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Pàgina 17
... taste for be * The Jewish Rabbi , Bar - Maimon , commonly called Maimo- nides , was born at Cordova , in Spain , about A. D. 1131. Next to the Sacred Books , his writings are held in the greatest repute amongst the Jews.-ED. learning ...
... taste for be * The Jewish Rabbi , Bar - Maimon , commonly called Maimo- nides , was born at Cordova , in Spain , about A. D. 1131. Next to the Sacred Books , his writings are held in the greatest repute amongst the Jews.-ED. learning ...
Pàgina 64
... taste the ambrosial sweets 6 Which for the sons of men are here prepared , Who heavenly Wisdom's warning words regard . Here are no weeds , no baneful poison here , No sounds discordant to disturb the ear ; But all around the flowers ...
... taste the ambrosial sweets 6 Which for the sons of men are here prepared , Who heavenly Wisdom's warning words regard . Here are no weeds , no baneful poison here , No sounds discordant to disturb the ear ; But all around the flowers ...
Pàgina 66
... Taste every balm , and cull the choicest flowers , And , like the bee , collect ambrosial stores : And , when you've tasted , gather'd , and refined , Pour out the sweets as blessings for mankind . " * Abdallah was so delighted with the ...
... Taste every balm , and cull the choicest flowers , And , like the bee , collect ambrosial stores : And , when you've tasted , gather'd , and refined , Pour out the sweets as blessings for mankind . " * Abdallah was so delighted with the ...
Pàgina 88
... taste and other senses are much quicker than in men who eat much flesh . Several Indian tribes live almost altogether on rice and vegetables . The wisdom of the Brahmuns is famed , and their skill is admirable in secret remedies of many ...
... taste and other senses are much quicker than in men who eat much flesh . Several Indian tribes live almost altogether on rice and vegetables . The wisdom of the Brahmuns is famed , and their skill is admirable in secret remedies of many ...
Pàgina 98
... taste by quoting fragments of poetry , sometimes long and sometimes short , which serve either as authorities for facts , as ornaments of style , or as a relaxation to their readers . - ED . " You may lay it down as a rule , 98 THE ...
... taste by quoting fragments of poetry , sometimes long and sometimes short , which serve either as authorities for facts , as ornaments of style , or as a relaxation to their readers . - ED . " You may lay it down as a rule , 98 THE ...
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The Orientalist: Or, Letters of a Rabbi. With Notes James Noble (Orientalist) Visualització completa - 1831 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 182 - Single is each man born; single he dies; single he receives the reward of his good, and single the punishment of his evil, deeds.
Pàgina 180 - A mansion with bones for its rafters and beams ; with nerves and tendons for cords ; with muscles and blood for mortar ; with skin for its outward covering; filled with no sweet perfume, but loaded with...
Pàgina 119 - ... took the same care of him as if he had been his own son. Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his bounties ; but the old man always answered, " My son, it is by actions that gratitude is proved ; we shall see in a proper time and place, whether you are so grateful as you pretend.
Pàgina 155 - He, (Moldovanji Pacha,) was desirous of an acquaintance with me, and seeming to regret that his business would not permit him to stay long, he departed, promising in a short time to return. I had already attended him half way down the staircase, when stopping, and turning briskly to one of my domestics who followed me, ' Bring me directly/ said he,
Pàgina 260 - Pythagoras, as after him Ocellus, peoples the middle or aerial region with demons, as heaven with gods, and the earth with men. Here again they agree precisely with the Hindus, who place the gods above, man beneath, and spiritual creatures, flitting unseen, in the intermediate region.
Pàgina 179 - Let not a man be querulous even though in pain ; let him not injure another in deed or in thought ; let him not even utter a word, by which his fellow creature may suffer uneasiness; since that will obstruct his own progress to future beatitude.
Pàgina 180 - Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing; let him speak no disagreeable truth, nor let him speak agreeable falsehood : this is a primeval rule. 139. "Let him say, '"well...
Pàgina 155 - ... said he, some bread and salt. What he requested was brought; when, taking a little salt between his fingers, and putting it with a mysterious air on a bit of bread, he eat it with a devout gravity, assuring me, that I might now rely on him.
Pàgina 130 - He bought another , and arrived without any obstacle at his mother's , whom he would scarce look upon , so much was he taken up with his treasure. His first care was to place the loads of his camels and the candlestick in the most private room of the house; and , in his impatience to feed his eyes with his great opulence , he placed lights immediately in the candlestick : The twelve...
Pàgina 174 - ... arms ; nor stand upon hair, ashes, bones, potsherds, seeds of cotton, or husks of grain ; nor stroke (or scratch) his head with both hands ; nor, after his head has been rubbed with oil, touch with oil any of his limbs ; nor receive a gift from a keeper of a slaughter-house or oil-press...