 | Edward Marston - Fishing - 1896 - 222 pages
...source of the river — Our first catch of chub — Sandpipers and chicks. " ' Sir,' said the old man, ' if you had seen the miseries of the world you would know how to value your present state.' 'Now,' said the prince, 'you have given me something to desire, I shall... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir," said he, " if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state." "Now," said the Prince, "you have given me something to desire. I shall... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1890 - 450 pages
...species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir," said he, " if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state." "Now," said the Prince, "you have given me something to desire. I shall... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Fiction - 1908 - 598 pages
...my complaint. I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire." "Sir," said the sage, "if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state." "Now," said the Prince, "I shall long to see the miseries of the world,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1927 - 260 pages
...species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir, said he, if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how 'to* value your present state." " Now, said the prince, you have given me something to desire ; I shall... | |
 | 1907 - 506 pages
...species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. "Sir," said he, "if you had seen the miseries of the world you would know how to value your present state." "Now," said the prince, "you have given me something to desire; I shall... | |
 | Michael Prince - History - 1996 - 316 pages
...When the old teacher in the happy valley overhears Rasselas bemoaning his boredom, he advises him, "if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state" (iii, p. 16). The conclusion, not so different from what the travelers... | |
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The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. Sir, said he, if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state. 
