 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." "Now," said the prince,...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Strona 22autor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 184Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1864 - Liczba stron: 522
...23eim SBedjfel biefer gormen gehören bie futurifdjen inebefonbere bem £>ailJ5tfa(}e an, toie in: If you had seen the miseries of the world,' you would know how to value your present state (JOHNS. , Kassel. 3.), д!е!ф bem franj8flfd}en fogenannten Jbnbittonaíi«, fcer Übrigens im Slltfranj'ó^en... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1874 - Liczba stron: 510
...In ihe interchange of these forms the future pertain particularly to the principal sentence, as in: If you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state (Joiiss., Rassel 3.), like the so-called conditional in French, which moreover also frequently belonged... | |
 | Thomas More Madden - 1876 - Liczba stron: 354
...Easselas discovered the tedium of uninterrupted repose, and experienced the irresistible craving " to see the miseries of the world, since the sight of them is necessary to happiness." In truth, there is nothing so remarkable throughout the Engadine as the peculiar stillness which meets... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - Liczba stron: 430
...new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir," Baid he, "if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value youi present state." " Now," said the prince, "you have given me some-tiling to desire ; I shall long... | |
 | Mrs. Forrester - 1877 - Liczba stron: 412
...her, as she might have wept if it had been her own sister. CHAPTER XXXVI. " 'Sir,' said he, ' if yon had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state.' " ' Now,' eaid the Prince, ' you have given me something to desire ; I shall long to see the miseries of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - Liczba stron: 510
...me something to desire.' The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. ' Sir,'...since the sight of them is necessary to happiness.' CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE. AT this time the sound of music proclaimed the... | |
 | Woman - 1881 - Liczba stron: 362
...administer to that very discontented youth, Rasselas, who received the admonition as given in these words: "If you had seen the miseries of the world you would know how to value your present state." And I could fancy, too, that very wise, peaceful and luxuriously bred prince returning to the "Happy... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - Liczba stron: 454
...me something to desire." The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir,"...since the sight of them is necessary to happiness." CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE. AT this time the sound of music proclaimed the... | |
 | Frédéric Hunt - 1883 - Liczba stron: 194
...me something to desire I " The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. " Sir,"...since the sight of them is necessary to happiness." — Oxford Paper for Women, 1877. IV. — Idiotismcs à apprendre par cœur et à introduire dans des... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - Liczba stron: 446
...me something to desire." The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. "Sir,"...since the sight of them is necessary to happiness." CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE. AT this time the sound of music proclaimed the... | |
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