 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...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Strona 36autor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 184Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - Liczba stron: 120
...might hover in the wind, and light with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region. Even this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode...nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea!" " Why," said Rasselas, " should you envy others so great an advantage ? All skill ought to be exerted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - Liczba stron: 250
...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...nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea." 66 The prince promised secresy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopeless of success. He... | |
 | John Young Sargent - 1873 - Liczba stron: 188
...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...nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea." 245. On the reedy margin of the lake stood here and there some monuments, tombs, it was said, of ancient... | |
 | 1878 - Liczba stron: 312
...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...nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea ! ' Plato, Euthyphron, n c., sqq. Aristophanes, Aves, lljo,sqq. Lucian, Vera Histor. i. 9, sqq. THE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - Liczba stron: 510
...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...the coast of the southern sea.' The prince promised secresy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopeless of success. He visited the work from time... | |
 | James Moir - 1880 - Liczba stron: 204
...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...happiness, might be violated by the sudden descent of soma of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea." SAMUEL JOHNSON. 297. Lord Macaulay's... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - Liczba stron: 618
...nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them." As it is, the people of the capital, and not the northern savages, have made the most use of their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - Liczba stron: 216
...through othe clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light...coast of the southern . sea.' The prince promised secresy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopeless of success. He visited the 30 work from... | |
 | 1888 - Liczba stron: 666
...sailing through the clouds, neither walls, mountains, nor seas could afford security. Even, this spot, the abode of happiness, might be violated by the sudden descent of some of the savages that swarm on the coast of the sea." SENIOR LATIN (PROSE COMPOSITION). The Board of Examiners.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - Liczba stron: 256
...northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital 30 of a fruitful region, that was rolling under them....descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coasts of the southern sea. " The prince promised secrecy, and waited for the per5 formance, not wholly... | |
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