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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13. oldal
... by chance , and how often the mind , hurried by her own ardour to diftant views , neglects the truths that lie open before her . He , for a few hours , hours , regretted his regret , and from that time PRINCE OF ABISSINIA . 13.
... by chance , and how often the mind , hurried by her own ardour to diftant views , neglects the truths that lie open before her . He , for a few hours , hours , regretted his regret , and from that time PRINCE OF ABISSINIA . 13.
14. oldal
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. hours , regretted his regret , and from that time bent his whole mind upon the means of escaping from the valley of happiness . CHAP . V. THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE . HE now found that it would be very ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. hours , regretted his regret , and from that time bent his whole mind upon the means of escaping from the valley of happiness . CHAP . V. THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE . HE now found that it would be very ...
24. oldal
... hour taught me fomething new , I lived in a continual courfe of gratifications ; but , as I ad- vanced towards manhood , I loft much of the reve- rence with which I had been ufed to look on my inftructors ; because , when the leffon was ...
... hour taught me fomething new , I lived in a continual courfe of gratifications ; but , as I ad- vanced towards manhood , I loft much of the reve- rence with which I had been ufed to look on my inftructors ; because , when the leffon was ...
37. oldal
... hours of dawning life , fitting round me in its evening , wondering at my tales , and liftening to my counfels . " When this thought had taken poffeffion of my mind , I confidered every moment as wafted which did not bring me nearer to ...
... hours of dawning life , fitting round me in its evening , wondering at my tales , and liftening to my counfels . " When this thought had taken poffeffion of my mind , I confidered every moment as wafted which did not bring me nearer to ...
39. oldal
... hour when he entered this re- treat . I am lefs unhappy than the rest , because I have a mind replete with images , which I can vary and combine at pleasure . I can amufe my folitude by the renovation of the knowledge which begins to ...
... hour when he entered this re- treat . I am lefs unhappy than the rest , because I have a mind replete with images , which I can vary and combine at pleasure . I can amufe my folitude by the renovation of the knowledge which begins to ...
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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.