The history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia, by S. Johnson. Almoran and Hamet, by dr. Hawksworth1820 |
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... laws we have imposed upon our fancy , and are con- tent that both Nekayah and her female attendant , at the sources of the Nile , or the foot of the Pyramid , should express themselves in language which would appear unnaturally inflated ...
... laws we have imposed upon our fancy , and are con- tent that both Nekayah and her female attendant , at the sources of the Nile , or the foot of the Pyramid , should express themselves in language which would appear unnaturally inflated ...
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... laws and opinions , and rise to general and transcendental truths , which will always be the same . He must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name , contemn the applause of his own time , and commit his claims to ...
... laws and opinions , and rise to general and transcendental truths , which will always be the same . He must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name , contemn the applause of his own time , and commit his claims to ...
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... Asiatics and Africans invade their coasts , plant colonies in their ports , and give laws to their natural princes ? The same wind that carries them back would bring us thither . They are more powerful , sir , than we , 30 RASSELAS ,
... Asiatics and Africans invade their coasts , plant colonies in their ports , and give laws to their natural princes ? The same wind that carries them back would bring us thither . They are more powerful , sir , than we , 30 RASSELAS ,
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... law ; but the frown of power dejected , and the eye of wisdom abashed them . The prince soon concluded , that he should never be happy in a course of life of which he was ashamed . He thought it unsuitable to a reasonable being to act ...
... law ; but the frown of power dejected , and the eye of wisdom abashed them . The prince soon concluded , that he should never be happy in a course of life of which he was ashamed . He thought it unsuitable to a reasonable being to act ...
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... laws of eastern hospitality allowed them to enter , and the master welcomed them like a man liberal and wealthy . He was skilful enough in appearances soon to discern that they were no common guests , and spread his table with ...
... laws of eastern hospitality allowed them to enter , and the master welcomed them like a man liberal and wealthy . He was skilful enough in appearances soon to discern that they were no common guests , and spread his table with ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abdallah Almeida Almoran and Hamet anguish answered Imlac appearance Arab art thou astronomer attention bassa brother Cairo Caled CHAPTER command conceal considered countenance danger death delight desire disappointment discovered distress dominion doubt dreadful effect entered eunuch evil eyes fancy father favour fear felicity folly genius hand happy valley heard heart Heaven hermit honour hope imagination impatience inquiry instantly knew knowledge labour learned look marriage ment mind misery mountains nature Nekayah never Nile observed Omar once opinion Osmyn palace passed passions Pekuah perceived Persia pleased pleasure poignard possessed present prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess pyramid racters Rasselas reason received recollected replied reproach resolved retired returned scrupulosity secure seraglio silent slave solitude Solyman soon sorrow sound of music suffer supposed talisman tenderness thee thou art thou hast thought thyself tion virtue voice weary wisdom wishes wretched XXVI youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 27 - Whatever be the reason, it is commonly observed that the early writers are in possession of nature, and their followers of art: that the first excel in strength and invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement.
Seite 17 - Nothing," replied the artist, "will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. If you will favour my project, I will try the first flight at my own hazard. I have considered the structure of all volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat's wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task to-morrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice and pursuit of man.
Seite 112 - There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.
Seite 50 - I have found, said the prince, at his return to Imlac, a man who can teach all that is necessary to be known, who, from the unshaken throne of rational fortitude, looks down on the scenes of life changing beneath him. He speaks, and attention watches his lips. He reasons, and conviction closes his periods. This man shall be my future guide : I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty, said Imlac, to trust, or to admire the teachers of morality : they discourse like angels,...
Seite 2 - ... frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
Seite 18 - ... would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Seite 16 - I am afraid', said he to the artist, 'that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth.
Seite 1 - ... of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor in whose dominions the Father of waters begins his course, whose bounty pours down the streams of plenty, and scatters over half the world the harvests of Egypt.
Seite 33 - I would relieve every distress and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude. I would choose my friends among the wise and my wife among the virtuous, and therefore should be in no danger from treachery or unkindness. My children should by my care be learned and pious, and would repay to my age what their childhood had received. What would dare to molest him who might call on every side to thousands enriched by his bounty or assisted by his power? And why should not life glide quietly away in the...
Seite 31 - They are more powerful, Sir, than we, (answered Imlac,) because they are wiser. Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance, as man governs the other animals. But why their knowledge is more than ours, I know not what reason can be given, but the unsearchable will of the Supreme Being.