The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaJ. Belcher, 1811 - 234 pagini |
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... CHAP . II . THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY . HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose , at- tended by all that were skilful to delight , and gratified with ...
... CHAP . II . THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY . HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose , at- tended by all that were skilful to delight , and gratified with ...
Pagina 33
... CHAP . III . THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING . On the next day his old instructor , imagining that he had now made himself acquainted with his disease of mind , was in hope of curing it by counsel , and offi . ciously sought an ...
... CHAP . III . THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING . On the next day his old instructor , imagining that he had now made himself acquainted with his disease of mind , was in hope of curing it by counsel , and offi . ciously sought an ...
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... , " 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 neces- sary to happiness . " CHAP . IV . THE PRINCE CONTINUES NO GRIEVE AND 34 RASSELAS ,
... , " 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 neces- sary to happiness . " CHAP . IV . THE PRINCE CONTINUES NO GRIEVE AND 34 RASSELAS ,
Pagina 35
Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon. CHAP . IV . THE PRINCE CONTINUES NO GRIEVE AND MUSE . Ar this time the sound of musick proclaimed the hour of repast , and the conversation was concluded . The old man went away sufficiently ...
Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon. CHAP . IV . THE PRINCE CONTINUES NO GRIEVE AND MUSE . Ar this time the sound of musick proclaimed the hour of repast , and the conversation was concluded . The old man went away sufficiently ...
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... CHAP . V. THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE . He now found that it would be very difficult to ef fect that which it was very easy to suppose effected . When he looked round about him , he saw himself con- fined by the bars of nature which ...
... CHAP . V. THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE . He now found that it would be very difficult to ef fect that which it was very easy to suppose effected . When he looked round about him , he saw himself con- fined by the bars of nature which ...
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Abissinia afflicted amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer Bassa Cairo cess CHAP charms choice companions considered conversation curiosity danger delight desire dread Edial endeavoured envy evil eyes fate father favourite fear folly Gentleman's Magazine gold happy valley hear heard heart hope hope and fear hour human Johnson knowledge labour lady less light live maids mankind marriage mind misery mountains nature Nekayah never night Nile o'er observed once opinion pain palace passed passions peace Pekuah pleased pleasure poet pow'r pride prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess pyramid rage Rasselas reason resolved rest retreat returned Richard Savage sage SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce shade shine sighs silent smile solitude sometimes soon sorrow soul Stella Streatham suffer terrour thee thou thought Thrale tion toil truth turbed virtue wealth weary wisdom wise wish youth
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Pagina 170 - Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day: The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name, at which the world grew pale,...
Pagina 175 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Pagina 170 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Pagina 207 - Her grandsire leaves her in Britannia's arms ; Secure with peace, with competence to dwell, While tutelary nations guard her cell. Yours is the charge, ye fair, ye wise, ye brave ! 'Tis yours to crown desert beyond the grave.
Pagina 28 - 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.
Pagina 165 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.
Pagina 81 - ... irksome. I have been for some time unsettled and distracted; my mind is disturbed with a thousand perplexities of doubt, and vanities of imagination, which hourly prevail upon me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring from the exercise of virtue, and begin to suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude. My fancy riots in scenes of folly, and...
Pagina 134 - 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. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights,...
Pagina 169 - Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day ; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of...
Pagina 161 - Refund the plunder of the beggar'd land. See ! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come, And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome The price of boroughs and of souls restore, And raise his treasures higher than before : Now bless'd with all the baubles of the great...