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suppose that the spectator was always tempted 

 to enter by the gate which offered him so many 

 allurements. I always in these cases left him 

 to his choice, but generally found that he took 

 to the left, which promised most entertainment. 



Immediately upon his entering the gate of 

 Vice the trees and flowers were disposed in such 

 a manner as to make the most pleasing impres- 

 sion ; but as he walked farther on, he insensibly 

 found the garden assuming the air of a wilder- 

 ness ; the landscapes began to darken, the paths 

 grew more intricate ; he appeared to go down- 

 wards ; frightful rocks seemed to hang over his 

 head ; gloomy caverns, unexpected precipices, 

 awful ruins, heaps of unburied bones, and ter- 

 rifying sounds caused by unseen waters, began to 

 take the place of what at first appeared so lovely. 

 It was in vain to attempt returning ; the laby- 

 rinth was too much perplexed for any but my- 

 self to find the way back. In short, when suffi- 

 ciently impressed with the horrors of what he 

 saw, and the imprudence of his choice, I brought 

 him by a hidden door a shorter way back into 

 the area from whence at first he had strayed. 



The gloomy gate now presented itself before 

 the stranger, and though there seemed little in 

 its appearance to tempt his curiosity, yet, en- 

 couraged by the motto, he gradually proceeded. 

 The darkness of the entrance, the frightful fig- 



