The Pillars of Hercules1850 |
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Page 192 - If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof...
Page 192 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Page 192 - When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand...
Page 90 - ... Passion-week. The husband, whose displeasure would have brought ruin on a more humble individual, was obliged to devour this insult in silence. It should be observed, by the way, that as the walking-dress of the Spanish females absolutely precludes immodesty, the conduct of this religious madman admits no excuse or palliation. Yet this is so far from being a singular instance, that, what sumptuary laws would never be able to accomplish, the rude and insolent zeal of a few priests has fully obtained...
Page 213 - As soon as the evening breeze begins to blow, the song resounds throughout all Africa : it cheers the despondency of the wanderer through the desert; it enlivens the social meeting ; it inspires the dance ; and even the lamentations of the mourner are poured forth in measured accents. Their poetry does not consist in studied and regular pieces, such as, after previous study...
Page 219 - Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second...
Page 13 - Teucer was shown to us... The pillars in the temple were composed of gold and silver; and so nicely blended were the metals as to form but one color. They were more than a cubit high, of a quadrangular form, like anvils, whose capitals were inscribed with characters neither Egyptian, nor Indian, nor such as could be deciphered. These pillars are the chains which bind together the earth and sea. The inscriptions on them were executed by Hercules...
Page 95 - The acts of common charity, or casual alms, which in other religions are only recommended, are almost of imperious obligation on a Mussulman. He dares not sit down to dinner without inviting those who are near him to partake of it, of whatever condition or religion they may be; and he cannot refuse assistance to any poor person who may apply to him, if he have the means.
Page 213 - ... of valour. Specimens are wanting of the African muse ; yet, considering that its effusions are numerous, inspired by nature, and animated by national enthusiasm, they seem not unlikely to reward the care of a collector. The few examples actually given favour this conclusion. How...
Page xv - E come un segno surge in Oriente, Un altro cade con mirabil arte, Come si vede qua...