The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions and occasional reflections. Irene. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. PoemataJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... eyes upon the pastures and moun- tains filled with animals , of which fome were biting the herbage , and fome fleeping among the bushes . This fingularity of his humour made him much obferved . One of the Sages , in whofe conversation ...
... eyes upon the pastures and moun- tains filled with animals , of which fome were biting the herbage , and fome fleeping among the bushes . This fingularity of his humour made him much obferved . One of the Sages , in whofe conversation ...
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... eyes . He was fired with the defire of doing fomething , though he knew not yet with diftinctnefs , either end or means . He was now no longer gloomy and unfocial ; but , confidering himself as mafter of a secret stock of happiness ...
... eyes . He was fired with the defire of doing fomething , though he knew not yet with diftinctnefs , either end or means . He was now no longer gloomy and unfocial ; but , confidering himself as mafter of a secret stock of happiness ...
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... eyes to the mountain , This , faid he , is the fatal obstacle that hinders at once the enjoyment of pleafure , and the exercife of virtue . How long is it that my hopes and wishes have flown beyond this boundary of my life , which yet I ...
... eyes to the mountain , This , faid he , is the fatal obstacle that hinders at once the enjoyment of pleafure , and the exercife of virtue . How long is it that my hopes and wishes have flown beyond this boundary of my life , which yet I ...
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... eye could now discover . The herds and flocks left the pastures , and both the wild beafts and the tame retreated to the mountains . This inundation confined all the princes to do- mestick amusements , and the attention of Raffelas was ...
... eye could now discover . The herds and flocks left the pastures , and both the wild beafts and the tame retreated to the mountains . This inundation confined all the princes to do- mestick amusements , and the attention of Raffelas was ...
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... eye on the expanfe of waters , my heart bounded like that of a pri- foner escaped . I felt an unextinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and refolved to snatch this op- portunity of feeing the manners of other nations , and of ...
... eye on the expanfe of waters , my heart bounded like that of a pri- foner escaped . I felt an unextinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and refolved to snatch this op- portunity of feeing the manners of other nations , and of ...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ... Samuel Johnson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1787 |
The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ... Samuel Johnson,John Hawkins Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1787 |
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Side 318 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Side 89 - 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 the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Side 19 - In a year the wings were finished; and on a morning appointed the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory. He waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake.
Side 313 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites...
Side 316 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Side 313 - The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that...
Side 31 - 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.
Side 88 - 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...
Side 205 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Side 194 - Thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance ; make this commemoration available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity; and make the death of Thy Son Jesus Christ effectual to my redemption.