 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...nothing else, would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe ; for it...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages'. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...nothing else, would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively , diffused over Europe ; for it...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...nothing else, would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe ; for it...been translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages1. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...nothing else, would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe ; for it has been translated into roost, if not all, of the modern languages. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it came to a second 'edition. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe : for it...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. BOSWELL. C, THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IIST A VALLEY.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it came to a second edition. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe: for it has...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it came to a second edition. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe: for it has...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. BOSWELL. HISTORY or RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA, CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...afterwards paid him twenty-live pounds more, when it came to a second edition. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe : for it...translated into most, if not all, of the. modern languages. BOSWEU.. Cl. THE HISTORY OP RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. I. .. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...nothing el&e, would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe : for it...translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...his name immortal in the world of literature. None of his writings has been so extensively diffnsed over Europe : for it has been translated into most, if not all, of the modern languages. This Tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English... | |
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This tale, with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most important scenes of human life, and shows us that this stage of our being is full of " vanity and vexation... 
