 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - 250 pages
...Equinoctial, ceguus, nox. Subterranean, terra. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and 1 pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope, who expect...supplied by the morrow, — attend to the history of Easselas, prince of Abyssinia. Easselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in 2 whose dominions... | |
 | Edward Litt Laman Blanchard - 1860 - 130 pages
...br :i brace button, and the mighty spirit was reminded of the links that united it with mortality .' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope, who expect that the next hour is to fulfil the promises of this, and that the deficiencies of the tailor are to be... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 276 pages
...the nominative independent, and may be limited, like a noun or pronoun, in any other relation ; as, " Ye, who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope, * » » attend to the history of Kasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." 158. Exercise. 1. Separate the following... | |
 | 1883 - 598 pages
...the permanent traits of man's nature. Those " who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, or pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect...of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present will be supplied by the morrow," have been invited by the author of ' Easselas ' to attend to the history... | |
 | Wayne C. Booth - 1983 - 576 pages
...is no real hope of reaching it. "Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and persue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abbissinia." Attend to it, yes, but do not expect to participate in it as if it were your own search—... | |
 | Iowa State Bar Association - 1896 - 1030 pages
...credulity to the whisperings of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who believe that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day^ will be helped by the morrow, attend to the history of Rasselas, the Prince of Abyssinia." Yes, I think that... | |
 | Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 pages
...with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia"(l). One might say that the conclusion is implicit in the syntax and that to express it,... | |
 | Frederick Burwick - 2010 - 357 pages
...blighted by disappointments that reveal "the fallacies of imagination." The opening lines ofRasselas—"Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope"—make clear that this, too, is a cautionary tale concerned with the dangers of the imagination.... | |
 | William J. Gilmore - 1992 - 572 pages
...Participation in Lending Libraries by Size of Library [ 471 ] Preface DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. — Samuel Johnson The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia I grew up during the 1940s and 1950s... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 pages
...two-century-old religious controversy concerning Rasselas is evident in the first sentence of the tale. "Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia." In its diction, cadence, and rhythm, this invocation is reminiscent of the Book of Ecclesiastes, and... | |
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YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the... 
