_ CHAPTER XLIX. THIS CONCLUSION, IN WHICH NOTHING IS CONCLUDED
       It was now the time of the inundation of the Nile: a few days after their visit to the catacombs the river began to rise.
       They were confined to their house. The whole region, being under water, gave them no invitation to any excursions, and, being well supplied with materials for talk, they diverted themselves with comparisons of the different forms of life, which they had observed, and with various schemes of happiness, which each of them had formed.
       Pekuah was never so much charmed with any place as the convent of St. Anthony, where the Arab restored her to the princess, and wished only to fill it with pious maidens, and to be made prioress of the order: she was weary of expectation and disgust, and would gladly be fixed in some unvariable state.
       The princess thought, that, of all sublunary things, knowledge was the best: she desired, first, to learn all sciences, and then purposed to found a college of learned women, in which she would preside; that, by conversing with the old, and educating the young, she might divide her time between the acquisition and communication of wisdom, and raise up, fur the next age, models of prudence, and patterns of piety.
       The prince desired a little kingdom, in which he might administer justice in his own person, and see all the parts of government with his own eyes; but he could never fix the limits of his dominion, and was always adding to the number of his subjects.
       Imlac and the astronomer were contented to be driven along the stream of life, without directing their course to any particular port. Of these wishes, that they had formed, they well knew that none could be obtained. They deliberated awhile what was to be done, and resolved, when the inundation should cease, to return to Abissinia.
       [THE END]
       Samuel Johnson's Novel: History Of Rasselas, Prince Of Abissinia
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Prefatory Observations
Chapter 1. Description Of A Palace In A Valley
Chapter 2. The Discontent Op Rasselas In The Happy Valley
Chapter 3. The Wants Of Him That Wants Nothing
Chapter 4. The Prince Continues To Grieve And Muse
Chapter 5. The Prince Meditates His Escape
Chapter 6. A Dissertation On The Art Of Flying
Chapter 7. The Prince Finds A Man Of Learning
Chapter 8. The History Of Imlac
Chapter 9. The History Of Imlac Continued
Chapter 10. Imlac's History Continued. A Dissertation Upon Poetry
Chapter 11. Imlac's Narrative Continued. A Hint On Pilgrimage
Chapter 12. The Story Of Imlac Continued
Chapter 13. Rasselas Discovers The Means Of Escape
Chapter 14. Rasselas And Imlac Receive An Unexpected Visit
Chapter 15. The Prince And Princess Leave The Valley, And See Many Wonders
Chapter 16. They Enter Cairo, And Find Every Man Happy
Chapter 17. The Prince Associates With Young Men Of Spirit And Gaiety
Chapter 18. The Prince Finds A Wise And Happy Man
Chapter 19. A Glimpse Of Pastoral Life
Chapter 20. The Danger Of Prosperity
Chapter 21. The Happiness Of Solitude. The Hermit's History
Chapter 22. The Happiness Of A Life, Led According To Nature
Chapter 23. The Prince And His Sister Divide Between Them...
Chapter 24. The Prince Examines The Happiness Of High Stations
Chapter 25. The Princess Pursues Her Inquiry...
Chapter 26. The Princess Continues Her Remarks Upon Private Life
Chapter 27. Disquisition Upon Greatness
Chapter 28. Rasselas And Nekayah Continue Their Conversation
Chapter 29. The Debate On Marriage Continued
Chapter 30. Imlac Enters, And Changes The Conversation
Chapter 31. They Visit The Pyramids
Chapter 32. They Enter The Pyramid
Chapter 33. The Princess Meets With An Unexpected Misfortune
Chapter 34. They Return To Cairo Without Pekuah
Chapter 35. The Princess Languishes For Want Of Pekuah
Chapter 36. Pekuah Is Still Remembered. The Progress Of Sorrow
Chapter 37. The Princess Hears News Of Pekuah
Chapter 38. The Adventures Of The Lady Pekuah
Chapter 39. The Adventures Of Pekuah Continued
Chapter 40. The History Of A Man Of Learning
Chapter 41. The Astronomer Discovers The Cause Of His Uneasiness
Chapter 42. The Opinion Of The Astronomer Is Explained And Justified
Chapter 43. The Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions
Chapter 44. The Dangerous Prevalence Of Imagination
Chapter 45. They Discourse With An Old Man
Chapter 46. The Princess And Pekuah Visit The Astronomer
Chapter 47. The Prince Enters, And Brings A New Topick
Chapter 48. Imlac Discourses On The Nature Of The Soul
Chapter 49. This Conclusion, In Which Nothing Is Concluded