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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... folly pierced him deeply , and he was long before he could be recon- ciled to himself . " The rest of my time , faid he , has has been loft by the crime or folly of my 12 RASSEL AS ,
... folly pierced him deeply , and he was long before he could be recon- ciled to himself . " The rest of my time , faid he , has has been loft by the crime or folly of my 12 RASSEL AS ,
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Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. has been loft by the crime or folly of my ancestors , and the abfurd inflitutions of my country ; I re- member it with difguft , yet without remorfe : but the months that have paffed fince new light darted ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. has been loft by the crime or folly of my ancestors , and the abfurd inflitutions of my country ; I re- member it with difguft , yet without remorfe : but the months that have paffed fince new light darted ...
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... folly , could afford them no reason to applaud themselves ; and the knowledge which they had , and which you wanted , they might as effectually have fhewn by warning , as betraying you . " " Pride , faid Imlac , is feldom delicate , it ...
... folly , could afford them no reason to applaud themselves ; and the knowledge which they had , and which you wanted , they might as effectually have fhewn by warning , as betraying you . " " Pride , faid Imlac , is feldom delicate , it ...
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... folly : he who thinks they will be more freely pardoned , difhonours at once his reason and religion . " " Thefe , faid the prince , are European diftinctions . I will confider them another time . What have you found to be the effect of ...
... folly : he who thinks they will be more freely pardoned , difhonours at once his reason and religion . " " Thefe , faid the prince , are European diftinctions . I will confider them another time . What have you found to be the effect of ...
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... folly has forfeited , and would gladly fee all mankind imprisoned like themselves . " From this crime , however , I am wholly free . No man can say that he is wretched by my perfua- fion . I look with pity on the crowds who are annu ...
... folly has forfeited , and would gladly fee all mankind imprisoned like themselves . " From this crime , however , I am wholly free . No man can say that he is wretched by my perfua- fion . I look with pity on the crowds who are annu ...
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318. oldal - 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.
89. oldal - 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.
19. oldal - 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.
313. oldal - 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...
316. oldal - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
313. oldal - 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...
31. oldal - 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.
88. oldal - 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...
205. oldal - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
194. oldal - 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.