The Living Age, Volume 112E. Littell & Company, 1872 |
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... keep nish a box or to give decorations for a passing , the air resounds with the beating tekya ; and as religious offerings , all gifts of breasts and with litanies of " O Hassan ! down to the very smallest are accepted . Hussein ...
... keep nish a box or to give decorations for a passing , the air resounds with the beating tekya ; and as religious offerings , all gifts of breasts and with litanies of " O Hassan ! down to the very smallest are accepted . Hussein ...
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... keep you con- tinually in the love of Hussein . Come , make your cry to God . " Then the multi- tude , as one man , throw up their arms into the air , and with a deep and long - drawn cry exclaim : " Ya Allah ! O God ! " Fifes , drums ...
... keep you con- tinually in the love of Hussein . Come , make your cry to God . " Then the multi- tude , as one man , throw up their arms into the air , and with a deep and long - drawn cry exclaim : " Ya Allah ! O God ! " Fifes , drums ...
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... keep thee , my bride , " he says , embracing her , " for I must forsake thee ! One mo- ment , " she says , " remain in thy place one moment ! thy countenance is as the lamp which giveth us light ; suffer me to turn around thee as the ...
... keep thee , my bride , " he says , embracing her , " for I must forsake thee ! One mo- ment , " she says , " remain in thy place one moment ! thy countenance is as the lamp which giveth us light ; suffer me to turn around thee as the ...
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... more interesting . What dren , who keep calling for the Imam Hus - this is , I cannot do more than just indi- But I confess that if the interest of the cate ; but indicate it I will , in conclusion A PERSIAN PASSION PLAY . 13.
... more interesting . What dren , who keep calling for the Imam Hus - this is , I cannot do more than just indi- But I confess that if the interest of the cate ; but indicate it I will , in conclusion A PERSIAN PASSION PLAY . 13.
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... keep them down , brimmed over and rolled in great drops down her cheeks . " 9 " What's the matter then , eh , Margot ? and the young fellow's tenderness spoke in his voice . 66 99 ' Oh , nothing ! she answered , brushing her hand across ...
... keep them down , brimmed over and rolled in great drops down her cheeks . " 9 " What's the matter then , eh , Margot ? and the young fellow's tenderness spoke in his voice . 66 99 ' Oh , nothing ! she answered , brushing her hand across ...
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Page 71 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 141 - ... because he who has received this true education of the inner being will most shrewdly perceive omissions or faults in art and nature, and with a true taste, while he praises and rejoices over, and receives into his soul the good, and becomes noble and good, he will justly blame and hate the bad, now in the days of his youth, even before he is able to know the reason of the thing ; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute her as a friend with whom his education has made him long familiar.
Page 286 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 75 - Their authors are of the same level, fit to represent them on a mountebank's stage, or to be masters of the ceremonies in a beargarden : yet these are they who have the most admirers. But it often happens, to their mortification, that as their readers improve their stock of sense, (as they may by...
Page 50 - Free love — free field — we love but while we may: The woods are hush'd, their music is no more: The leaf is dead, the yearning past away: New leaf, new life — the days of frost are o'er: New life, new love to suit the newer day: New loves are sweet as those that went before: Free love, — free field — we love but while we may.
Page 412 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 258 - Strange to think by the way, Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.
Page 70 - Add that whate'er of terror or of love Or beauty, Nature's daily face put on From transitory passion, unto this I was as sensitive as waters are To the sky's influence in a kindred mood Of passion ; was obedient as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind.
Page 381 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand ; "Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain. They call us' to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 411 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.