The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions and occasional reflections. Irene. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. PoemataJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... effect of longer ex- perience could not be known . Thus every year produced new schemes of delight , and new com- petitors for imprisonment . The palace stood on an eminence raised about thirty paces above the furface of the lake . It ...
... effect of longer ex- perience could not be known . Thus every year produced new schemes of delight , and new com- petitors for imprisonment . The palace stood on an eminence raised about thirty paces above the furface of the lake . It ...
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... effect that which it was very easy to fup- pose effected . When he looked round about him , he faw himself confined by the bars of nature which had never yet been broken , and by the gate , through which none that once had paffed it ...
... effect that which it was very easy to fup- pose effected . When he looked round about him , he faw himself confined by the bars of nature which had never yet been broken , and by the gate , through which none that once had paffed it ...
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... effect . You , Sir , whofe curiofity is fo extenfive , will eafily conceive with what pleasure a philofo- pher , furnished with wings , and hovering in the sky , would see the earth , and all its inhabitants , rolling beneath him , and ...
... effect . You , Sir , whofe curiofity is fo extenfive , will eafily conceive with what pleasure a philofo- pher , furnished with wings , and hovering in the sky , would see the earth , and all its inhabitants , rolling beneath him , and ...
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... effect of virtue animated by youth : the time will come when you will acquit your father , and per- haps hear with lefs impatience of the governour . Oppreffion Oppreffion is , in the Abiffinian dominions , neither frequent 22 RASSEL AS ,
... effect of virtue animated by youth : the time will come when you will acquit your father , and per- haps hear with lefs impatience of the governour . Oppreffion Oppreffion is , in the Abiffinian dominions , neither frequent 22 RASSEL AS ,
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... effect of knowledge ? Are those nations happier than we ? " " There is so much infelicity , faid the poet , in the world , that scarce any man has leifure from his own distresses to estimate the comparative happiness of others ...
... effect of knowledge ? Are those nations happier than we ? " " There is so much infelicity , faid the poet , in the world , that scarce any man has leifure from his own distresses to estimate the comparative happiness of others ...
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ABDALLA affembly affift Afpafia againſt Amurath ASPASIA Baffa beauty becauſe breaſt CALI CARAZA caufe cauſe cenfure character charms converfation death defcribed defign defire DEMETRIUS ev'ry eyes fafe faid Imlac faid the prince fame fate fcorn fear feat fecula fecurity feemed feen fhades fhall fhine fhould fibi filent firft firſt flaves fmile folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul ftate ftill fuch fuppofed furely greatneſs Greece happineſs happy happy valley heav'n hiftory himſelf hope Iliad IRENE Johnſon juftice laft lefs LEONTIUS loft MAHOMET mifery mihi mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA myſelf nunc o'er obfervations paffed paffion PASIA Pekuah perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent princefs publiſhed purpoſe racter Raffelas reafon refolved rife ſaid SCENE ſhall ſhe ſtate Sultan thee thefe themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tranflation uſe viii virtue vitæ whofe
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Seite 318 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Seite 89 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth; those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Seite 19 - In a year the wings were finished; and on a morning appointed the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory. He waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake.
Seite 313 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites...
Seite 316 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Seite 313 - The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that...
Seite 31 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine not the individual but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Seite 88 - I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which...
Seite 205 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Seite 194 - Thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance ; make this commemoration available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity; and make the death of Thy Son Jesus Christ effectual to my redemption.