 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1823 - 482 pages
...of adamant to such as are within them : Facilis descensus Averni; Nodes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis : Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor ett. VIKG. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But... | |
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1824 - 496 pages
...Sate sanguine divom, Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Panei, quos aequus amavit Juppiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Dis geniti potuere. Tcnent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 422 pages
...to motion, from privation to reality : Facilis descensus Averni : Nodes atque dies patet atrijanua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor estt VIRG. The gates of Hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But... | |
 | 1824 - 890 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...thence he scape into whatever world, Or unknown region, what remains him less Virgil, ^En. vi. 128. Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task, and mighty labour lies. Dryden. as in... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Virgil - 1825 - 504 pages
...sanguine divum , « Tros Anchisiada , facilis descensus Averno ; « Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; « Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, « Hoc opus , hie labor est. Pauci , quos aequus amavit « Juppiter , aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus , « Dis geniti potuere.... | |
 | Juvenal - 1825 - 234 pages
...quis, fyc.] May we not learn a moral lesson from those lines of the poet? Facilis descensus Averni : Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Virg. 241. Recepit] Recuperavit. P. 242. Attrita] Indurata. 244. Dabit m laqueum vestigia] \. e. Will... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...ipsum iter redeuntibus : ut Virgilins , íKuciil . VI , 1 26 et seqq. « Facilis descensus Averno : Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras , Hoc opus , hie labor est. » 1 5. Functis quanquam et jam lumine cassis. Venett. Rom. Aldd. Colin. Plant, et Gevart. quanquam... | |
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Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates: Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. 
