Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: Edited with Notes for SchoolsGinn, 1886 - 11 Seiten |
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... poets and men of letters are gathered . With this brief sketch we introduce the reader to the Prince of Abyssinia and his companions , hoping that this little book shall help him to discover that marvellous secret for which he with ...
... poets and men of letters are gathered . With this brief sketch we introduce the reader to the Prince of Abyssinia and his companions , hoping that this little book shall help him to discover that marvellous secret for which he with ...
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... poet to at- tend him in his apartment , and recite his verses a second time ; then entering into familiar talk , he thought himself happy in having found a man who knew the world so well , and could so skilfully paint the scenes of life ...
... poet to at- tend him in his apartment , and recite his verses a second time ; then entering into familiar talk , he thought himself happy in having found a man who knew the world so well , and could so skilfully paint the scenes of life ...
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... poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained , and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty ...
... poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained , and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty ...
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... poet , I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was sud- denly magnified ; no kind of knowledge was to be over- looked . I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances , and pictured upon my mind ...
... poet , I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was sud- denly magnified ; no kind of knowledge was to be over- looked . I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances , and pictured upon my mind ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
able Abyssinia afford afraid amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer attention Bassa began Cairo cavern cere CHAPTER choice companions condition considered continued conversation curiosity danger delight desire discover dreadful easily endeavored enjoy entered envy escape evil expect eyes fancy father favorite fear felicity folly gratified happy valley heard hermit hope hope and fear hour human imagination impa inhabitants inquire knowledge labor lady lence less live looked lost maids mankind marriage mind misery mountains nature Nekayah ness never night Nile observed once opinion palace Palestine passed passion Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet Porphyry possession prince princess pyramid Rasselas reason Red Sea resolved rest retired retreat returned rich sage SAMUEL JOHNSON scrupulosity silent solitude sometimes soon sorrow sound of music suffer suppose thou thought tion travelled virtue weary wonder youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 3 - 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 Abissinia.
Seite 35 - 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 1 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Seite 137 - He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion.
Seite 22 - 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 37 - IMLAC now felt the enthusiastic fit, and was proceeding to aggrandize his own profession, when the prince cried out, "Enough! thou hast convinced me that no human being can ever be a poet. Proceed with thy narration." "To be a poet," said Imlac, "is indeed very difficult.
Seite 157 - Those that lie here stretched before us, the wise and the powerful of ancient times, warn us to remember the shortness of our present state : they were, perhaps, snatched away while they were busy, like us, in the choice of life." "To me," said the princess, "the choice of life is become less important ; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Seite 38 - By what means,' said the prince, 'are the Europeans thus powerful? Or why, since they can so easily visit Asia and Africa for trade or conquest, cannot the 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.
Seite 35 - He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same...
Seite 33 - ... of the same images. 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.