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  1. The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
    Published: ©2009
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 019156818X; 019922997X; 9780191568183; 9780199229970
    Edition: New ed
    Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
    Subjects: Happiness; Allegories; Happiness
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xlv, 157 pages)
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    Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Samuel Johnson; THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA; Explanatory Notes; Glossary

    What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of

  2. The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780199229970
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    Edition: New Edition
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Subjects: Happiness
    Scope: XLV, 157 S.
  3. The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
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    Universität Stuttgart, Bibliothek der Institute für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft
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    Contributor: Keymer, Tom (Hrsg.); Johnson, Samuel
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780199229970
    Edition: New ed.
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Subjects: Happiness
    Scope: XLV, 157 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references

  4. The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford [u.a.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others... more

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    What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Keymer, Tom
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191568183; 019156818X; 019922997X; 9780199229970
    Edition: New ed.
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xlv, 157 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references