The Prince of Abissinia: A TaleJ.F. and C. Rivington, J. Dodsley, T. Longman, and G. and T. Wilkie., 1790 - 304 páginas |
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... observation CHAP . XXIV . 140 The prince examines the happinefs of high ftations CHAP . XXV . 143 The princess perfues her inquiry with more diligence than success CHAP . XXVI . 147 The princess continues her remarks upon pri- vate life ...
... observation CHAP . XXIV . 140 The prince examines the happinefs of high ftations CHAP . XXV . 143 The princess perfues her inquiry with more diligence than success CHAP . XXVI . 147 The princess continues her remarks upon pri- vate life ...
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... observed in the prince , and to enquire why he fo often retired from the pleasures of the palace , to loneli- ness and filence . " I fly from pleasure , " faid the prince , " because pleasure has ceased to please ; I am lonely because I ...
... observed in the prince , and to enquire why he fo often retired from the pleasures of the palace , to loneli- ness and filence . " I fly from pleasure , " faid the prince , " because pleasure has ceased to please ; I am lonely because I ...
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... observed in his intercourse with strangers , began to accompany Imlac to places of refort , and to enter into all affemblies , that he might make his choice of life . For fome time he thought choice needlefs , because all appeared to ...
... observed in his intercourse with strangers , began to accompany Imlac to places of refort , and to enter into all affemblies , that he might make his choice of life . For fome time he thought choice needlefs , because all appeared to ...
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... OBSERVATION . RA ASSELAS returned home full of reflections , doubtful how to direct his future fteps . Of the way to hap- piness he found the learned and fimple equally ignorant ; but , as he was yet young , he flattered himself that he ...
... OBSERVATION . RA ASSELAS returned home full of reflections , doubtful how to direct his future fteps . Of the way to hap- piness he found the learned and fimple equally ignorant ; but , as he was yet young , he flattered himself that he ...
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... observed his backwardness , and commanded him to attend her . " You are not , " faid fhe , " to confound impatience with refent- ment , or to fuppofe that I charge you with negligence , because I repine at your unfuccessfulness . I do ...
... observed his backwardness , and commanded him to attend her . " You are not , " faid fhe , " to confound impatience with refent- ment , or to fuppofe that I charge you with negligence , because I repine at your unfuccessfulness . I do ...
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Página 68 - 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 133 - I have lost so much, and have gained so little. In solitude, if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.
Página 41 - 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...
Página 14 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Página 42 - 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.
Página 158 - ... which debars them from its privileges. To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude : it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Página 38 - But the exercise of swimming," said the prince, " is very laborious; the strongest limbs are soon wearied ; I am afraid the act of flying will be yet more violent, and wings will be of no great use, unless we can fly further than we can swim.
Página 138 - Let them learn to be wise by easier means : let them observe the hind of the forest, and the linnet of the grove : let them consider the life of animals, whose motions are regulated, by instinct ; they obey their guide and are happy.
Página 69 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Página 13 - The intermediate 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 sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.