loqui vates : Sate sanguine divom, Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet...superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Panei, quos aequus amavit Juppiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Dis geniti potuere. Tcnent...
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Bibliothèque Latine-Française, Volume 143

1834 - 498 pages
...tenebat; Quum sic orsa loqui vates : « Sâte sanguine divum, Tfos Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averni; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. Pauci, quos aequus amavit Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad œthera virtus, Dis geniti potuere....
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...also up to reascend, though hard and rare, which is manifestly an allusion to Virgil, ^En. vi. 128. Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras Hoc opus, hie labor est ; pauci, quos aequits arnavit Jupiter, autiardens evexit ad ccthera virtus, Diis geniti pntucie. But to return, and...
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A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations: Which are in Daily Use: Taken ...

David Evans Macdonnel - Quotations, English - 1824 - 340 pages
...princeps. Lat. — "The admitted chief." — The first man without dispute. Facilis descensus Jlverni: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Lat. VIRGIL. " The descent into hell is easy, but to recal your steps, and re-ascend to the upper skies...
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