The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A TaleN. Hailes, 1824 - 150 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 22
Seite iii
... various branches of literature , than for his general pre - eminence . His dictionary alone , is a monument of his industry ; but it neither forms his only , nor his greatest claim to distinction , as an author of eminence . When Wilcox ...
... various branches of literature , than for his general pre - eminence . His dictionary alone , is a monument of his industry ; but it neither forms his only , nor his greatest claim to distinction , as an author of eminence . When Wilcox ...
Seite 4
... various con- ditions ; to be entangled in imaginary difficulties , and to be engaged in wild adventures ; but his benevolence always terminated his projects in the relief of distress , the detection of fraud , the defeat of oppression ...
... various con- ditions ; to be entangled in imaginary difficulties , and to be engaged in wild adventures ; but his benevolence always terminated his projects in the relief of distress , the detection of fraud , the defeat of oppression ...
Seite 5
... various instincts of animals and properties of plants , and found the place replete with wonders , of which he purposed to solace himself with the con- templation , if he should never be able to accomplish his flight ; rejoicing that ...
... various instincts of animals and properties of plants , and found the place replete with wonders , of which he purposed to solace himself with the con- templation , if he should never be able to accomplish his flight ; rejoicing that ...
Seite 7
... various conditions of humanity . He com- manded the poet to attend him in his apartment , and recite his verses a second time ; then entering into familiar talk , he thought himself happy in having found a man who knew the world so well ...
... various conditions of humanity . He com- manded the poet to attend him in his apartment , and recite his verses a second time ; then entering into familiar talk , he thought himself happy in having found a man who knew the world so well ...
Seite 11
... various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom , from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decripitude . He must divest himself of the prejudice of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong ...
... various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom , from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decripitude . He must divest himself of the prejudice of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
able Abyssinia afford afraid amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer Bassa began Cairo cavern CHAP choice companions considered continued conversation curiosity danger delight desire discover dreadful Drury Lane Theatre easily endeavoured enjoy entered envy escape evil expected eyes fancy father favour favourite fear felicity folly Gentleman's Magazine happy valley hear heard hermit honour hope human imagination inquire Johnson kayah knowledge kuah labour lady Leicestershire less live looked lost maids mankind marriage mind misery mountains nature Nekayah ness never Nile observed once opinion palace passed passions Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet portune prince princess Pyramid Rasselas reason resolved rest retired retreat returned rich sage Samuel Johnson scrupulosity silent solitude sometimes soon sorrow sound of music suffer supposed surely thing thou thought tion University of Oxford virtue weary wisdom wonder youth
Beliebte Passagen
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.