Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A TaleBennett & Walton, 1811 - 179 Seiten |
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... curiosity was not yet abated ; he resolved to obtain some knowledge of the ways of men . His wish still continued , but his hope grew less . He ceased to survey any longer the walls of his prison , and spared to search by new toils for ...
... curiosity was not yet abated ; he resolved to obtain some knowledge of the ways of men . His wish still continued , but his hope grew less . He ceased to survey any longer the walls of his prison , and spared to search by new toils for ...
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... curiosity is so extensive , will easily conceive with what pleasure a philosopher , furnished with wings , and hovering in the sky , would see the earth , and all its inhabitants , rolling beneath him , and presenting to him ...
... curiosity is so extensive , will easily conceive with what pleasure a philosopher , furnished with wings , and hovering in the sky , would see the earth , and all its inhabitants , rolling beneath him , and presenting to him ...
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... curiosity , and entertained him from day to day with novelty and instruction , so that the prince regretted the necessity of sleep , and longed till the morning should renew his pleasure . As they were sitting together , the prince ...
... curiosity , and entertained him from day to day with novelty and instruction , so that the prince regretted the necessity of sleep , and longed till the morning should renew his pleasure . As they were sitting together , the prince ...
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... on the expanse of waters , my heart bounded like that of a prisoner escaped . I felt an unextinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and resolved to snatch this opportunity of seeing the manners of other nations , and of 38 RASSELAS .
... on the expanse of waters , my heart bounded like that of a prisoner escaped . I felt an unextinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and resolved to snatch this opportunity of seeing the manners of other nations , and of 38 RASSELAS .
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... curiosity . " As I was supposed to trade without con- nection with my father , it was easy for me to become acquainted with the master of a ship , and procure a passage to some other country , I had no motives of choice to regulate my ...
... curiosity . " As I was supposed to trade without con- nection with my father , it was easy for me to become acquainted with the master of a ship , and procure a passage to some other country , I had no motives of choice to regulate my ...
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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...