Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A TaleBennett & Walton, 1811 - 179 Seiten |
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... poem , which laid the foundation of his fame . It contains the most spirited invec- tives against tyranny and oppression , the warm- est predilection for his own country , and the purest love of virtue . - In 1744 , appeared LIFE OF.
... poem , which laid the foundation of his fame . It contains the most spirited invec- tives against tyranny and oppression , the warm- est predilection for his own country , and the purest love of virtue . - In 1744 , appeared LIFE OF.
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A Tale Samuel Johnson. purest love of virtue . - In 1744 , appeared his " Life of Savage . " The narrative is remark- ably smooth and well disposed , the observa- tions are just , and the reflections disclose the inmost recesses of the ...
A Tale Samuel Johnson. purest love of virtue . - In 1744 , appeared his " Life of Savage . " The narrative is remark- ably smooth and well disposed , the observa- tions are just , and the reflections disclose the inmost recesses of the ...
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... those only were admitted whose per- formance was thought able to add novelty to luxury . Such was the appearance of security and delight which this retirement affordel , B that they to whom it was new , always desired RASSELAS .
... those only were admitted whose per- formance was thought able to add novelty to luxury . Such was the appearance of security and delight which this retirement affordel , B that they to whom it was new , always desired RASSELAS .
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... appeared fur- nished for flight on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air , then leaped from his stand , and in an instant dropped into the lake . His wings , which were of no use in the air , sustained him in ...
... appeared fur- nished for flight on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air , then leaped from his stand , and in an instant dropped into the lake . His wings , which were of no use in the air , sustained him in ...
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... appeared almost another order of beings . In their countries it is difficult to wish for any thing that may not be obtained : a thousand arts , of which we never heard , are continually labouring for their convenience and pleasure ; and ...
... appeared almost another order of beings . In their countries it is difficult to wish for any thing that may not be obtained : a thousand arts , of which we never heard , are continually labouring for their convenience and pleasure ; and ...
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Abissinia afford afraid amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer attention bassa began Cairo cause cavern CHAP choice clouds companions condition considered continued conversation curiosity danger delight desire discovered dreadful easily Egypt endeavoured enjoy enter envy escape evil expect eyes fancy father favour favourite fear felicity folly happy valley heard hermit hope hope and fear human imagination inquire kayah knowledge labour lady less live looked maids mankind marriage mind misery mountains nature Nekayah never Nile observed once opinion palace Palestine passed passions Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet portune possessed prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess pyramid quire Rasselas reason Red sea resolved rest retired retreat returned rich sage solitude sometimes soon sorrow sound of music suffer suppose surely thing thou thought tion travelled truth ture virtue weary wise wonder youth
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Seite 114 - ... learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence: and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Seite 154 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.
Seite 44 - 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.
Seite 153 - 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 72 - ... dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us, therefore, stop, while to stop is in our power: let us live as men who are...
Seite 15 - Abyssinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were skilful to delight, and gratified with whatever the senses can enjoy. They wandered in gardens of fragrance, and slept in the fortresses of security.
Seite 31 - Nothing, replied the artist, will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. If you will favour my project, I will try the first flight at my own hazard. I have considered the structure of all volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat's wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task to-morrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice and pursuit of man.
Seite 154 - 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 18 - 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 75 - you are come at a time when all human friendship is useless ; what I suffer cannot be remedied, what I have lost cannot be supplied. My daughter, my only daughter, from whose tenderness I expected all the comforts of my age, died last night of a fever. My views, my purposes, my hopes are at an end: I am now^ajonely being disunited from society...