Literature of the World: An Introductory StudyGinn, 1922 - 526 pàgines |
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... chief writers of England and America , for instance , has all too frequently only a vague impression of the literature of - let us say - Italy and Spain , or of Russia and Scandinavia . He may specialize in one direction , but show ...
... chief writers of England and America , for instance , has all too frequently only a vague impression of the literature of - let us say - Italy and Spain , or of Russia and Scandinavia . He may specialize in one direction , but show ...
Pàgina 2
... chief of- fices is to give pleasure . There is no other such enthusiast as the book enthusiast : he is termed a bibliomaniac . He thinks of books as he would of friends and companions . His grandfather may not have been born before the ...
... chief of- fices is to give pleasure . There is no other such enthusiast as the book enthusiast : he is termed a bibliomaniac . He thinks of books as he would of friends and companions . His grandfather may not have been born before the ...
Pàgina 15
... chief wealth lies in their cattle ; they use the horse as a beast of burden and as an aid in their battles ; they eat beef and use fermented liquors ; they sow seed in the field and they build boats for use on the river ; blacksmiths ...
... chief wealth lies in their cattle ; they use the horse as a beast of burden and as an aid in their battles ; they eat beef and use fermented liquors ; they sow seed in the field and they build boats for use on the river ; blacksmiths ...
Pàgina 16
... chief of these is the Rig Veda , which consists of about one thousand hymns in fifteen different meters . The form is rhythmical , but the rhythm is usually confined to the last four syllables of each line . There are ten books in the ...
... chief of these is the Rig Veda , which consists of about one thousand hymns in fifteen different meters . The form is rhythmical , but the rhythm is usually confined to the last four syllables of each line . There are ten books in the ...
Pàgina 20
... 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. It is designed to cover the history of Persia from the earliest mythical times ...
... 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. It is designed to cover the history of Persia from the earliest mythical times ...
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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 Myron 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...