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I have been long of opinion , that , instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and
chariots , man might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air are
open to knowledge , and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ...
I have been long of opinion , that , instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and
chariots , man might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air are
open to knowledge , and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ...
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That the Supreme Being may be more easily propitiated in one place than in
another , is the dream of idle superstition ; but that some places may operate
upon our own minds in an uncommon manner , is an opinion which hourly
experience ...
That the Supreme Being may be more easily propitiated in one place than in
another , is the dream of idle superstition ; but that some places may operate
upon our own minds in an uncommon manner , is an opinion which hourly
experience ...
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Wearied at last with solicitation and repulses , I resolved to hide myself for ever
from the world , and depend no longer on the opinion or caprice of others . I
waited for the time when the gate of the happy valley should open that I might bid
...
Wearied at last with solicitation and repulses , I resolved to hide myself for ever
from the world , and depend no longer on the opinion or caprice of others . I
waited for the time when the gate of the happy valley should open that I might bid
...
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It has been the opinion of antiquity , said Imlac , that human reason borrowed
many arts from the instinct of animals ; let us , therefore , not think ourselves
degraded by learning from the coney . We may escape by piercing the mountain
in the ...
It has been the opinion of antiquity , said Imlac , that human reason borrowed
many arts from the instinct of animals ; let us , therefore , not think ourselves
degraded by learning from the coney . We may escape by piercing the mountain
in the ...
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The proposal pleased them , and they induced the shepherds , by sınall presents
and familiar questions , to tell their opinion of their own state : they were so rude
and ignorant , so little able to compare the good with the evil of the accupation ...
The proposal pleased them , and they induced the shepherds , by sınall presents
and familiar questions , to tell their opinion of their own state : they were so rude
and ignorant , so little able to compare the good with the evil of the accupation ...
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able afford amuſe anſwered appeared becauſe began begin C H A choice companions conceal condition conſidered continued converſation delight deſire diſcovered effect enjoy entered equal eſcape evil expect eyes father feel firſt gain happineſs happy heard heart himſelf hiſtory hope hour human ignorance Imlac knowledge labour laſt learned leſs live longer look manners means ment mind months mountains muſt myſelf nature never obſerved once opinion palace paſſed pleaſed pleaſure poet preſent princeſs Raffelas Raſſelas reaſon reſolved reſt rich rocks ſaid Imlac ſaid the prince ſame ſaw ſecurity ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſide ſince ſome ſometimes ſoon ſtate ſtream ſuch ſuffer ſurely themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion travelled truth uſe valley various viſit walk weary whoſe wiſe wiſh wonder young
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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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