The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A TaleN. Hailes, 1824 - 150 Seiten |
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... supposed to have been reflected from the state of his own mind at the time . Rasselas is a philosophical romance , in which the moral , though not new , has , perhaps , never been before so ably , so eloquently , inculcated . The ...
... supposed to have been reflected from the state of his own mind at the time . Rasselas is a philosophical romance , in which the moral , though not new , has , perhaps , never been before so ably , so eloquently , inculcated . The ...
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... supposed the fre- quency of his presence necessary to the success of his purposes ; he retired gladly to privacy , because he had now a subject of thought . His chief amusement was to picture to himself that world which he had never ...
... supposed the fre- quency of his presence necessary to the success of his purposes ; he retired gladly to privacy , because he had now a subject of thought . His chief amusement was to picture to himself that world which he had never ...
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... supposed to trade without connexion 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 voyage ; it was sufficient ...
... supposed to trade without connexion 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 voyage ; it was sufficient ...
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... supposed to live in affluence . Poverty has , in large cities , very different appearances : it is often concealed in splendour , and often in extravagance . It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from ...
... supposed to live in affluence . Poverty has , in large cities , very different appearances : it is often concealed in splendour , and often in extravagance . It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from ...
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... supposed misery where she did not find it . " Your nar- rative , " says he , " throws yet a darker gloom upon the prospects of futurity ; the predictions of Imlac were but faint sketches of the evils painted by Nekayah . I have been ...
... supposed misery where she did not find it . " Your nar- rative , " says he , " throws yet a darker gloom upon the prospects of futurity ; the predictions of Imlac were but faint sketches of the evils painted by Nekayah . I have been ...
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Seite 11 - 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 28 - I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or 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...
Seite 39 - 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 11 - He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same...
Seite 10 - 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 6 - 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 wing most easily accommodated to the human form.
Seite 18 - He showed with great strength of sentiment, and variety of illustration, that human nature is degraded and debased, when the lower faculties predominate over the higher; that when fancy, the parent...
Seite 10 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best: whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which it received by accident at first; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same...
Seite 10 - 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 11 - They are more powerful, sir, than we,' answered Imlac, 'because they are wiser; knowledge will always predominate 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 unsearchable will of the Supreme Being.