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... to you in a future letter , on another subject . When the great Nadir Shah and his officers were passing by this tomb , near Shiraz , they were shown the copy of the poet's works , and one of the company opening it 36 MODES OF DIVINATION .
... to you in a future letter , on another subject . When the great Nadir Shah and his officers were passing by this tomb , near Shiraz , they were shown the copy of the poet's works , and one of the company opening it 36 MODES OF DIVINATION .
Page 63
... I propose that this be henceforth called the " Grammatike- paidia , " ( ypaμμaríkη Taidia . ) This manner of pass- ing an evening is certainly inferior to the " feast of reason , and the flow of soul , " ON ANAGRAMS . 63.
... I propose that this be henceforth called the " Grammatike- paidia , " ( ypaμμaríkη Taidia . ) This manner of pass- ing an evening is certainly inferior to the " feast of reason , and the flow of soul , " ON ANAGRAMS . 63.
Page 69
... Pass , fourteen miles . At this place the Rajah has established a small chokey ( picquet guard ) of six or eight men . The districts round Soolia and Tory Khan , were many years a subject of dispute between the Mysoreans and Coorgs ...
... Pass , fourteen miles . At this place the Rajah has established a small chokey ( picquet guard ) of six or eight men . The districts round Soolia and Tory Khan , were many years a subject of dispute between the Mysoreans and Coorgs ...
Page 71
... Mysore prince : the severe losses sustained by the Coorgas on this occasion , have not yet been repaired . Passing by several villages , I observed , on the Rajah's approach , that the men and women who belonged TO SERINGAPATAM . 71.
... Mysore prince : the severe losses sustained by the Coorgas on this occasion , have not yet been repaired . Passing by several villages , I observed , on the Rajah's approach , that the men and women who belonged TO SERINGAPATAM . 71.
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... passing through certain particularly wild and dreary spots , sur- rounded with fearful overhanging rocks , and vast loose pieces of ice , to be careful not to speak a word , lest the unaccustomed sound should draw destruction on you ...
... passing through certain particularly wild and dreary spots , sur- rounded with fearful overhanging rocks , and vast loose pieces of ice , to be careful not to speak a word , lest the unaccustomed sound should draw destruction on you ...
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Page 217 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 84 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Page 179 - Who knows but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms; Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind, Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind?
Page 75 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 86 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 301 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 83 - Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified.
Page xviii - When I reflect what an inconsiderable little atom every single man is, with respect to the whole creation, methinks it is a shame to be concerned at the removal of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily and marry as fast as they were used to do. " The memory of man," as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom,...
Page 77 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ''Hearts of oak...
Page xviii - There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age. He was taken away speedily, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul,