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" 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 Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years - Page 276
by Henry Coppée - 1896
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...vain and unprofitable. GUARDIAH. 92 TH« ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. YOUNG MEN OF SPIRIT AND GAIETY (l). J- E who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...day will be supplied by the morrow ,- attend to the enquiries of Rasselas prince of Abissinia. Rasselas rose next day, and resolved to begin his experiments...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. i \ YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of \ Vancy,and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. llasselas was the fourth son of the mighty Emperor, in whose dominions the father of waters...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...ambition. HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE [OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the Father of Waters...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...gratitude, and every kind impression." RASSELAS. RASSELAS. CHAP. I. Description of a Palace in a Valley, YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissiuia. Basselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the father of waters...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...nothing is concluded, 324 RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IS A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who cxpc<Sl that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...swelling surges sweep. RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. l. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the^ mighty emperor, in whose dominions the Father of Waters...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...BOSWELL. HISTORY or RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA, CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas,...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen wkh credulity to the -whispers of fancy, and pursue with...age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas,...
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...successful ; but rather " ad morem Mandrabuli," to become every day worse. It may be applied to those " who expect that age will perform the promises of youth...of the present day will be supplied by the morrow :" but who will most likely be disappointed. • . Who Mandrabulus was is not known, but it is recorded...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
...Description of a Palace lAi Valley. §* J ;n with erectly lo the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eageruess the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform...will be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history ofRasselas, prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the fourth sou of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions...
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