 YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who 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...  The United States Literary Gazette - Стр. 631826Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - Страниц: 352
...the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.1 "Ye, who listen with credulity to the whispers of...fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society - 1882 - Страниц: 82
...Black Rock, where she had been launched, and breasted with contemptuous pride the opposing current. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope, ' ' hearken to the humiliating sequel. In vain the owners prayed to Hercules for help. Equally in vain... | |
 | Kathleen Knox - 1882 - Страниц: 156
...we possess a perfect picture of him as he appeared to the world of his day. EASSELAS. CHAPTER I. Te who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present... | |
 | Francis Francis - 1883 - Страниц: 176
...where one was seen before. Alas ! as the great Dr. Johnson, who libelled our craft so, once said, " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of Natural History... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - Страниц: 446
...CONCLUDED 404 THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day... | |
 | 1907 - Страниц: 506
...RASSELAS. PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day... | |
 | Frederick Burwick - 2010 - Страниц: 357
...blighted by disappointments that reveal "the fallacies of imagination." The opening lines ofRasselas—"Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope"—make clear that this, too, is a cautionary tale concerned with the dangers of the imagination.... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - Страниц: 260
...two-century-old religious controversy concerning Rasselas is evident in the first sentence of the tale. "Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day... | |
 | William J. Gilmore - 1992 - Страниц: 572
...Participation in Lending Libraries by Size of Library [ 471 ] Preface DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day... | |
 | Kenneth Goldsmith - 1997 - Страниц: 628
...me if I was going to pick up the diarrhea. "Lady" I responded 'To pick that up you'd need a straw", ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope: who expect that age will perform the promises of youth and that the deficiencies of present day will... | |
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