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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Chapter VIII The History of Imlac

Word Count: 1053    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

entertainment, and it was therefore midnight before the music ceased and the princesses ret

diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the b

between the inland countries of Africa and the ports of the Red Sea. He was honest, frugal, and diligent, but of mean sentiments and na

ountable for injustice permitted as well as done? If I were Emperor, not the meanest of my subjects should he oppressed with impunity. My blood boils when I am told that a mer

ominions, neither frequent nor tolerated; but no form of government has been yet discovered by which cruelty can be wholly prevented. Subordination supposes power on one part and subjection on the other; and if power be in th

derstand; but I had rather hear thee

h as might qualify me for commerce; and discovering in me great strength of memory and quickness

th when it was already greater than he durst discover or enjoy? I am un

et diversity is not inconsistency. My father might expect a time of greater security. However, some des

n in some measure conceive. I

, whose grossness of conception raised my pity. I was twenty years old before his tenderness would expose me to the fatigue of travel; in which time I had been instructed, by successive masters, in all the literature of my native country. As every hour taught me som

began with less than a fifth part, and you see how diligence and parsimony have increased it. This is your own, to waste or improve. If you squander it by negligence or caprice, you must wait for my death before you will be

ye on the expanse of waters, my heart bounded like that of a prisoner escaped. I felt an inextinguishable curiosity kindle in my m

ht not to violate, but by a penalty, which I was at liberty to incur; and therefore determined to gratify

ge to some other country. I had no motives of choice to regulate my voyage. It was sufficient for me that, wherever I wandered, I should see a countr

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1 Chapter I Description of a Palace in a Valley2 Chapter II The Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley3 Chapter III The Wants of Him that Wants Nothing4 Chapter IV The Prince Continues to Grieve and Muse5 Chapter V The Prince Meditates His Escape6 Chapter VI A Dissertation on the Art of Flying7 Chapter VII The Prince Finds a Man of Learning8 Chapter VIII The History of Imlac9 Chapter IX The History of Imlac (continued)10 Chapter X Imlac's History (continued) - A Dissertation Upon Poetry11 Chapter XI Imlac's Narrative (continued) - A Hint of Pilgrimage12 Chapter XII The Story of Imlac (continued)13 Chapter XIII Rasselas Discovers the Means of Escape14 Chapter XIV Rasselas and Imlac Receive an Unexpected Visit15 Chapter XV The Prince and Princess Leave the Valley, and See Many Wonders16 Chapter XVI They Enter Cairo, and Find Every Man Happy17 Chapter XVII The Prince Associates with Young Men of Spirit and Gaiety18 Chapter XVIII The Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man19 Chapter XIX A Glimpse of Pastoral Life20 Chapter XX The Danger of Prosperity21 Chapter XXI The Happiness of Solitude - The Hermit's History22 Chapter XXII The Happiness of a Life Led According to Nature23 Chapter XXIII The Prince and His Sister Divide Between Them the Work of Observation24 Chapter XXIV The Prince Examines the Happiness of High Stations25 Chapter XXV The Princess Pursues Her Inquiry with More Diligence than Success26 Chapter XXVI The Princess Continues Her Remarks Upon Private Life27 Chapter XXVII Disquisition Upon Greatness28 Chapter XXVIII Rasselas and Nekayah Continue Their Conversation29 Chapter XXIX The Debate on Marriage (continued)30 Chapter XXX Imlac Enters, and Changes the Conversation31 Chapter XXXI They Visit the Pyramids32 Chapter XXXII They Enter the Pyramid33 Chapter XXXIII The Princess Meets with an Unexpected Misfortune34 Chapter XXXIV They Return to Cairo Without Pekuah35 Chapter XXXV The Princess Languishes for Want of Pekuah36 Chapter XXXVI Pekuah is Still Remembered. The Progress of Sorrow37 Chapter XXXVII The Princess Hears News of Pekuah38 Chapter XXXVIII The Adventures of the Lady Pekuah39 Chapter XXXIX The Adventures of Pekuah (continued)40 The History of a Man of Learning41 Chapter XLI The Astronomer Discovers the Cause of His Uneasiness42 Chapter XLII The Opinion of the Astronomer is Explained and Justified43 Chapter XLIII The Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions44 Chapter XLIV The Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination45 Chapter XLV They Discourse with an Old Man46 Chapter XLVI The Princess and Pekuah Visit the Astronomer47 Chapter XLVII The Prince Enters, and Brings a New Topic48 Chapter XLVIII Imlac Discourses on the Nature of the Soul49 Chapter XLIX The Conclusion, in which Nothing is Concluded