Hell. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Hell


The hungry wretch of a Greek would attempt heaven even were you to bid him. Juvenal.—Quoted by Riley in his Clas. Dict. 137.	1
All things the hungry Greek exactly knows: And bid him go to heaven, to heaven he goes. Juvenal.—Sat. III. (Dryden’s Transl.)	2
And bid him go to hell, to hell he goes. Dr. Johnson.—London, Line 116.	3
In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell. Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto I. Stanza XX. Line 9.	4
Hell’s court is built deep in a gloomy vale, High walled with strong damnation, moated round With flaming brimstone. Dr. Joseph Beaumont.—Hell, Verse 1.	5
There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolgë, of an iron hue, Like to the wall that circles it about. Dante.—Inferno. Canto XVIII. Line 1. (Wright’s Transl.)	6
Hell is empty, And all the devils are here. Shakespeare.—The Tempest, Act I. Scene 2. (Ariel to Prospero.)	7
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. Herbert.—Jacula Prudentum.	8
Hell is paved with good intentions. Boswell’s Johnson.—April, 1775.	9