The Classic MediterraneanAmerican Tract Society, 1910 - 256 páginas |
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... centuries . The teem- ing life found there now is profoundly human , and its sordid , pathetic calmness of decay only interprets and deepens the wonder of that vast array of ancient achievement to which the remains there found bear ...
... centuries . The teem- ing life found there now is profoundly human , and its sordid , pathetic calmness of decay only interprets and deepens the wonder of that vast array of ancient achievement to which the remains there found bear ...
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... century , and of which so many of his admirers have delightful memories in the opening decades of the present century ? " The Sea within the Land " is the literal meaning of the word Mediterranean . To the Hebrews it was " The Great Sea ...
... century , and of which so many of his admirers have delightful memories in the opening decades of the present century ? " The Sea within the Land " is the literal meaning of the word Mediterranean . To the Hebrews it was " The Great Sea ...
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... centuries in the embrace of three continents . " Studying it either as a geographer or historian , he will be well repaid for his efforts . He may people it again with the gods and goddesses of mythology , or see its waves reddening ...
... centuries in the embrace of three continents . " Studying it either as a geographer or historian , he will be well repaid for his efforts . He may people it again with the gods and goddesses of mythology , or see its waves reddening ...
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... century the Mediterranean has carried the wealth of the Indies westward , and in return has taken on its way through the Suez Canal to India and China and Japan and Australia the best that Europe and America could produce for those THE ...
... century the Mediterranean has carried the wealth of the Indies westward , and in return has taken on its way through the Suez Canal to India and China and Japan and Australia the best that Europe and America could produce for those THE ...
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... centuries . That which gives to school its dignity is that it is a little world which prepares for the great world ; and that which is the dignity and glory of the Mediterranean is , not merely that it is a majestic expanse of water ...
... centuries . That which gives to school its dignity is that it is a little world which prepares for the great world ; and that which is the dignity and glory of the Mediterranean is , not merely that it is a majestic expanse of water ...
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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.