My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men of the EastArchibald Constable, 1906 - 416 páginas |
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Página 102
... represented in shillings . I purchased the best boomerang , though the owner was reluctant to sell it . But nobody believes in the boomerang miracle who has not seen it . An amateur photographer was with us , and the natives were all ...
... represented in shillings . I purchased the best boomerang , though the owner was reluctant to sell it . But nobody believes in the boomerang miracle who has not seen it . An amateur photographer was with us , and the natives were all ...
Página 120
... representing a personage of great dignity in hell , seated on a sort of throne , and unharmed by the demons . It may be that the figure in the Persian picture is meant for Zoroaster , and in its transition to Khandy caught up the ...
... representing a personage of great dignity in hell , seated on a sort of throne , and unharmed by the demons . It may be that the figure in the Persian picture is meant for Zoroaster , and in its transition to Khandy caught up the ...
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... representing monstrous hells and devils , and the torture of human bodies . I asked a learned Buddhist how it was that a religion of mercifulness , which in all history never shed blood nor harmed even dangerous animals , could thus ...
... representing monstrous hells and devils , and the torture of human bodies . I asked a learned Buddhist how it was that a religion of mercifulness , which in all history never shed blood nor harmed even dangerous animals , could thus ...
Página 120
... representing a personage of great dignity in hell , seated on a sort of throne , and unharmed by the demons . It may be that the figure in the Persian picture is meant for Zoroaster , and in its transition to Khandy caught up the ...
... representing a personage of great dignity in hell , seated on a sort of throne , and unharmed by the demons . It may be that the figure in the Persian picture is meant for Zoroaster , and in its transition to Khandy caught up the ...
Página 124
... represented in an isolated wooden house . To this the lad conducted me , opening the door with a key . Inside was an image of Buddha seated under a tree artificially modelled and erect in the middle of the room . The leaves on this tree ...
... represented in an isolated wooden house . To this the lad conducted me , opening the door with a key . Inside was an image of Buddha seated under a tree artificially modelled and erect in the middle of the room . The leaves on this tree ...
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Página 374 - They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Página 370 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Página 33 - In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
Página 371 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Página 370 - Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus
Página 33 - The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.
Página 370 - And on the morrow when he departed he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Página 361 - And will not rather say unto him: Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Página 3 - Christian saw the picture of a very grave person hang up against the wall; and this was the fashion of it: It had eyes lifted up to heaven, the best of books in his hand, the law of truth was written upon his lips, the world was behind his back ; it stood as if it pleaded with men, and a crown of gold did hang over its head.
Página 369 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.