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... feel myself delighted . Man furely has fome latent fenfe for which this place affords no gratification , or he has fome defires diftinct from fenfe which must be fatisfied before he can be happy . " After this he lifted up his head ...
... feel myself delighted . Man furely has fome latent fenfe for which this place affords no gratification , or he has fome defires diftinct from fenfe which must be fatisfied before he can be happy . " After this he lifted up his head ...
Page 15
... feel it ; I fometimes fhrink at evils recollected , and fome- times start at evils anticipated : furely the equity of Providence has balanced peculiar fufferings with peculiar enjoy- ments . " With obfervations like these the prince ...
... feel it ; I fometimes fhrink at evils recollected , and fome- times start at evils anticipated : furely the equity of Providence has balanced peculiar fufferings with peculiar enjoy- ments . " With obfervations like these the prince ...
Page 60
... feels not its own happiness , but when it may be compared with the mifery of others . They were my enemies , because they grieved to think me rich ; and my op- preffors , because they delighted to find me weak . " Proceed , " faid the ...
... feels not its own happiness , but when it may be compared with the mifery of others . They were my enemies , because they grieved to think me rich ; and my op- preffors , because they delighted to find me weak . " Proceed , " faid the ...
Page 76
... the means of pleasure , as is confessed by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas . Ignorance is mere privation , by which nothing can be be produced it is a vacuity in which the foul 76 RASSE LA S ,
... the means of pleasure , as is confessed by the natural defire which every mind feels of increafing its ideas . Ignorance is mere privation , by which nothing can be be produced it is a vacuity in which the foul 76 RASSE LA S ,
Page 86
... feel to be wretched , proceed from the natural ma- lignity of hopeless mifery . They are weary of themselves , and of each other , and expect to find relief in new compa- nions . They envy the liberty which their folly has forfeited ...
... feel to be wretched , proceed from the natural ma- lignity of hopeless mifery . They are weary of themselves , and of each other , and expect to find relief in new compa- nions . They envy the liberty which their folly has forfeited ...
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Abiffinia againſt almoſt amuſe anſwered Arab Baffa becauſe buſineſs Cairo caufe cauſe ceaſe CHAP confidered converfation courſe curiofity defire delight diſcover diſtance eafily eſcape evil fage faid Imlac faid Nekayah faid Raffelas faid the prince fame fearch fecurity feen fhall fhewed fhort fide filent fince fingle firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon forrow friendſhip ftate ftill ftream fubject fuch fuffer fupplied fuppofed furely happineſs happy valley herſelf himſelf hope houſe inftruct itſelf knowledge labour laft laſt learned lefs loft marriage ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never Nile obferved paffed paffions Pekuah perfue pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion prefent princefs purpoſe pyramid raiſed reafon refolved reft refuſed ſaid ſchemes ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpent ſtate ſtay ſuppoſe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſe vifit weary whofe whoſe wiſdom yourſelf
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Page 68 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine not the individual but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Page 133 - I have lost so much, and have gained so little. In solitude, if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.
Page 41 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital...
Page 14 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Page 42 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Page 158 - ... which debars them from its privileges. To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude : it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Page 38 - But the exercise of swimming," said the prince, " is very laborious; the strongest limbs are 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.
Page 138 - Let them learn to be wise by easier means : let them observe the hind of the forest, and the linnet of the grove : let them consider the life of animals, whose motions are regulated, by instinct ; they obey their guide and are happy.
Page 69 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition, observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Page 13 - The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy; I long again to be hungry that I may again quicken my attention. The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.