My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men of the EastArchibald Constable, 1906 - 416 páginas |
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... story of Babel looks like a poetic fable by which some primitive sceptic conveyed his theory that mankind worked together harmoniously to build up civ- ilization , but when they reached a point where disputes about gods arose they could ...
... story of Babel looks like a poetic fable by which some primitive sceptic conveyed his theory that mankind worked together harmoniously to build up civ- ilization , but when they reached a point where disputes about gods arose they could ...
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... Stories " ( 1880 ) . The tale entitled " The Invisible Queen " relates to the lost Virginia col- ony ( 1587-1591 ) , and to Virginia Dare , the first English child born in America ( August 18 , 1587 ) . Seven English youths yachting in ...
... Stories " ( 1880 ) . The tale entitled " The Invisible Queen " relates to the lost Virginia col- ony ( 1587-1591 ) , and to Virginia Dare , the first English child born in America ( August 18 , 1587 ) . Seven English youths yachting in ...
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... story is told of an American missionary on a savage island who managed to make one convert but refused to baptize him because he had four wives . But one day the convert came and said he had now but one wife . " What has become of the ...
... story is told of an American missionary on a savage island who managed to make one convert but refused to baptize him because he had four wives . But one day the convert came and said he had now but one wife . " What has become of the ...
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... story , and in it were the ideas of asylum and of priestly celibacy . San Francisco struck me as cosmopolitan , occupying a place similar to that of ancient Venice . Along its streets SAN FRANCISCO 49 were costumes and complexions of ...
... story , and in it were the ideas of asylum and of priestly celibacy . San Francisco struck me as cosmopolitan , occupying a place similar to that of ancient Venice . Along its streets SAN FRANCISCO 49 were costumes and complexions of ...
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... story of the overthrow of paganism in the Hawaiian Islands will never be fairly told , but there is endlessly repeated the dramatic legend of the lady convert Kapio- lani defying the volcanic goddess Pele by approaching the blazing ...
... story of the overthrow of paganism in the Hawaiian Islands will never be fairly told , but there is endlessly repeated the dramatic legend of the lady convert Kapio- lani defying the volcanic goddess Pele by approaching the blazing ...
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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.