...Christianity. That this burlesque will not be ready at Christmas is, however, quite possible, and ' ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope," will not be able to ' attend to the history of "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia,"' till early in January....

...hindrance to continuous labour. He whose bread is provided for him is too apt to say, with Rasselas, that ' the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; ' that he is not an athlete to whom every moment is precious. But none of these Siren voices had...

...burden loads the day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. JOHNSON.— RASSELAS. (1822.) YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that *.ge will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied...

...Traceller. Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. Line added to Goldsmith's Deserttd Village. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas. Chap. i. Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.* From Dr. Madden's...

...is no real hope of reaching it. "Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and persue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abbissinia." Attend to it, yes, but do not expect to participate in it as if it were your own search—...

...credulity to the whisperings of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who believe that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day^ will be helped by the morrow, attend to the history of Rasselas, the Prince of Abyssinia." Yes, I think that...

...with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by...morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia"(l). One might say that the conclusion is implicit in the syntax and that to express it,...

...blighted by disappointments that reveal "the fallacies of imagination." The opening lines ofRasselas—"Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope"—make clear that this, too, is a cautionary tale concerned with the dangers of the imagination....

...two-century-old religious controversy concerning Rasselas is evident in the first sentence of the tale. "Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abissinia." In its diction, cadence, and rhythm, this invocation is reminiscent of the Book of Ecclesiastes, and...

...Participation in Lending Libraries by Size of Library [ 471 ] Preface DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,...attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. — Samuel Johnson The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia I grew up during the 1940s and 1950s...