 Here the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were skilful to delight, and gratified with whatever the senses can enjoy. They wandered in gardens of fragrance, and slept...  Rasselas: A Tale - 7. oldalszerző: Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1802 - 522 oldal
...sumptuous manner. " Here the sonsaml daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...skilful to delight, and gratified with whatever the sense.; can enjoy. They wandered in gardens of fragrance, and slept in the fortresses of security.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 oldal
...THE HAPPY VALLEY. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...and slept in the fortresses of security. Every art w as practised to make them Pleased with their own condition. The sages who instructed them, told them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 oldal
...THE HAPPY VALLEY. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...pleased with their own condition. The sages /, who who instructed them, told them of nothing but the miseries of publick life, and described all beyond... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 oldal
...THE HAPPY VALLET. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...instructed them, told them of nothing but the miseries of publick life, and described all beyond the mountains as regions of calamity, where discord was always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 oldal
...the Happy Valley. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinin lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...The sages who instructed them told them of nothing hut the miseries of public life, and described all beyond the mountains as regions of calamity, where... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 oldal
...THE HAPPT VALLET. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...the fortresses of security. Every art was practised to•make them pleased with their own condition. The sages who instructed them, told them of nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 oldal
...the happy Valley. HERE the sons and daughters of Abyssinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that .were skilful to delight, and gratified witli whatever the senses can enjoy. They wan— dered in gardens of fragrance, and slept in the fortresses... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 oldal
...THE HAPPY VALLEY. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...instructed them, told them of nothing but the miseries of publick life, and described all beyond the mountains as regions of calamity, where discord was always... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 oldal
...the Happy Valley. HERE the sons and daughters of Abyssinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...instructed them, told them of nothing but the miseries of publick life, and described all beyond the mountains as regions of calamity, where discord was always... | |
 | 1820 - 286 oldal
...the happy valley. HERE the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were...the senses can enjoy. They wandered in gardens of fragrace, and slept in the fortresses of security. Every art was practised to make them pleased with... | |
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