The history of the caliph Vathek, by W. Beckford [tr. by S. Henley]. Also, Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia, by S. Johnson1883 |
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The History of the Caliph Vathek, by W. Beckford [Tr. by S. Henley]. Also ... William Beckford,Samuel Johnson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Abdest Abyssinia Æneid Afrit Alboufaki amongst amuse answered appeared Arab Arabian Nights Bababalouk beautiful Beckford began Cairo Caliph camels Carathis CHAPTER commanded cried curiosity dark delight Dives dwarfs earth Eblis Emir endeavoured enjoy enter eunuchs evil eyes Fakreddin fancy favourite fire flowers Genii Gian Giaour Gulchenrouz hand happy happy valley harem hast hath heard heart Herbelot hope imagination Imlac Inatulla Koran labour ladies less light looked Mahomet Mahometans ment mind Morakanabad mountains nature negresses Nekayah never Nouronihar observed palace passed Pekuah Persian pleasure poet possessed present prince princess Prophet pyramid Rasselas reason replied repose resolved rest retired rock sabres Samarah Santons Simurgh Soliman solitude soon soul stranger suffered supposed Sutlememe terror thee thou thought thousand tion tower travelled valley Vathek vizier voice weary whilst WILLIAM BECKFORD women wonder
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 206 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Seite 246 - I have been told that respiration is difficult upon lofty mountains ; yet from these precipices, though so high as to produce great tenuity of air, it is very easy to fall ; therefore I suspect, that from any height where life can be supported, there may be danger of too quick descent.
Seite 397 - The prince desired a little kingdom, in which he might administer justice in his own person, and see all the parts of the government with his own eyes. But he could never fix the limits of his dominion, and was always adding to the number of his subjects. Imlac and the astronomer were contented to be driven along the stream of life, without directing their course to any particular port.
Seite 201 - I'll read you matter deep and dangerous ; As full of peril and adventurous spirit, As to o'er-walk a current, roaring loud, On the unsteadfast footing of a spear.
Seite 324 - Every hour, answered the princess, confirms my prejudice in favour of the position so often uttered by the mouth of Imlac, ' That nature sets her gifts on the right hand and on the left.' Those conditions, which flatter hope and attract desire, are so constituted, that as we approach one, we recede from another. There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. This is often the fate of long consideration;...
Seite 259 - ... the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images.
Seite 152 - Not that Nepenthes, which the wife of Thone, In Egypt, gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst.
Seite 263 - Enough ! thou hast convinced me that no human being can ever be a poet. Proceed with thy narration." " To be a poet," said Imlac, "is indeed very difficult.
Seite 226 - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Seite 288 - He then communicated the various precepts given from time to time for the conquest of passion, and displayed the happiness of those who had obtained the important victory, after which man is no longer the slave of fear, nor the fool of hope ; is no more emaciated by envy, inflamed by anger...