Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volumen1Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner J. A. Hill, 1902 |
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... beginning . Another and scarcely less important purpose is the interpretation of this literature . in essays by scholars and authors competent to speak with authority . The title , " A Library of the World's Best Literature , " is ...
... beginning . Another and scarcely less important purpose is the interpretation of this literature . in essays by scholars and authors competent to speak with authority . The title , " A Library of the World's Best Literature , " is ...
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... beginning he gave his editorial writing the utmost care and thought , and the high standard of literary excellence to which he held himself became the rule of his journal . A close observer and keen student of men , full of interest in ...
... beginning he gave his editorial writing the utmost care and thought , and the high standard of literary excellence to which he held himself became the rule of his journal . A close observer and keen student of men , full of interest in ...
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... beginnings of culture , we know that they lie farther back than the wildest dreams of half a century ago would have imagined . Established kingdoms existed in Babylonia in the fourth millennium before the beginning of our era ; royal ...
... beginnings of culture , we know that they lie farther back than the wildest dreams of half a century ago would have imagined . Established kingdoms existed in Babylonia in the fourth millennium before the beginning of our era ; royal ...
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... beginning of all things is found in the watery abyss . Two abysmal powers ( Tiamat and Apsu ) , represented as female and male , mingle their waters , and from them proceed the gods . The list of deities ( as in the Greek cosmogony ) ...
... beginning of all things is found in the watery abyss . Two abysmal powers ( Tiamat and Apsu ) , represented as female and male , mingle their waters , and from them proceed the gods . The list of deities ( as in the Greek cosmogony ) ...
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... beginning his journey , the sun - god steps out to send light showers over the world . Watch- ing his opportunity , Zu glides in , seizes the tablets of fate , and flies away and hides himself in the mountains . So great horror comes ...
... beginning his journey , the sun - god steps out to send light showers over the world . Watch- ing his opportunity , Zu glides in , seizes the tablets of fate , and flies away and hides himself in the mountains . So great horror comes ...
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Página 12 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Página 169 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Página 272 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 152 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 169 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Página 166 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Página 165 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human...
Página 144 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Página 160 - As soon as the house was full, and the candles lighted, my old friend stood up, and looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in itself, at the sight of a multitude of people who seem pleased with one another, and partake of the same common entertainment.
Página 84 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.