The Prince of Abissinia: A TaleJ.F. and C. Rivington, J. Dodsley, T. Longman, and G. and T. Wilkie., 1790 - 304 Seiten |
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... . talk in publick , to think in folitude , to read and to hear , to enquire , and answer enquiries , is the business of a fcholar . He wanders about the world ΙΟ with- without pomp or terrour , and is nei- ther known 48 RASSEL A S ,
... . talk in publick , to think in folitude , to read and to hear , to enquire , and answer enquiries , is the business of a fcholar . He wanders about the world ΙΟ with- without pomp or terrour , and is nei- ther known 48 RASSEL A S ,
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... answered Imlac , " because they are wifer ; knowledge will always predo- minate 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 unfearchable ...
... answered Imlac , " because they are wifer ; knowledge will always predo- minate 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 unfearchable ...
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... answered the poet , " your escape will be difficult , and , perhaps , you may foon repent your curiofity . The world , which you figure to yourself smooth and quiet as the lake in the valley , you will find a fea foaming with tempefts ...
... answered the poet , " your escape will be difficult , and , perhaps , you may foon repent your curiofity . The world , which you figure to yourself smooth and quiet as the lake in the valley , you will find a fea foaming with tempefts ...
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... answered his com- panion ; " knowledge is more than equi- valent to force . The master of mecha- nicks laughs at strength . I can burst the gate , but cannot do it fecretly . Some other expedient must be tried . " As they were walking ...
... answered his com- panion ; " knowledge is more than equi- valent to force . The master of mecha- nicks laughs at strength . I can burst the gate , but cannot do it fecretly . Some other expedient must be tried . " As they were walking ...
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... answered the hermit , " every form of life is good ; nor can I give any other rule for choice , than to remove from all apparent evil . " " He will remove most certainly from evil , " said the prince , " who fhall devote himself to that ...
... answered the hermit , " every form of life is good ; nor can I give any other rule for choice , than to remove from all apparent evil . " " He will remove most certainly from evil , " said the prince , " who fhall devote himself to that ...
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Seite 68 - 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 133 - 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 into the world to-morrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.
Seite 41 - 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. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital...
Seite 14 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Seite 42 - 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. 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 158 - ... which debars them from its privileges. To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude : it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Seite 38 - But the exercise of swimming," said the prince, " is very laborious; the strongest limbs are soon wearied ; I am afraid the act of flying will be yet more violent, and wings will be of no great use, unless we can fly further than we can swim.
Seite 138 - Let them learn to be wise by easier means : let them observe the hind of the forest, and the linnet of the grove : let them consider the life of animals, whose motions are regulated, by instinct ; they obey their guide and are happy.
Seite 69 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Seite 13 - The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy; I long again to be hungry that I may again quicken my attention. The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.