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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185. oldal
... Nature and Passion , which are always the same , the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description , and the most probable occurrences for fic- tion , and left nothing to those that followed them , but ...
... Nature and Passion , which are always the same , the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description , and the most probable occurrences for fic- tion , and left nothing to those that followed them , but ...
186. oldal
... nature I was therefore careful to study , and every country which I have surveyed , has contributed something to my poetical powers . " " In so wide a survey , " said the prince , " you must surely have left much unobserved . I have ...
... nature I was therefore careful to study , and every country which I have surveyed , has contributed something to my poetical powers . " " In so wide a survey , " said the prince , " you must surely have left much unobserved . I have ...
212. oldal
... nature will suffer nothing from the delusions of hope , or importunities of desire : he will re- ceive and reject with equability of temper ; and act or suffer as the reason of things shall alternately prescribe . Other men may amuse ...
... nature will suffer nothing from the delusions of hope , or importunities of desire : he will re- ceive and reject with equability of temper ; and act or suffer as the reason of things shall alternately prescribe . Other men may amuse ...
269. oldal
... nature . " But it is commonly supposed that the Egyptians be- lieved the soul to live as long as the body continued un- dissolved , and therefore tried this method of eluding death . " " Could the wise Egyptians , " said Nekayah ...
... nature . " But it is commonly supposed that the Egyptians be- lieved the soul to live as long as the body continued un- dissolved , and therefore tried this method of eluding death . " " Could the wise Egyptians , " said Nekayah ...
393. oldal
... Nature on her naked breast Delights to catch the gales of life . Now o'er the rural kingdom roves Soft pleasure with the laughing train , Love warbles in the vocal groves , And vegetation plants the plain . Unhappy ! whom to beds of ...
... Nature on her naked breast Delights to catch the gales of life . Now o'er the rural kingdom roves Soft pleasure with the laughing train , Love warbles in the vocal groves , And vegetation plants the plain . Unhappy ! whom to beds of ...
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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.