Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Bände 24-25The Society, 1896 |
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Seite 52 - And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.
Seite 143 - Their flaming crests above the waves they show; Their bellies seem to burn the seas below; Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force.
Seite 158 - MANY A HOUSE OF LIFE HATH HELD ME — SEEKING EVER HIM WHO WROUGHT THESE PRISONS OF THE SENSES, SORROW-FRAUGHT; SORE WAS MY CEASELESS STRIFE ! BUT NOW, THOU BUILDER OF THIS TABERNACLE — THOU! I KNOW THEE! NEVER SHALT THOU BUILD AGAIN THESE WALLS OF PAIN, NOR RAISE THE ROOF-TREE OF DECEITS, NOR LAY FRESH RAFTERS ON THE CLAY; BROKEN THY HOUSE is, AND THE RIDGE-POLE SPLIT! DELUSION FASHIONED IT! SAFE PASS I THENCE — DELIVERANCE TO OBTAIN.
Seite xviii - ... after an equal lapse of time, I found there a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time ; and when I would fain have informed myself concerning its origin, the inhabitants answered me, ' Its rise is lost in remote antiquity. We are ignorant how long it has existed; and our fathers were, on this subject, as ignorant as ourselves.
Seite 143 - With pious haste, but vain, they next invade; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok'd, their crests divide, And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride.
Seite xviii - I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again, after an equal lapse of time, I found there a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in...
Seite xviii - Kidhz, an allegorical personage : — I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been founded. " It is indeed a mighty city...
Seite xxviii - Annual subscriptions shall be payable in advance on the 1st of January in each year; and no subscriber, whose subscription is in arrear, shall be entitled to any privileges as to voting. Committee of Management. 12. For conducting the affairs of the fund there shall be a
Seite 92 - The elements and roots of religion were there as far back as we can trace the history of man ; and the history of religion, like the history of language, shows us throughout a succession of new combinations of the same radical elements.
Seite xlv - The published Transactions of the Society shall contain:— (1) Such papers and notes read before the Society as the Council shall have selected, and an abstract of the discussion thereon : (2) The Minutes of the General Meetings...