| Archibald Henry Sayce - 1906 - 612 Seiten
...peace; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...man! place not thy confidence in this present world!" The luxury of the caliphs, so useless to their private happiness, relaxed the nerves and terminated... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, Critics must excuse me If I compare them to certain...the great advantage of pruning them. — Shenstone. О man, place not thy confidence in this present world ! — The Caliph. Abdalraham. Human huppiuese... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 Seiten
...peace, oeloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...which have fallen to my lot ; they amount to fourteen. О man, place not thy confidence in this present world !— The Caliph Abdalraham. Human happiness... | |
| JOEL COOK - 1910 - 742 Seiten
...peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...man, place not thy confidence in this present world." The line of the Omayyades of the Abderrahman dynasty became extinct in 1031. St. Ferdinand captured... | |
| Joel Cook - 1910 - 726 Seiten
...peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...man, place not thy confidence in this present world." The line of the 62 THE ANCIENT MOORISH CAPITAL Omayyades of the Abderrahman dynasty became extinct... | |
| William Henry Fish - 1913 - 220 Seiten
...peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...my lot : they amount to fourteen. O man ! place not confidence in this present world." This is a testimony which is, in substance, often repeated ; and... | |
| Stephen Haley Allen - 1916 - 1264 Seiten
...dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure have awaited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to...! place not thy confidence in this present world." Like most others in similar station he failed to comprehend his own vices, and that he daily transgressed... | |
| Hugh Elliot - 1917 - 352 Seiten
...peace ; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...man, place not thy confidence in this present world ! " J Once again, in the twentieth century the accumulation of wealth among all classes is far greater... | |
| Hugh Elliot - 1922 - 302 Seiten
...peace ; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...man, place not thy confidence in this present world." Happiness is probably in far closer association with efficiency than it is with opportunity. " Superfluity... | |
| 1928 - 238 Seiten
...peace; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. - Kichos and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does...have fallen to my lot : they amount to Fourteen."— Gibbon's "Decline and Fall," Chapter 52. Tliat life — " For know there are two worlds of life and... | |
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