...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 what follows of the lire immuring them round ninefold, and of the gates of burning adamant,...

...erecting certain edifices in the air : but, what* Democritus, dum ridet, phihsophatur. — BENTLEY. •J- But to return, and view the cheerful skies ; In this the task and mighty labour lies. — DRYDEN. ever practice and reputation these kind of structures have formerly possessed, or may still...

...geniti pntucie. But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this tht task, the mighty labour lies: To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth and heav'nly race. Drydeu. 25. So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs. Or dim suffusion veifd.] M Or dim suffusion...

...descensus averni: i 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.—DHYDEN. I could refer again to the delirious pages of an Evangelical or Methodistical Magazine....

...gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But to return, an3 view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lies." Serious contemplation, induced by that species of solitude so highly recommended by the fathers of...

...v£n. vi. 126. 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. DHYDEN. Suffer me to acquaint you, Sir, that I have glittered at the ball, and sparkled in the circle...

...and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way. Let us proceed to .the lines in continuation :— But, to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lift,. Let us hearken to this fearful admonition, and then say if it behove us not to feel our ground...

...Anchises' line ! 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 labor lies. 195 To few great Jupiter imparts this grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'nly race....

...the upper world, this is the labour, this the difficulty." " 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. The allusion in this passage is to vEneas's descent into hell, so beautifully described in...

...Anchises' line ! 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...grace, And those of shining worth, and heav'nly race. Between those regions and our upper light Deep forests and impenetrable night Possess the middle space...