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Description of a Palace in a Valley. Caps.

Ye who listen with credulety to the i/ whispers of Fancy and pursue with,/

af egerness the phantoms of hope/who;/

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of promises youth, and that the defi/-/
ciencies of the present day will be
/ supplyed by the morrow, attend to
the history of Rasselass, prince of I
Abyssinia [Rasselas was the fourth

son of the mighty emperor, in whose
dominions the father of waters be-

gins his course; whose bounty pours

down the streams of plenty, and 15 Rom, scatters over half the world the har

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policy of antiquity had destined for

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princes, was a spacious valley in the
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every side by mountains, of which |
the summits overhung the middle
part.

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which it has been long disputed

whether it was the work/of nature

= or of human industry.

DR. JOHNSON.

that passed under a rock,

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DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY.

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 history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia.

Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose dominions the father of waters begins his course; whose bounty pours down the streams of plenty, and scatters over half the world the harvests of Egypt.

The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian

princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhung the middle part. The only passage by which it could be entered, was a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it has long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry.

DR. JOHNSON.

INDEX.

The first number of each reference refers to the page.
Abbreviations, how indicated, 29, II.; list of, 29, 30; addi-
tional marks, 30, 1; proper names, 30, 2; numerals, 30, 3;
numbering pages, 30, 4; letter doubled to indicate the
plural, 30, 5; how to abbreviate words, 30, 6; Mr., Mrs.,
etc., 74, I, 2.

Addressed, person or thing, 13, VIII.; strong emotion, 14,
Rem.; 33, III.

Address of envelopes, most important part of letter-writing,

73; position, 74; punctuation, 74; honorary titles, 75; large
cities, 76; small towns and villages, 77; addressed envel-
opes, 77; letters with special request, 78; stamp, 78; forms
of address, 78-82.

Address, inside, definition of, 87; punctuation of, 88; large
cities, 88; small towns and villages, 89; intimate friends
and relatives, 89; position, 90.

Adjectives, two, 17, 2; in a series, 18, 1.
Adverbs, 10, 3.

Advertisements, capitalization of, 62, 3.
Almighty God, 64, 2.

And, or, nor, connecting words in a series, 17, XIV.; words
and phrases, 19, 3; phrases and clauses, 18, XV.; 19, 2;
or between two words or expressions, the latter explain-
ing the former, 18, 2.

Answer and question in the same paragraph, 36, 3.

Apostrophe, the, 47, 48; form of, 47, Rem.; denotes what,
47, II. See Possession.

Appositives, 15, XI.; definition of, 16, 1; two nouns in appo-