The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes, Band 2R. and J. Dodsley; and W. Johnston, 1759 - 165 Seiten |
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... endeavoured to gain fome intelligence by private agents . He found many who pretended to an exact knowledge of all the haunts of the A- rabs , and to regular correfpondence with their chiefs , and who readily undertook the recovery of ...
... endeavoured to gain fome intelligence by private agents . He found many who pretended to an exact knowledge of all the haunts of the A- rabs , and to regular correfpondence with their chiefs , and who readily undertook the recovery of ...
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... endeavoured to raife in each other grew more languid , and the princefs , when fhe faw nothing more to be tried , funk down inconfola- ble in hopeless dejection . A thousand times fhe reproached herself with the eafy compliance by which ...
... endeavoured to raife in each other grew more languid , and the princefs , when fhe faw nothing more to be tried , funk down inconfola- ble in hopeless dejection . A thousand times fhe reproached herself with the eafy compliance by which ...
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... endeavoured first to comfort and af- terwards to divert her ; he hired mufi- cians , to whom fhe feemed to liften , but did not hear them , and procured masters , to inftruct her in various arts , whofe lec- lectures , when they vifited ...
... endeavoured first to comfort and af- terwards to divert her ; he hired mufi- cians , to whom fhe feemed to liften , but did not hear them , and procured masters , to inftruct her in various arts , whofe lec- lectures , when they vifited ...
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... endeavoured to paci- fy them by remarking , that we were yet treated with decency , and that , fince we were now carried beyond perfuit , there was no danger of violence to our lives . " When we were to be fet again on horseback , my ...
... endeavoured to paci- fy them by remarking , that we were yet treated with decency , and that , fince we were now carried beyond perfuit , there was no danger of violence to our lives . " When we were to be fet again on horseback , my ...
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... endeavoured to teach me the names and courfes of the stars . I had no great inclination to this study , but an appearance of attention was ne- ceffary to please my inftructor , who va- lued himself for his skill , and , in a little ...
... endeavoured to teach me the names and courfes of the stars . I had no great inclination to this study , but an appearance of attention was ne- ceffary to please my inftructor , who va- lued himself for his skill , and , in a little ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aftronomer againſt amuſements anfwered Arab Baffa becauſe buſineſs Cairo caufe cauſe CHAP confeffed confequence confider converfation defire delight difcovered eaſe eaſily endeavoured enquired eſcape evil fage faid Imlac faid Nekayah faid Raffelas faid the prince faid the princefs fame favourite fearch feemed felf fhall fhort fhould filent fince fingle firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fondneſs foon forrow ftill fuch fuffer fupply fuppofe furely goodneſs happineſs himſelf hope houſe increaſe itſelf kayah kuah lady laſt leaſt lefs leſs lofe loft maids marriage mifery mind moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never Nile obferved paffed paffion Pekuah pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed prefent prince princefs promiſe propofal pyramid reafon refolved reft refuſed reſt returned ſaid ſcarcely ſchemes ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtay ſtudy ſuppoſed themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion truft uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom women yourſelf youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 22 - ... of desire, without judgment, without foresight, without inquiry after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment?
Seite 31 - It seems to me," said Imlac, that " while you are making the choice of life, you neglect to live.
Seite 4 - ... prudence : the youth commits himself to magnanimity and chance. The young man, who intends no ill, believes that none is intended, and therefore acts with openness and...
Seite 127 - ... to abstract my thoughts from hopes and cares, which, though reason knows them to be vain, still try to keep their old possession of the heart; expect, with serene humility, that hour which nature cannot long delay; and hope to possess, in a better state, that happiness which here I could not find, and that virtue which here I have not attained.
Seite 41 - This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Seite 118 - He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Seite 41 - If all your fear be of apparitions, said the prince, I will promise you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more, said Imlac, I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps...
Seite 162 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Seite 165 - ... the parts of 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.