Johnson History of Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia1958 |
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Pagina 55
... father was a wealthy merchant , who traded between the inland countries of Africk and the ports of the Red Sea . He was honest , frugal , and diligent , but of mean sentiments and narrow comprehension : he desired only to be rich , and ...
... father was a wealthy merchant , who traded between the inland countries of Africk and the ports of the Red Sea . He was honest , frugal , and diligent , but of mean sentiments and narrow comprehension : he desired only to be rich , and ...
Pagina 56
... father desire the increase of his wealth , when it was already greater than he durst dis- cover or enjoy ? I am unwilling to doubt thy veracity , yet inconsistencies cannot both be true . ' 10 ' Inconsistencies ' answered Imlac , cannot ...
... father desire the increase of his wealth , when it was already greater than he durst dis- cover or enjoy ? I am unwilling to doubt thy veracity , yet inconsistencies cannot both be true . ' 10 ' Inconsistencies ' answered Imlac , cannot ...
Pagina 57
... father had obliged me to the improvement of my stock , not by a promise which I ought not to violate , but by a penalty which I was at liberty to incur ; and therefore determined to gratify my predominant 20 desire , and , by drinking ...
... father had obliged me to the improvement of my stock , not by a promise which I ought not to violate , but by a penalty which I was at liberty to incur ; and therefore determined to gratify my predominant 20 desire , and , by drinking ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Abyssinia Anatomy of Melancholy answered Imlac Arab astronomer Bassa began Boswell Boswell's Cairo CHAPTER choice companions considered conversation curiosity Cymbeline danger death delight desire Dictionary dreadful Egypt endeavoured enjoy entered evil eyes fancy father favour favourite fear felicity folly friends happy valley heard honour hope hour Human Wishes imagination inquire Janissaries Janizaries Johnson defines knowledge labour lady learning less live looked lost maids mankind marriage melan mind misery mountains Mughal nature Nekayah never Nile observed once opinion Paradise Lost passed passion Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet Post prince princess Pyramid Rambler Rasselas reason resolved returned sage Samuel Johnson says scrupulosity silent solitude sometimes soon sorrow soul sound of music Streatham suffer suppose talk Thomas Carlyle thou thought travelled Vanity of Human virtue weary wisdom wonder wrote youth