| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...death. SELECTIONS FROM DR. JOHNSON. RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. DESCRIPTION OP A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will he supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of... | |
| Catherine Douglas Bell - Children's stories, Scottish - 1852 - 350 pages
...Johaaoi'i ftasselas. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, or pnrsue with eagw•em the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, of that the deficiences of th^ present day will be supplied by the morrow' — give ear I It ua remarkable... | |
| James Hamilton - Bible - 1853 - 400 pages
..."The first sentence of Rasselas would serve equally well as an introduction to Ecclesiastes : ' Te who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend,' " <fec. — PROF... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - English fiction - 1853 - 182 pages
...TAI.E OF A HAT. JIHF.WING HOW A MAN MAY GO FURTHFR THAT* HE MFAKS, AND COME BACK ALL THE WISEIt. " YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope;" who expect that to-morrow will honour all the drafts of to-day ; and that the plots of selfishness will not be blown... | |
| American periodicals - 1855 - 504 pages
...Here is a field for themes ! Only think what a mark yon would get for something of this sort : — < Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, remember that the almighty... | |
| Friedrich Heinrich K. freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué - 1855 - 520 pages
...desire, auâ JU grof em Verlangen ; we never place jU, too, before its article. RASSELASi tinea Тж w^ho listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...inserted by Dr. Johnson. 1745. Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.* Rasselas. Chapter i. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1857 - 500 pages
...A TALE OF A HAT. SHKWINO HOW A MAN MAY GO FU1ITI1K1I THIN HE MKANS, AND COME BACK ALL THE WISER. " YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...eagerness the phantoms of hope ;" who expect that to-morrow will honour all the drafts of to-day ; and that the plots of selfishness will not be blown... | |
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