Further MemoriesE.P. Dutton, 1917 - 311 pages |
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Page 85 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 82 - My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Page 84 - King of the breathing and awakening world ; He who governs all, man and beast : who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 86 - She shines upon us, like a young wife, rousing every living being to go to his work. The fire had to be kindled by men ; she brought light by striking down darkness.
Page 249 - My Lady Gerrard treated us at Mulberry Garden,* now the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceedingly cheated at ; Cromwell and his partisans having shut up and seized on Spring Garden, which, till now, had been the usual rendezvous for the ladies and gallants at this season.
Page 84 - In the beginning there arose the golden Child — He was the one born lord of all that is. He established the earth and this sky; — Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? 2.
Page 243 - ... the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs...
Page 86 - She, the fortunate, who brings the eye of the Gods, who leads the white and lovely steed (of the sun), the Dawn, was seen revealed by her rays, with brilliant treasures, following every one.
Page 87 - Thou, who art a blessing where thou art near, drive far away the unfriendly ; make the pastures wide, give us safety ! Remove the haters, bring treasures ! Raise wealth to the worshipper, thou mighty Dawn. " Shine for us with thy best rays, thou bright Dawn, thou who lengthenest our life, thou the love of all, who givest us food, who givest us wealth in cows, horses, and chariots. " Thou, daughter of the sky, thou high-born Dawn, whom the Vasishthas magnify with songs, give us riches high and wide...
Page 89 - That before that time they had been living in more northern regions, within the same precincts with the ancestors of the Greeks, the Italians, Slavonians, Germans, and Celts, is a fact as firmly established as that the Normans of William the Conqueror were the Northmen of Scandinavia. The evidence of language is irrefragable, and it is the only evidence worth listening to with regard to ante-historical periods.