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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ABDALLA anſwered ASPASIA aſſembly aſſiſt becauſe beſt buſineſs CALI CARAZA cauſe ceaſe CHAP character charms cloſe converſation death defire DEMETRIUS deſcribed deſign diſtant Engliſh eſcape eſt ev'ry eyes faid faid Imlac faid the prince fame fear feat filent firſt folly fome foon forrow foul friendſhip fuch fuffer greatneſs happy heav'n hope houſe Imlac inſtruction IRENE juſt laſt LEONTIUS leſs loſe MAHOMET mind miſeries moſt muſt MUSTAPHA nature neceſſary Nekayah nunc o'er obſerved paſſed paſſions Pekuah perſon pleaſed pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe preſent princeſs Publiſhes purpoſe racter raiſe Raſſelas reaſon refolved reſpect reſt roſe ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſcenes ſchemes ſcorn ſecurity ſee ſeemed ſeen ſenſe ſet ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhine ſhort ſhould ſky ſlaves ſmile ſome ſometimes ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſubject ſuch Sultan ſupport ſuppoſed thee theſe thoſe thou thought tranflation uſe verſes viii virtue viſit whoſe
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