Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race from the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art, Том 2Western Press Assoc., 1914 |
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... becomes dry and parched - and the traveler wonders that any portion of the land should be inhabited . " The great plateau is not a single unbroken plain . In the western portion are " brown irregular rocky ridges . " Location Media ...
... becomes dry and parched - and the traveler wonders that any portion of the land should be inhabited . " The great plateau is not a single unbroken plain . In the western portion are " brown irregular rocky ridges . " Location Media ...
Стр. 473
... become brothers . " Thus all Western Asia , from the shores of the Ægean on the west to the Persian Gulf on the east , was now ruled by dynasties united by intermarriages , bound to respect each other's rights and animated by a spirit ...
... become brothers . " Thus all Western Asia , from the shores of the Ægean on the west to the Persian Gulf on the east , was now ruled by dynasties united by intermarriages , bound to respect each other's rights and animated by a spirit ...
Стр. 475
... become settled in the region south and south- east of Media , between the 32d parallel and the Persian Gulf , and had acknowledged the suzerainty of the Median kings during the period of their greatness . But dwelling in their rugged ...
... become settled in the region south and south- east of Media , between the 32d parallel and the Persian Gulf , and had acknowledged the suzerainty of the Median kings during the period of their greatness . But dwelling in their rugged ...
Стр. 483
... become enervated through luxury when the revolt of the Persians under Cyrus brought the Median Empire to a speedy end . National Corrup- tion and Decay . Art . Median architecture was characterized by a barbaric magnificence . Median It ...
... become enervated through luxury when the revolt of the Persians under Cyrus brought the Median Empire to a speedy end . National Corrup- tion and Decay . Art . Median architecture was characterized by a barbaric magnificence . Median It ...
Стр. 486
... become one of the wealthiest — if not the very wealthiest - of princes . With an insatiable ambition and more than ordinary ability , Cyrus aimed at universal dominion . Cte- sias tells us that as soon as he was seated on his throne he ...
... become one of the wealthiest — if not the very wealthiest - of princes . With an insatiable ambition and more than ordinary ability , Cyrus aimed at universal dominion . Cte- sias tells us that as soon as he was seated on his throne he ...
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Стр. 689 - What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to men.
Стр. 631 - Let her emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. " Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women as...
Стр. 632 - O friend to virtue ! that supreme Spirit, which thou believest one and the same with thyself, resides in thy bosom perpetually, and is an all-knowing inspector of thy goodness or of thy wickedness.
Стр. 663 - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a waterpot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little. Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me.
Стр. 663 - Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of all the Awakened.
Стр. 629 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Стр. 688 - When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;—this is knowledge.
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Стр. 688 - For a man to sacrifice to a spirit which does not belong to him is flattery." 2. "To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.
Стр. 663 - As many kinds of wreaths can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.