The countries of the world, Volume 6; Volume 801876 |
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Page 225 - Nay, it should be observed, that most of the terms connected with chase and warfare differ in each of the Aryan dialects, while words connected with more peaceful occupations belong generally to the common heir-loom of the Aryan language. The proper appreciation of this fact in its general bearing will show how a similar remark made by Niebuhr with regard to Greek and Latin requires a very different explanation from that which that great scholar, from his more restricted point of view, was able to...
Page 81 - Nile, and sit in the seats of the faithful, and still that sleepless rock will lie watching and watching the works of the new busy race with those same sad earnest eyes, and...
Page 53 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Page 136 - Shingly rocks strewed the path and the waste, and thin, sere grass waved mournfully on level and spine, on slope of ridge and crest of hill; in the hollows it was somewhat thicker; in the bottoms it had a slight tinge of green. " We had gradually descended some five hundred feet along declining spurs when we saw a scattered string of hammocks appearing, and gleams of startling whiteness, such as were given by fine linen and twills. "A buzz of wonder ran along our column. " Proceeding a little farther,...
Page 81 - Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors, upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire, upon battle and pestilence, upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race, upon keen-eyed travellers — Herodotus yesterday and Warburton to-day — upon all and more, this unworldly Sphinx has watched and watched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad, tranquil mien.
Page 12 - Effendim," rejoins the official, " we don't take copper either. You must pay in silver." " Silver ? By my head, I have none ! Do me the kindness of taking copper. I will pay you the agio." " Impossible, Effendim. I am not allowed to take it.
Page 225 - It will show that all the Aryan nations had led a long life of peace before they separated, and that their language acquired individuality and nationality, as each colony started in search of new homes, — new generations forming new terms connected with the warlike and adventurous life of their onward migrations.
Page 12 - I have none ! Do me the kindness of taking copper, I will pay you the agio.' ' Impossible, Effendim, I am not allowed to take it.' ' Well, what am I to do, then, my son ? ' ' Go to the money-changer, he is sitting there in the corner.' ' Ah me, it is very hot ; won't you really take copper ? ' 'I cannot under any circumstances.' ' Very well, then, you shall have silver. Here it is ! ' ' Thanks ! ' This part of the business being concluded, the Turk asks, 'When will the letter be sent off?
Page 145 - December or February — at some other time of the year than that then present — if I really wanted to see what flies and dust could do. I sometimes thought that the people of Kimbeiiey were proud of their flies and their dust.
Page 12 - Then it will be dispatched in the morning if you bring it here before two o'clock this afternoon.' ' Excellent ; and when will the answer come back ? ' ' Well, Effendim, that will depend on when your son posts his reply.' ' Writes his reply, my lamb ; why, what are you thinking of, he will do it at once, of course ! Do you suppose he will keep his father waiting?' 'Very well; in that case the answer will arrive quickly; you may perhaps get it in ten days.