Kinglake's EothenH. Frowde, 1906 - 295 Seiten |
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Seite 181 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Seite 29 - ... to follow her, and fan the pale cheek of her lord ; she lifts his armed navies to the very gates of his garden ; she watches the walls of his serail ; she stifles the intrigues of his ministers ; she quiets the scandals of his court; she extinguishes his rivals, and hushes his naughty wives all one by one: so vast are the wonders of the deep!
Seite 181 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: ала there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Seite 213 - ... beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty — some mould of beauty now forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea, from the flashing foam of the...
Seite 9 - ... he remarked upon the gigantic results of our manufacturing industry ; showed that he possessed considerable knowledge of our Indian affairs, and of the constitution of the Company, and expressed a lively admiration of the many sterling qualities for which the people of England are distinguished.
Seite 179 - My first idea naturally was that I still remained fast under the power of a dream. I roused myself, and drew aside the silk that covered my eyes, and plunged my bare face into the light. Then, at least, I was well enough awakened, but still those old Marlen bells rang on, not ringing for joy, but properly, prosily, steadily, merrily ringing "for church.
Seite 9 - ... in their high estate those gentle powers of fascination to which they owe their success. Yet, unless you can contrive to learn a little of the language, you will be rather bored by your visits of ceremony ; the intervention of the Dragoman is fatal to the spirit of conversation.
Seite 139 - Brahim Pasha!" The swimmers, one moment before so blown and so weary, found lungs to answer the cry, and shouted back the name of their great destroyer; they dashed on through the torrent, and bore the raft in safety to the western bank. Afterwards the swimmers returned with the raft, and attached to it the rest of my baggage. I took my seat upon the top of the cargo, and the raft, thus laden, passed the river in the same way, and with the same struggle as before. The skins, however, not being perfectly...
Seite 55 - I am subject to that immutable law which compels a man with a pen in his hand to be uttering every now and then some sentiment not his own.
Seite 168 - As long as you are journeying in the interior of the Desert you have no particular point to make for as your resting-place. The endless sands yield nothing but small stunted...