The Classic MediterraneanAmerican Tract Society, 1910 - 256 páginas |
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... Roman . He maintains that all of our religion , nearly all of our law , the majority of our arts , almost all that sets us above savages , have come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean . " Come and make one of my family party ...
... Roman . He maintains that all of our religion , nearly all of our law , the majority of our arts , almost all that sets us above savages , have come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean . " Come and make one of my family party ...
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... Roman Emperors , Hadrian , Trajan and Theodosius ; to the immortal Magellan , and to two great painters , Murillo and Velasquez . The Alcazar , or House of Cæsar , was the residence of the Moorish and Catholic kings , and is one of the ...
... Roman Emperors , Hadrian , Trajan and Theodosius ; to the immortal Magellan , and to two great painters , Murillo and Velasquez . The Alcazar , or House of Cæsar , was the residence of the Moorish and Catholic kings , and is one of the ...
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... Roman one . It was one of the most exciting moments of my life when I saw at the bottom of a trench , eighteen feet deep , the much - worn stone block of a flight of steps . There was no more doubt that we had the Temple of Apollo . I ...
... Roman one . It was one of the most exciting moments of my life when I saw at the bottom of a trench , eighteen feet deep , the much - worn stone block of a flight of steps . There was no more doubt that we had the Temple of Apollo . I ...
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... Roman Empire , he decided to erect in Con- stantinople a church that should surpass any Christian structure then existing or any one that might thereafter be erected . The church was dedicated in December , 537 A. D. , less than six ...
... Roman Empire , he decided to erect in Con- stantinople a church that should surpass any Christian structure then existing or any one that might thereafter be erected . The church was dedicated in December , 537 A. D. , less than six ...
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... Roman , Byzantine , Arabic and Turkish coins ; precious stones and ancient arms ; a collection of the state robes of the Sultan ; emeralds as large as the palm of one's hand ; garments plated with table diamonds - but why enumerate ? A ...
... Roman , Byzantine , Arabic and Turkish coins ; precious stones and ancient arms ; a collection of the state robes of the Sultan ; emeralds as large as the palm of one's hand ; garments plated with table diamonds - but why enumerate ? A ...
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Página 85 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Página 67 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phcebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 123 - I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Página 15 - HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA. Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away ; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay; Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay ; In the dimmest North-East distance dawned Gibraltar grand and gray; " Here and here did England help me : how can I help England...
Página 122 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Página 148 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 84 - Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Página 85 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Página 22 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 177 - He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good, That we might go at last to- Heaven, Saved by His precious- Blood.