The World's Great Classics, Volume 31Colonial Press, 1899 |
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... earth , and its castles in the air . The greatest of all Eastern national epics is the work of a Persian . The " Sháh Námeh , " or Book of Kings , may take its place most worthily by the side of the Indian Nala , the Hom- eric Iliad ...
... earth , and its castles in the air . The greatest of all Eastern national epics is the work of a Persian . The " Sháh Námeh , " or Book of Kings , may take its place most worthily by the side of the Indian Nala , the Hom- eric Iliad ...
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... earth to heaven - all these and a hundred other fancies com- pare unfavorably with the reserve of Homer , in his use of such a personage as Circe , and the human grace and dignity which he lends to that genial circle on Olympus , whose ...
... earth to heaven - all these and a hundred other fancies com- pare unfavorably with the reserve of Homer , in his use of such a personage as Circe , and the human grace and dignity which he lends to that genial circle on Olympus , whose ...
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... earth He spread the blessings of paternal sway ; Wild animals , obsequious to his will , Assembled round his throne , and did him homage . He had a son named Saiámuk , a youth Of lovely form and countenance , in war Brave and ...
... earth He spread the blessings of paternal sway ; Wild animals , obsequious to his will , Assembled round his throne , and did him homage . He had a son named Saiámuk , a youth Of lovely form and countenance , in war Brave and ...
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... earth that Demon horrible , And sorrow will be rooted from thy heart . " Saiámuk left a son whose name was Húsheng , whom the king loved much more even than his father . Húsheng his name . There seemed in him combined , Knowledge and ...
... earth that Demon horrible , And sorrow will be rooted from thy heart . " Saiámuk left a son whose name was Húsheng , whom the king loved much more even than his father . Húsheng his name . There seemed in him combined , Knowledge and ...
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... earth Owes all its science , never did exist A sovereignty like mine , beneficent And glorious , driving from the populous land Disease and want . Domestic joy and rest Proceed from me , all that is good and great Waits my behest ; the ...
... earth Owes all its science , never did exist A sovereignty like mine , beneficent And glorious , driving from the populous land Disease and want . Domestic joy and rest Proceed from me , all that is good and great Waits my behest ; the ...
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