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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... hour from the dawn of morning to the close of even . Thefe methods were generally fuccefsful ; few of the princes had ever wifhed to enlarge their bounds , but passed their lives in full conviction that they had all within their reach ...
... hour from the dawn of morning to the close of even . Thefe methods were generally fuccefsful ; few of the princes had ever wifhed to enlarge their bounds , but passed their lives in full conviction that they had all within their reach ...
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... hours are tedious and gloomy ; I long again to be hungry that I may again quicken my attention . The birds peck the berries or the corn , and fly away to the groves where they fit in feem- ing happiness on the branches , and waste their ...
... hours are tedious and gloomy ; I long again to be hungry that I may again quicken my attention . The birds peck the berries or the corn , and fly away to the groves where they fit in feem- ing happiness on the branches , and waste their ...
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... hour exactly like another , except that the latter is ftill more tedious than the former . Let your experience inform me how the day may now feem as short as in my childhood , while nature was yet fresh , and every moment fhewed me what ...
... hour exactly like another , except that the latter is ftill more tedious than the former . Let your experience inform me how the day may now feem as short as in my childhood , while nature was yet fresh , and every moment fhewed me what ...
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... hour of repaft , and the converfation was concluded . The old man went away fufficiently difcontented , to find that his reafonings had pro- duced the only conclufion which they were intended to prevent . But in the decline of life ...
... hour of repaft , and the converfation was concluded . The old man went away fufficiently difcontented , to find that his reafonings had pro- duced the only conclufion which they were intended to prevent . But in the decline of life ...
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... hours , both of the night and day , which he could fpend without fufpicion in folitary thought . The load of life was much lightened : he went eagerly into the affemblies , because he fuppofed the frequency of his prefence neceffary to ...
... hours , both of the night and day , which he could fpend without fufpicion in folitary thought . The load of life was much lightened : he went eagerly into the affemblies , because he fuppofed the frequency of his prefence neceffary to ...
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Página 318 - 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.
Página 89 - 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.
Página 19 - 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.
Página 313 - 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...
Página 316 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Página 313 - 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...
Página 31 - 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.
Página 88 - 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...
Página 205 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Página 194 - 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.