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"[Rasselas] The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale in Two Volumes"
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Date: 1759
"He compared reason to the sun, of which the light is constant, uniform, and lasting; and fancy to a meteor, of bright but transitory lustre, irregular in its motion, and delusive in its direction."
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