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Such was the appearance of security and delight which this retirement afforded ,
that they to whom it was new always desired that it might be perpetual ; and as
those , on whom the iron gate had once closed , were never suffered to return ,
the ...
Such was the appearance of security and delight which this retirement afforded ,
that they to whom it was new always desired that it might be perpetual ; and as
those , on whom the iron gate had once closed , were never suffered to return ,
the ...
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... having long considered him as one whose intellects were exhausted , was not
very willing to afford : « Why , said he does this man thus intrude upon me ; fhall
be never fuf suffered to forget those lectures which pleased only while they 16 ...
... having long considered him as one whose intellects were exhausted , was not
very willing to afford : « Why , said he does this man thus intrude upon me ; fhall
be never fuf suffered to forget those lectures which pleased only while they 16 ...
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suffered to forget those lectures which pleased only while they were new , and to
become new again must be forgotten ? ” He then walked into the wood , and
composed himself to his usual meditations ; when before his thoughts had taken
...
suffered to forget those lectures which pleased only while they were new , and to
become new again must be forgotten ? ” He then walked into the wood , and
composed himself to his usual meditations ; when before his thoughts had taken
...
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This hint rekindled the prince's defire of passing the mountains ; having feen what
the mechanist had already performed , he was willing to fancy that he could do
more ; yet resolved to enquire further before he suffered hope to afflict him by ...
This hint rekindled the prince's defire of passing the mountains ; having feen what
the mechanist had already performed , he was willing to fancy that he could do
more ; yet resolved to enquire further before he suffered hope to afflict him by ...
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Tb HE prince was not much aMicted by this disaster , having suffered himself to
hope for a happier event , only because he had no other means of escape in
view . He still persisted in his design to leave the happy valley by the first
opportunity .
Tb HE prince was not much aMicted by this disaster , having suffered himself to
hope for a happier event , only because he had no other means of escape in
view . He still persisted in his design to leave the happy valley by the first
opportunity .
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Seite 41 - 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 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 67 - I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace.
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 67 - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination : he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little. The plants of the garden, the animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety...
Seite 66 - I soon found that no man was ever great by imitation. My desire of excellence impelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life.
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 4 - The sides of the mountains were covered with trees; the banks of the brooks were diversified with flowers; every blast shook spices from the rocks and every month dropped fruits upon the ground.
Seite 137 - I do not now wonder that your reputation is so far extended. We have heard at Cairo of your wisdom, and came hither to implore your direction for this young man and maiden in the choice of life." "To him that lives well," 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.
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| Titel | The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes, Band 1 Band 1 von The Prince of Abissinia, Samuel Johnson The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor/in | Samuel Johnson |
| Verlag | R. and J. Dodsley, ... and W. Johnston, 1759 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 11. Juli 2007 |
| Länge | 165 Seiten |
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