| 单词 | descensus |
| 例句 | No "facilis descensus" was this, but a climbing down which lasted three full hours. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z How any one could ever imagine that such a contrivance would ever continue in motion for even a short time, except, perhaps, on the famous descensus averni, must be a puzzle to every sane mechanic. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z I had left the cover drawn tightly over the cage, telling Cynthia that it would protect the bird from the night dews, Facilis descensus Averno. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Some of the places were below the level of the alley, and verified, in a striking manner, the truth of Virgil's words, Facilis descensus taverni. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z As we all know, facilis descensus Averno est, and any man with natural greed in his veins is subject to temptation. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Facilis est descensus—No rich suitor ever sought long for admission into the Court of Chancery, however difficult even he may have found the escape from it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Unhappily, the grosser representations of this doctrine are now coming into repute in quarters where, formerly, they would not have been endured, and thus afford another warning example of the “facilis descensus Averni.” On Calvinism But he could not foretell that the descensus Averni would be so alarmingly rapid. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge The intruder, however, had not reflected that he might be unable to secure his retreat by the way through which he had entered—facilis descensus averni. Stories of Animal Sagacity The revelations were truly startling, and displayed a painful instance of the "facilis descensus averni"—a father whose feelings were blunted, and hardly to be re-awakened even by the death of a beloved daughter. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Nothing is so easy as getting the anchor to the bottom in such cases; it is the "facilis descensus," with a vengeance! The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels "Facilis descensus"—"Easier in than out"—&c., occurred to me; and many other classical allusions, much more appropriate than agreeable. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Do you intend to restrict the family to the back stairs, which by your showing are, like the famous descensus Averno, wonderfully easy to go down, but mighty hard to get up again? Homes and How to Make Them The last editor, Croker, adds,— "Johnson's phrase has become so proverbial, that it may seem rather late to ask what it means—why 'paved?' perhaps as making the road easy, facilis descensus Averni." Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 A boat with four Krumen was easily found; but our friends warned us that the ascensus would be easy and the descensus the reverse; the latter has sometimes taken a day and a night. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Brandt soon allayed active fears and suspicions by giving the impression that in his descensus he had reached the stage of robbery and had got on the scent of some rich booty in the mountains. Taken Alive Physically, the Suffolk Punch had degenerated into the steeplechaser; psychologically, the chasm between the stolid English peasant and the saturnine, sensitive Australian had been spanned with that facilis which marks the descensus Averni. Such Is Life |
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