 ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few...  The Power of Solitude: A Poem. In Two Parts - Pagina 148door Joseph Story - 1804 - 260 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1795 - 432 pagina’s
...and cares of royalty. It may therefore be of some use to bor-/ row the. experience of Abdal Rahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration...and envy, and to transcribe an authentic memorial, which^was found in the closet of the deceased caliph. . " I have cow reigned above fifty years iri,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 368 pagina’s
...and whatever may be the cool dictates of reafon, there are few among us who would obftinately refufe a trial of the. comforts and the cares of royalty. It may therefore be of fome ufe to borrow the experience of the fame Abdalrahman, whofe magnificence has perhaps excited our... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pagina’s
...instantly gratified; and there are few amongst us, who, in spite of the cooler dictates of reason, would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of sovereignty. But thecontradictoryjudgmeuts of the Kingof Prussia and the Caliph of Cordova, are jiot... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 406 pagina’s
...and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately'ref use a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty....of some use to borrow the experience, of the same Ahdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an authentic... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 pagina’s
...whose belts and scymeters were studded with gold. Our imagination is dazzled by this splendid picture. It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience...transcribe an authentic memorial which was found in his closet after his decease : "I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace, beloved by... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pagina’s
...imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture, (says Gibbon,) and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and cares of royalty. It may, therefore, be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 390 pagina’s
...gratified. Our .imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may he the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admira(47) When Bell of Anlermony (Travels, vol. ip 99.) accompanied the Russian ambassador to the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which...woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But wan found in the closet of the deceased caliph. ' 1 have now reigned above fifty years in victory or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment wax found in the closet of the deceased caliph. ' I hare now reigned above fifty yearn in victory or... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1844 - 546 pagina’s
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may by the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty, /t may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahni:ni, whose magnificence... | |
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