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" Here the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were skilful to delight, and gratified with whatever the senses can enjoy. They wandered in gardens of fragrance, and slept... "
Rasselas: A Tale - Page 7
by Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 pages
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The Orient in Chaucer and Medieval Romance

Carol Falvo Heffernan - 2003 - 182 pages
...the Happy Valley where, the sons and daughters of Abissinia lived only to know the soft vicissitudes of pleasure and repose, attended by all that were skilful to delight. (Rasselas; Johnson, 610) Rasselas has grown restless in the realization that, as he says, "I can discover...
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