Cities Seen in East & West

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Hurst & Blackett, 1912 - 338 страница

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Страница 274 - ... ;We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps ; and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. \ It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
Страница 10 - And all the woe that moved him so That he gave that bitter cry, And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats None knew so well as I: For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.
Страница 274 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof. Were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams...
Страница 42 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Страница 148 - Said Jesus, on whom be peace! The world is a bridge, pass over it, but build no house there. He who hopeth for an hour, may hope for eternity; the world is but an hour, spend it in devotion ; the rest is worth nothing.
Страница 285 - And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision ; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Страница 55 - Still the world is wondrous large,— seven seas from marge to marge, — And it holds a vast of various kinds of man; And the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Khatmandhu And the crimes of Clapham chaste in Martaban.
Страница 172 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Страница 154 - There is in general great inconvenience arising from a number of women; but his Majesty, out of the abundance of his wisdom and prudence, has made it subservient to the public advantage : for by contracting marriages with the daughters of the princes of Hindostan and other countries, he secures himself against insurrection at home, and forms powerful alliances abroad.

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