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... peace , ac- companied with trumpets and cymbals . The aged Bramin bowed down his face to the ground and worshipped ; he then rose and anointed his head , saying : Before I die , I must behold the victory of the righteous and the face of ...
... peace , ac- companied with trumpets and cymbals . The aged Bramin bowed down his face to the ground and worshipped ; he then rose and anointed his head , saying : Before I die , I must behold the victory of the righteous and the face of ...
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... peace . - Behold , sainted spirit , I still dedicate to thee these ter- restrial flowers ! The old man ceased , and bowed his face over the grave and the flowers . And a slight rustling arose ; and Brama released his spirit . PREFACE ...
... peace . - Behold , sainted spirit , I still dedicate to thee these ter- restrial flowers ! The old man ceased , and bowed his face over the grave and the flowers . And a slight rustling arose ; and Brama released his spirit . PREFACE ...
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... peaceful habitations of the weary hus- bandmen . Sweet slumbers now fell upon the in- mates of the rustic dwellings , from the aged , whose tottering steps are supported by a staff , to the in- fant in the cradle . The sick forgot their ...
... peaceful habitations of the weary hus- bandmen . Sweet slumbers now fell upon the in- mates of the rustic dwellings , from the aged , whose tottering steps are supported by a staff , to the in- fant in the cradle . The sick forgot their ...
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... peaceful circle of nature and of domestic life stands thy holy temple ! The young oak soon sprung forth from the new- planted acorn , and shot up above the thorns , and became a spreading umbrageous tree . But the patriarch died , and ...
... peaceful circle of nature and of domestic life stands thy holy temple ! The young oak soon sprung forth from the new- planted acorn , and shot up above the thorns , and became a spreading umbrageous tree . But the patriarch died , and ...
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... peace ! thou announcest unto me that human beings are not far off . Thy faint gleam in this gloomy night appears to me lovely as the dawn of morning . So saying , he hastened with rapid pace towards the distant light , and fancied that ...
... peace ! thou announcest unto me that human beings are not far off . Thy faint gleam in this gloomy night appears to me lovely as the dawn of morning . So saying , he hastened with rapid pace towards the distant light , and fancied that ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abel Adam Adonijah Æsop Amaziah Angel Angel of Death answered Apollodorus art thou asked Attalus Baruch beautiful Behold blessed blossom bosom Brama Bramin brother Cain canst cheer Cherub child Chryses coloured Engravings countenance cried Critias death Diogenes disciples ditto divine dost thou doth dwelt earth Eglon Eliab Elimah Eloah eyes face father fell field flowers fruit garden grieved hand hath head heard heart heaven hill Hillel innocence Israel Jehovah king Lamech Lazarus light listened looked Lord Malchi Mizraim morning mother mountains Nathan Nature night parasangs Parmenio peace plant plates Plato pleasure priest refreshing rejoiced replied rocks Sacontala shade silent smiled Socrates soul spake spirit spring stood stranger tears tempest Thamyris thee thereupon thine Thirza thou art thou hast thyself tree tulip-tree unto valley venerable voice walked wept wife wisdom wise words youth
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Página 242 - ... and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Página 147 - Lord- who is, who was, and who will be," answered the Jew. "Your appellation is grand and sublime," said the Parsee, "but it is awful too." A Christian then drew nigh and said, "We call him Father." The Pagan and the Jew looked at each other and said, "Here is at once an image and a reality, it is a word of the heart.
Página 43 - ... unseen ! How happy are we invisible ministers of the Most High ! How pleasing the silent duty which we are charged to perform ! Thus spake the benevolent angel of sleep. The angel of death surveyed him with silent melancholy, and tears, such as immortals weep, started into his large dark eyes. Ah...
Página 316 - GHOST STORIES : collected with a particular View to counteract the vulgar belief in GHOSTS and APPARITIONS, and to promote a rational estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as supernatural.
Página 146 - What!" said he to the priest, "do you worship the fire ?" "Not the fire," answered the priest : "it is to us an emblem of the sun, and of his genial heat.
Página 269 - is this perfume amid the refreshing shade ?' ' Seest thou not,' said the man of God, ' the scarlet blossom, as, shooting forth from among the green leaves, it hangs down in clusters ?' I was about to answer, when a gentle breeze...
Página 146 - ' We know it,' replied the priest, ' but the uncultivated man requires a sensible sign in order to form a conception of the Most High, and is not the sun, the incomprehensible source of light, an image of that invisible being who blesses and preserves all things?
Página 270 - Jesse, rejoined Nathan. Behold, in thy father's garden thou mayest see all that I have related to thee. Doth not the same thing take place with every pomegranate, and with the other trees ? Yes, said Solomon, but imperceptibly, and in a long time. Then Nathan answered — Is it therefore the less a divine work, because it takes place silently and insensibly ? Study nature and her operations ; then wilt thou easily believe those of a higher power, and not long for miracles wrought by a human hand.
Página 268 - came to me, bringing in his hand a pomegranate seed. 'Observe,' said he, ' what this seed will turn to ! ' He then made a hole in the earth and put the seed into the hole and covered it. Scarcely had he drawn back his hand when the earth parted and I saw two small leaves shoot forth. But no sooner did I perceive them than the leaves separated, and from between them rose a round stem covered with bark, and the stem became every moment higher and thicker. " The man of God then said to me,
Página 146 - Do your people, then," rejoined the Israelite, "distinguish the type from the original? They call the sun their -God, and, descending even from this to a baser object, they kneel before an earthly flame. Ye amuse the outward but blind the inward eye ; and while ye hold to them the earthly, ye draw from them the heavenly Light ! Thou shalt not make unto thyself any image or likeness." "How do you designate the Supreme Being?" asked the Parsee. "We call him Jehovah Adonai; that is, the Lord- who is,...