 ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few...  The Power of Solitude: A Poem. In Two Parts - Page 148by Joseph Story - 1804 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 612 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture, and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abd ar-Rahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an... | |
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 612 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture, and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abd ar-Rahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an... | |
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