Literature of the World: An Introductory StudyGinn, 1922 - 526 pàgines |
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... Persian ( Persian Empire founded 538 B.C. ) and ul- timately by the Græco - Roman civilization . 1 Over one hundred pages of Egyptian literature are given in the Warner Library , a very fine exhibit of a varied and representative ...
... Persian ( Persian Empire founded 538 B.C. ) and ul- timately by the Græco - Roman civilization . 1 Over one hundred pages of Egyptian literature are given in the Warner Library , a very fine exhibit of a varied and representative ...
Pàgina 14
... Persia , is of interest to us as an early center of the Aryan or Indo - European civilization . The Aryans pushed their way into India about two thousand years before Christ . The study of their ancient records has proved a fascinating ...
... Persia , is of interest to us as an early center of the Aryan or Indo - European civilization . The Aryans pushed their way into India about two thousand years before Christ . The study of their ancient records has proved a fascinating ...
Pàgina 19
... PERSIAN LITERATURE It is natural to consider Persian literature in connection with that of India , for both had their beginnings in the Iranian region before these two branches of the Aryan people separated . As Professor Jackson says ...
... PERSIAN LITERATURE It is natural to consider Persian literature in connection with that of India , for both had their beginnings in the Iranian region before these two branches of the Aryan people separated . As Professor Jackson says ...
Pàgina 20
... Persian literature . First , we note the poet Firdausi ( born A. D. 935 ) , whose chief work was the epic " Shah Namah , " or " Book of Kings " ; it occupied him thirty - five years . The first edition of this epic ap- peared in 1010 ...
... Persian literature . First , we note the poet Firdausi ( born A. D. 935 ) , whose chief work was the epic " Shah Namah , " or " Book of Kings " ; it occupied him thirty - five years . The first edition of this epic ap- peared in 1010 ...
Pàgina 21
... Persian lyrics . There is a body of court poetry and of religious and didactic poetry as well . Omar Khayyam . The wonderfully lyric verse of Persian poets has attracted Western readers for several generations , and many English ...
... Persian lyrics . There is a body of court poetry and of religious and didactic poetry as well . Omar Khayyam . The wonderfully lyric verse of Persian poets has attracted Western readers for several generations , and many English ...
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Literature of the World: An Introductory Study William Lee Richardson,Jesse M. Owen Visualització completa - 1922 |
Literature of the World: An Introductory Study William Lee Richardson,Jesse M. Owen Visualització completa - 1922 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 51 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Pàgina 367 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Pàgina 48 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Pàgina 43 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Pàgina 54 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Pàgina 126 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own: He who secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day.
Pàgina 410 - Alas! that all we loved of him should be, But for our grief, as if it had not been, And grief itself be mortal! Woe is me! Whence are we, and why are we? of what scene The actors or spectators?
Pàgina 47 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Pàgina 43 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, Which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the fie'ld: The wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, Which sing among the branches.
Pàgina 54 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD...