Sivan the Sleeper. A Tale of All TimeRivingtons, 1857 - 338 páginas |
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... formed the centre of a large encampment , was gathered a group of youths and maidens , engaged in the laborious task of supplying water to herds of sheep and oxen , the sole wealth of those early times : and the low murmur of ...
... formed the centre of a large encampment , was gathered a group of youths and maidens , engaged in the laborious task of supplying water to herds of sheep and oxen , the sole wealth of those early times : and the low murmur of ...
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... formation , gazing on the familiar form in which his soul had dwelt for so many years , he beheld it slowly shrink and collapse . The garments became light ashes , like those of linen when cast into the flames ; and the body itself ...
... formation , gazing on the familiar form in which his soul had dwelt for so many years , he beheld it slowly shrink and collapse . The garments became light ashes , like those of linen when cast into the flames ; and the body itself ...
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... formed part of a long string which they were conduct- ing to the city . Their dress declared them to belong to the class of the husbandmen , which ranked in the esti- mation of the Egyptians next to those of the priests and soldiers ...
... formed part of a long string which they were conduct- ing to the city . Their dress declared them to belong to the class of the husbandmen , which ranked in the esti- mation of the Egyptians next to those of the priests and soldiers ...
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... formed a part . But he re- flected that it must be a work of time to effect a complete and final victory over evil ; nor could he tell how long the wholesome leaven had been work- ing ; for as yet he knew not the length of time during ...
... formed a part . But he re- flected that it must be a work of time to effect a complete and final victory over evil ; nor could he tell how long the wholesome leaven had been work- ing ; for as yet he knew not the length of time during ...
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... formed by the first elevation , stood a crowd of priests , among whom the venerable Amenoth was conspicuous , clad in their gorgeous robes of ceremony . Some wore vests of leopard's skin ; others aprons , richly embroidered ; others ...
... formed by the first elevation , stood a crowd of priests , among whom the venerable Amenoth was conspicuous , clad in their gorgeous robes of ceremony . Some wore vests of leopard's skin ; others aprons , richly embroidered ; others ...
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Adonijah Alcibiades Amenoth Angrogna answered Antipho appeared Ariston Arnold Arsames Arsinoe Arvad Athenian Athens beauty beheld blasphemy blessing bosom brother canst Cebes Ceramicus Church Codrus Conrad Biorno death deep divine doubt earth enemy escape evil exclaimed eyes face faith Father Girolamo Father Justin fear Florence hand Happenburgh hath heard heart heaven HENRY ALFORD Hermas holy hope hour Jerusalem knowest land late Leonardo di Sivori looked Lord Ludovico Luigi Margherita mayest Medon ment mercy Meroe Mizraim mountains never noble once passed Phares pray present priests Quebec Chapel resumed Rizpah rose Savonarola scarce scene Sesak silence Sivan small 8vo Socrates soldiers sorrow spot stood suffer surely sword Syrus Tahpenes tell thee Temple thine things thou art thou dost thou hast thought thyself tion Trinity College truth Turin Ulric Vaude walls wilt words wouldst Xenophon youth
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Página 79 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 191 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leaA^e in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Página 341 - SACRED ALLEGORIES. The Shadow of the Cross —The Distant Hills— The Old Man's Home — The King's Messengers. By the Rev. WILLIAM ADAMS, MA, late Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
Página 188 - E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their burning Temple rose in lurid light, To their lov'd altars paid a parting groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. As 'mid the cedar courts, and gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage roll'd; To save their Temple every hand...
Página 169 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place...
Página 180 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Página 340 - THE TWELVE FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Rev. HC ADAMS, MA, late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, Author of " Sivan the Sleeper,
Página 329 - Bower." 26. The Car — for Carmala his word obeyed — Moved on, and bore away the Maid ; While from the Golden Throne the Lord of Death With love benignant on Ladurlad smiled, And gently on his head his blessing laid. As sweetly as a Child, Whom neither thought disturbs nor care encumbers, Tired with long play at close of summer-day, Lies down and slumbers ; Even thus, as sweet a boon of sleep partaking, By Yamen blest, Ladurlad sunk to rest.