Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A TalePhilip H. Nicklin & Company, Printed by Jos. Robinson, 1810 - 184 páginas |
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... possessed it ; but of twenty months to come who can assure me ? " The consciousness of his own folly pierc . ed him deeply , and he was long before he could be reconciled to himself . " The rest of my time , said he , has been lost by ...
... possessed it ; but of twenty months to come who can assure me ? " The consciousness of his own folly pierc . ed him deeply , and he was long before he could be reconciled to himself . " The rest of my time , said he , has been lost by ...
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... possessed by others , to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself . In the assembly , where you passed the last night , there appeared such sprightliness of air , and volatility of fancy , as might have suited beings of an higher ...
... possessed by others , to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself . In the assembly , where you passed the last night , there appeared such sprightliness of air , and volatility of fancy , as might have suited beings of an higher ...
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... possessed a castle or for- tress on the extremity of Egypt . The Arab , whose revenue was plunder , was willing to restore her , with her two atten- dants , for two hundred ounces of gold . The price was no subject of debate . The ...
... possessed a castle or for- tress on the extremity of Egypt . The Arab , whose revenue was plunder , was willing to restore her , with her two atten- dants , for two hundred ounces of gold . The price was no subject of debate . The ...
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... possessed for five years the regulation of weather , and the distribution of the seasons : the sun has listened to my dictates , and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds at my call have poured their waters , and the ...
... possessed for five years the regulation of weather , and the distribution of the seasons : the sun has listened to my dictates , and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds at my call have poured their waters , and the ...
Página 186
... possessed it I have been far less happy than before , and nothing but the consciousness of good in- tention could have enabled me to support the weariness of unremitted vigilance . " " How long , sir , said I , has this great office ...
... possessed it I have been far less happy than before , and nothing but the consciousness of good in- tention could have enabled me to support the weariness of unremitted vigilance . " " How long , sir , said I , has this great office ...
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Abissinia afford afraid amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer attention Bassa began Cairo CHAP choice clouds companions condition considered continued conversation curiosity danger daugh delight desire discovered dreadful easily endeavored enjoy entered envy evil expect eyes fancy father favorite fear felicity folly happy valley heard hermit hope hope and fear human ignorance imagination inquire kayah knowledge kuah labor lady less live look maids mankind marriage ment messen mind misery mountains nature Nekayah ness never Nile observed once opinion palace Palestine passed passions Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet portune prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess pyramid Rasselas reason Red Sea resolved rest retired retreat returned rich sage scrupulosity silent sion solitude sometimes soon sorrow sound of music suffer suppose surely thing thou thought tion travelled virtue weary wisdom wonder youth
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Página 141 - ... 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 : 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...
Página 184 - We sat a while silent in the dark, and then he addressed himself to me in these words : ' Imlac, I have long considered thy friendship as the greatest blessing of my life. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Página 36 - 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 of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Página 52 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; ray 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.
Página 11 - 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.
Página 11 - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water.
Página 22 - The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. "Sir," said he, "if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state." "Now," said the prince, "you have given me something to desire; I shall long to see the miseries of the world, since the sight of them is necessary to happiness.
Página 21 - That I want nothing," said the prince, " or that I know not what I want, is the cause of my complaint ; if I had any known want, I should have a certain wish: that wish would excite endeavour, and...
Página 55 - 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...
Página 51 - ... as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images. 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...