 | James Hamilton - Bible - 1852 - 393 pages
..."The first sentence of Rasselas would serve equally well as an introduction to Ecclesiastes : ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend/ " ace.—PBOF STOWB. the present wistful and restless times. He also hoped that its illustration might... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...SELECTIONS FROM DR. JOHNSON. RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. DESCRIPTION OP A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...and that the deficiencies of the present day will he supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the... | |
 | Catherine Douglas Bell - Children's stories, Scottish - 1852 - 350 pages
...Johaaoi'i ftasselas. ' Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, or pnrsue with eagw•em the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, of that the deficiences of th^ present day will be supplied by the morrow' — give ear I It ua remarkable... | |
 | James Hamilton - Bible - 1853 - 400 pages
..."The first sentence of Rasselas would serve equally well as an introduction to Ecclesiastes : ' Te who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend,' " <fec. — PROF STOWB. the present wistful and restless times. He also hoped that its illustration... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - English fiction - 1853 - 182 pages
...TAI.E OF A HAT. JIHF.WING HOW A MAN MAY GO FURTHFR THAT* HE MFAKS, AND COME BACK ALL THE WISEIt. " YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope;" who expect that to-morrow will honour all the drafts of to-day ; and that the plots of selfishness will not be blown... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 504 pages
...is a field for themes ! Only think what a mark yon would get for something of this sort : — < Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, remember that the almighty dollar is a sort of homage that vice pays to virtue. In the beautiful words... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...by Dr. Johnson. 1745. Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.* Rasselas. Chapter i. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Easselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Epitaph on Robert Levett. In Misery's darkest cavern known,... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1857 - 500 pages
...TALE OF A HAT. SHKWINO HOW A MAN MAY GO FU1ITI1K1I THIN HE MKANS, AND COME BACK ALL THE WISER. " YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...eagerness the phantoms of hope ;" who expect that to-morrow will honour all the drafts of to-day ; and that the plots of selfishness will not be blown... | |
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YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue 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 by the morrow ; attend to the... 
