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ABISSINIA.
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CHAP. XXIX.
Imlac enters, and changes the
conversation.

HERE Imlac entered, and interrupted them. His look was clouded with thought. "Imlac, said Rasselas, I have been taking from the princess the dismal history of private life, and am almost discouraged from further search."

"It seems to me, said Imlac, that while you are making the choice of life, you neglect to live. You wander about a single city, which, however large and

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