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 Baffa becauſe beſt buſineſs CALI CARAZA cauſe character charms cloſe converſation death defire DEMETRIUS deſcribed deſign eſcape eſt ev'ry eyes faid Imlac faid the prince fame fear firſt folly fome foon forrow foul fuch greatneſs happy happy valley heav'n hiſtory hope houſe Iliad Imlac inſtructive IRENE juſt laſt LEONTIUS leſs loſe MAHOMET mihi mind miſeries moſt muſick muſt MUSTAPHA neceſſary nunc o'er obſerved paſſed paſſions Pekuah perſons pleaſed pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe preſent princeſs publiſhed purpoſe quæ queſtions racter raiſe Raſſelas reaſon refolved reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſays ſcarce SCENE ſcenes ſcorn ſecurity ſee ſeemed ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhewed ſhine ſhort ſhould ſky ſmile ſome ſometimes ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtream ſtudy ſubject ſuch Sultan ſupport ſuppoſed ſword thee theſe thoſe thou thought tibi tranſlation uſe verſes viii virtue viſit vitæ whoſe
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Page 122 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Page 29 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised...
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