Rasselas: A TaleLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - 203 Seiten |
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... the Abyssinian source of the Nile , and the cause of the annual overflowings of that river , had been discovered by Portuguese mis- might find a profitable stage for its representation , he sionaries . LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON . xiii.
... the Abyssinian source of the Nile , and the cause of the annual overflowings of that river , had been discovered by Portuguese mis- might find a profitable stage for its representation , he sionaries . LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON . xiii.
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... Nile through all his passage ; pass over to distant regions , and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other ! " " All this " said the prince " is much to be desired ; 63 but I am afraid that no man will be ...
... Nile through all his passage ; pass over to distant regions , and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other ! " " All this " said the prince " is much to be desired ; 63 but I am afraid that no man will be ...
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... Nile . My father was a wealthy merchant , who traded between the inland countries of Afric and the ports of the Red Sea . He was honest , frugal , and diligent , but of mean sentiments and narrow comprehension : he desired only to be ...
... Nile . My father was a wealthy merchant , who traded between the inland countries of Afric and the ports of the Red Sea . He was honest , frugal , and diligent , but of mean sentiments and narrow comprehension : he desired only to be ...
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... Nile , yet a narrow current , wander- ing beneath them . The prince looked round with rapture , anticipated all the pleasure of travel , and in thought was already trans- ported beyond his father's dominions . Imlac , though very joyful ...
... Nile , yet a narrow current , wander- ing beneath them . The prince looked round with rapture , anticipated all the pleasure of travel , and in thought was already trans- ported beyond his father's dominions . Imlac , though very joyful ...
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... Nile , and filled the whole country with the fame of his sanctity , resolved to visit his retreat , and inquire whether that felicity which public life could not afford , was to be found in solitude ; and whether a man whose age and ...
... Nile , and filled the whole country with the fame of his sanctity , resolved to visit his retreat , and inquire whether that felicity which public life could not afford , was to be found in solitude ; and whether a man whose age and ...
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Abyssinia Addiscombe College adjective adverb modifying amused ancient answered Imlac Arab archo astronomer Atlas beam of hope Cairo CHAP choice companions condition considered conversation curiosity danger delighted Describe desire Dictionary discourse dreadful Egypt endeavoured English Notes enjoy envy evil Exercises expected Explain Express briefly fancy father favourite fear felicity Geography Gleig's governed Greek happy valley History human imagination inquiry Johnson knowledge labour lady Latin Grammar Latin Language learning lego less live maids mankind marriage means Mensuration mind misery mountains nature Nekayah ness never Nile noun Nubia object observed opinion palace Palæstra passed Pekuah pleased pleasure post 8vo preposition preposition phrase present prince princess Pyramid quaternions QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER racter Rasselas reason Red Sea reflexions resolved returned sage sage's Sandhurst School solitude sometimes suffer supposed things thought tion Upper Egypt virtue volo vols weary word youth
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Seite 183 - 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. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features, as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristics which are alike obvious to vigilance...
Seite 29 - 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 28 - ... nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first; or whether as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images.
Seite 75 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness before had concealed : they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
Seite 30 - ... and invariable state ; he must disregard present 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 the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations — as a being superior to time...
Seite 115 - DISORDERS of intellect," answered Imlac, "happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. 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.
Seite 1 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers 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.
Seite 135 - The prince desired a little kingdom, in which he might administer justice in his own person, and see all the parts of government with his own eyes ; but he could never fix the limits of his dominion, and was always adding to the number of his subjects. Imlac and the astronomer were contented to be driven along the stream of life, without directing their course to any particular port.
Seite 59 - ... ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring from the exercise of virtue, and begin to suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude. My fancy riots in scenes of folly, and I lament that I have lost so much, and have gained so little. In solitude, if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return...
Seite 18 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what 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.