RASSELAS;

A TALE.

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D.

WITH

THE LIFE OF

THE

AUTHOR.

EDINBURGH:
Printed by George Ramsay and Company,
FOR J. THOMSON, JUN. AND COMPANY, EDINBURGA;

AND JOHN MURRAY, LONDON.

.1809.

CONTENTS.

Life of Dr Johnson,

Page ix

RASSELAS.

CHAP I.

Description of a Palace in a Valley,

CHAP. II.

The Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley, · 7

CHAP. III.

The wants of him that wants nothing,

10

CHAP. IV.

The Prince continues to grieve and muse,

• 12

CHAP. V.

The Prince meditates his Escape,

17

CHAP. VI.

A Dissertation on the Art of Flying,

18

CHAP. VII.

The Prince finds a Man of Learning,

23

CHAP. VIII.

The History of Imlac,

25

CHAP. IX.

The History of Imlac continued,

29

CHAP. X.

Imlac's History continued. A Dissertation upon

Poetry,

32

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