| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...abatements. HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. JL E who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the Father of Waters begins his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...abatements. HISTORY o» RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. JL E who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the Father of Waters begins his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 462 pages
...•:1.. 1'* HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. \ E who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope 5 who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present... | |
| 1821 - 488 pages
...many other passages might be quoted more apt and striking to justify the preceding observation. " Yc who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...hope, who expect that age will perform the promises ofyouth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend to the... | |
| 1822 - 694 pages
...and the Happy Valley, so no one who courted even an insertion in a magazine would venture to begin " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope, who, &c. &c." It might be amusing to conjecture who of the elder essayists would be popular writers in the... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...when he reforms she may be brought to relent. RASSELAS. CHAP. I. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE, who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Kasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the father of waters... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...RASSELAS: A TALE. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. RASSELAS. CHAP. 1. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE, who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Hasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Kasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 pages
...BOSWELL. THE HISTORY or RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of \...day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the his- , tory of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperour, in... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...CHAP. 1. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE, who listen with credulity to the whispers of fency, e satisfaction, Abyssinia. Kasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the father of waters... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 64 pages
...period. THK HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promise of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow; attend... | |
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