Rasselas: A TaleJ. Walker, 1811 - 126 pages |
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Page 11
... soon cease from the power of acting . The true period of human existence may be reasonably estimated at forty years , of which I have mused away the four - and - twentieth part . What I have lost was certain , for I have certainly ...
... soon cease from the power of acting . The true period of human existence may be reasonably estimated at forty years , of which I have mused away the four - and - twentieth part . What I have lost was certain , for I have certainly ...
Page 15
... 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 . " " The labour of rising from the ground , " said the artist , will be great , " as ...
... 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 . " " The labour of rising from the ground , " said the artist , will be great , " as ...
Page 26
... soon found that no man was ever great by imitation . My desire of excellence im- pelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life . Nature was to be my subject , and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not ...
... soon found that no man was ever great by imitation . My desire of excellence im- pelled me to transfer my attention to nature and to life . Nature was to be my subject , and men to be my auditors : I could never describe what I had not ...
Page 33
... soon convinced that my thoughts were vain . My father had been dead fourteen years , having divided his wealth among my brothers , who were removed to some other provinces . Of my companions , the greater part was in the grave ; of the ...
... soon convinced that my thoughts were vain . My father had been dead fourteen years , having divided his wealth among my brothers , who were removed to some other provinces . Of my companions , the greater part was in the grave ; of the ...
Page 35
... soon repent your curiosity . The world which you figure to yourself smooth and quiet as the lake in the valley , you will find a sea foaming with tempests , and boiling with whirlpools : you will be sometimes over- whelmed by the waves ...
... soon repent your curiosity . The world which you figure to yourself smooth and quiet as the lake in the valley , you will find a sea foaming with tempests , and boiling with whirlpools : you will be sometimes over- whelmed by the waves ...
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Abissinia able afford afraid amuse answered Imlac Arab astronomer attention Bassa began Cairo cavern CHAP choice companions conceal condition considered continued conversation curiosity danger delight desire dili discovered dreadful easily endeavoured enjoy entered envy escape evil eyes fancy father favour favourite fear felicity folly happy valley hear heard hermit hope hope and fear hour human imagination inquiry knowledge kuah labour lady lence less live looked maids mankind marriage mecha ment mind misery mountains nature Nekayah ness never Nile observed once opinion palace Palestine passed Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet prince princess pyramid quire Rasselas reason Red Sea rejoice resolved rest retired retreat returned rich sage shewed silent solitude sometimes soon sorrow sound of music spectres suffer suppose surely thing thou thought tion travelled virtue weary wonder youth