...over a sentence involving them, and attentively examines at the time the operations of his own mind. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope,' &ic. What meaning could I attach to ' credulity,' if I never myself had been credulous; or to ' fancy,'...

...over a sentence involving them, and attentively examines at the lime the operations of his own mind. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope,' &tc. What meaning could I attach to • credulity,' if I never myself had been credulous ; or to '...

...the benefit and the improvement of mankind. RASSELAS. CHAPTER I. Description of a Palace in a Valley. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope , who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...

...over a sentence involving them, and attentively examines at the time the operations of his own mind. * Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope,' he. What meaning could I attach to ' credulity,' if I never myself had been credulous; or to ' fancy,'...

...over a sentence involving them, and attentively examines at the time the operations of his own mind. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of iope,' &ic. What meaning could I attach to ' credulity,' if I never myself had been credulous ; or...

...noted one, even Dr. Johnson himself,—every body will recognize the opening sentence of Rasselas. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope, who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...

...the paragraph to save reference ; the reader himself may insert the epithets so lamentably wanting. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...

...Conclusion, in which nothing is con. , (Juried. 143 RASSELAS. CHAP, t Description of a Palace in a Votley. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of tope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiency j of the pre-»...

...noted one, even Dr. Johnson himself,—every body will recognize the opening sentence of Rasselas. " Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phaninms of hope, who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies...

...heaven's sake, pause! LESSON CXIX. Description of a Palace in a Valley.—Dr. Johnson's Rasselas. 1. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...