Ancient oriental nations and GreeceR.S. Peale, J.A. Hill, 1897 - Всего страниц: 3494 |
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Стр. 388
... feet high and about thirty feet wide . The African territory of Carthage ex- tended westward along the coast of the Pillars of Hercules ( now Straits of Gib- raltar ) ; eastward to the altars of Philæni , which marked the frontier ...
... feet high and about thirty feet wide . The African territory of Carthage ex- tended westward along the coast of the Pillars of Hercules ( now Straits of Gib- raltar ) ; eastward to the altars of Philæni , which marked the frontier ...
Стр. 404
... feet below . The roads have for the most part been arti- ficially cut in the sides of the precipices , which rise from the streams sometimes to the height of two thousand feet . In order to cross from the Persian Gulf to the high ...
... feet below . The roads have for the most part been arti- ficially cut in the sides of the precipices , which rise from the streams sometimes to the height of two thousand feet . In order to cross from the Persian Gulf to the high ...
Стр. 405
... feet above the sea - level ; being eleven hundred miles long , and from five hundred to seven hun- dred miles wide . Two - thirds of this table- land is a desert . The rivers flowing from the mountains , except the Etymandrus , or ...
... feet above the sea - level ; being eleven hundred miles long , and from five hundred to seven hun- dred miles wide . Two - thirds of this table- land is a desert . The rivers flowing from the mountains , except the Etymandrus , or ...
Стр. 407
... feet . Therefore all the great rivers of Western Asia here take their rise , namely , the Tigris , the Euphrates , the Halys , the Araxes and the Cyrus . In the highest part of this lofty region are the elevated lake- basins of Urumiyeh ...
... feet . Therefore all the great rivers of Western Asia here take their rise , namely , the Tigris , the Euphrates , the Halys , the Araxes and the Cyrus . In the highest part of this lofty region are the elevated lake- basins of Urumiyeh ...
Стр. 449
... feet long . Grecian spear was sometimes twenty - two feet long . Herodotus and Xenophon rep- resented the Persian bow as uncommonly large , while the sculptures represent it as The not more than four feet long . It appears to have been ...
... feet long . Grecian spear was sometimes twenty - two feet long . Herodotus and Xenophon rep- resented the Persian bow as uncommonly large , while the sculptures represent it as The not more than four feet long . It appears to have been ...
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Стр. 494 - Let me not yet, O Varuna, enter into the house of clay: have mercy, almighty, have mercy. " If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind : have mercy, almighty, have mercy...
Стр. 486 - Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the west by the...
Стр. 492 - He who gives life, he who gives strength ; whose command all the Bright Gods revere ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death.
Стр. 493 - He to Whom heaven and earth, standing firm by His will, look up trembling inwardly — He over Whom the rising sun shines forth ; who is the God...
Стр. 690 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus should belong to him. He also thinks it just to leave all the other Grecian cities, both small and great, independent, — except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros, which are to belong to Athens, as of old.
Стр. 494 - Thirst came upon the worshipper though he stood in the midst of the waters : have mercy, almighty, have mercy ! " Whenever we men, O Varuna, commit an offence before the heavenly host, whenever we break the law through thoughtlessness : have mercy, almighty, have mercy !
Стр. 518 - 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. 518 - Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of all the Awakened.
Стр. 572 - On them, of all creation blest, Sweet insect, that delight'st to rest Upon the wild wood's leafy tops, To drink the dew that morning drops, And chirp thy song with such a glee, T'mt happiest kings may envy tliee.
Стр. 538 - 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.