I did so; a brief examination convinced me that the contents were less taking than the title: "Rasselas" looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages.
Fui convinta da un rapido esame, che il contenuto era meno interessante del titolo, e, non vedendovi rappresentati né genii, né fate, glielo resi.