...scatters over half the world the harvests of Egypt. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers erf fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope...morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. According to the custom which has descended from age to age among the monarchs of the torrid...

...CHAPTER I. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fan* cy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope . who...supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Raaselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor in whose dominions...

...sentence involving them, and attentively examines at the time the operations of his own mind. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of iepe,' &c. What meaning could I attach to ' credulity,' if I never myself had been credulous } or to...

...paragraph to save reference ; the reader himself may insert the epithets so lamentably wanting. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." Under the heads of the several nouns, the Gradus of Euphuism will easily supply him with...

...paragraph to save reference ; the reader himself may insert the epithets so lamentably wanting. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history of Kasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." Under the heads of the several nouns, the Gradus of Euphuism will easily...

...one, even Dr. Johnson himself, — every body will recognize the opening sentence of Rasselas. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...phantoms of hope, who expect that age will perform the pronuses of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend...

...Conclusion, in which nothing is con. , (Juried. 143 RASSELAS. CHAP. t Description of a Palace in a Fallcy. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of liope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencl j of the present...

...grief, compassion, love and reverence. The following are examples. r READING AND RECITATION. 49 Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that dst will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...

...needful to him', what benevolence is there in thy conduct' ? yea', rather', is it not hypocrisy' ? Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy',...morrow', attend to the history of Rasselas', prince of Abyssinia'. Example. — The Brigantines', even under a female leader', had force enough to burn the...

...is the case with emotions of grief, compassion, love and reverence. The following are examples. Te who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of Mpe; who i expect that age will perform the promises of yo-ah, and mat the deficiencies of the present...