A journey to the western islands of Scotland ; History of Rasselas ; Tales of imagination ; Poems ; Poemata ; Letters ; Prayers & meditations ; Sermons ; IndexGeorge Cowie & Company, 1825 |
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466. oldal
... Ashbourne ; but I am at a loss how I shall get back in time to London . Here are only chance coaches , so that there is no certainty of a place . If I do not come , let it not hinder your journey . I can be but a few days behind you ...
... Ashbourne ; but I am at a loss how I shall get back in time to London . Here are only chance coaches , so that there is no certainty of a place . If I do not come , let it not hinder your journey . I can be but a few days behind you ...
467. oldal
... Ashbourne , July 3 , 1771 . LAST Saturday I came to Ashbourne ; the dangers or the pleasures of the journey I have at present no disposition to recount ; else might I paint the beauties of my native plains ; might I tell of the " smiles ...
... Ashbourne , July 3 , 1771 . LAST Saturday I came to Ashbourne ; the dangers or the pleasures of the journey I have at present no disposition to recount ; else might I paint the beauties of my native plains ; might I tell of the " smiles ...
468. oldal
... Ashbourne , July 10 , 1771 . I AM obliged to my friend Harry ; for his remembrance but think it a little hard that I hear nothing from Miss . There has been a man here to - day to take a farm . After some talk he went to see the bull ...
... Ashbourne , July 10 , 1771 . I AM obliged to my friend Harry ; for his remembrance but think it a little hard that I hear nothing from Miss . There has been a man here to - day to take a farm . After some talk he went to see the bull ...
470. oldal
... Ashbourne . I am to go to Lichfield on Wed- nesday , and purpose to find my way to London through Birmingham and Oxford . I was yesterday at Chatsworth . It is a very fine house . I wish you had been with me to see it ; for then , as we ...
... Ashbourne . I am to go to Lichfield on Wed- nesday , and purpose to find my way to London through Birmingham and Oxford . I was yesterday at Chatsworth . It is a very fine house . I wish you had been with me to see it ; for then , as we ...
516. oldal
... Ashbourne . I AM sure I write and write , and every letter that comes from you charges me with not writing . Since I wrote to Queeney I have written twice to you , on the 6th and the 9th : be pleased to let me know whether you have them ...
... Ashbourne . I AM sure I write and write , and every letter that comes from you charges me with not writing . Since I wrote to Queeney I have written twice to you , on the 6th and the 9th : be pleased to let me know whether you have them ...
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Abdalla ALMIGHTY Amen Ashbourne Aspasia Boswell Cali Christ our Lord church danger death delight Demetrius desire diligence Dunvegan Easter endeavoured Erse ev'ry evil fear Floretta Fort Augustus grant hear heard Heav'n Hebrides Highlands honour hope hour Imlac Inch Kenneth inhabitants Inverness Irene island Jesus Christ labour lady laird land learned Leontius less LETTER live Maclean Macleod merciful Father mind morning mountains nature Nekayah never night o'er once passed passions Pekuah perhaps pleased pleasure pow'r prayed prayer prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess publick Raarsa Raasay Rasselas reason repentance resolutions rock sake of Jesus SCENE Scotland shew Skie Slanes Castle sorrow soul square miles stone Streatham suppose tacksman terrour Thee things Thou hast Thou shalt thought THRALE thy Holy Spirit tion told travelled virtue wish
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144. oldal - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
186. 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.
319. oldal - 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 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.
177. oldal - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? • Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
321. oldal - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a tear.
227. oldal - No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring : no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
323. oldal - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
553. oldal - Imlac,) 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 prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
319. oldal - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
224. oldal - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.