The World's Great Classics, Volume 40Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne Colonial Press, 1899 Library Committee: Timothy Dwight ... Richard Henry Stoddard, Arthur Richmond Marsh, A.B. [and others] ... Illustrated with nearly two hundred photogravures, etchings, colored plates and full page portraits of great authors. Clarence Cook, art editor. |
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... night with their spotted rain - clouds and with their spears- lightnings - they rouse the companions together , they whose ire through strength is like the ire of serpents . You who march in companies , the friends of man , heroes ...
... night with their spotted rain - clouds and with their spears- lightnings - they rouse the companions together , they whose ire through strength is like the ire of serpents . You who march in companies , the friends of man , heroes ...
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... nights with the red rays , the strong ones , with their brilliant light , as with a sea of milk . With the morning clouds , as if with glittering red ornaments , these Maruts have grown great in the sacred places . Streaming down with ...
... nights with the red rays , the strong ones , with their brilliant light , as with a sea of milk . With the morning clouds , as if with glittering red ornaments , these Maruts have grown great in the sacred places . Streaming down with ...
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... nights , O Rudras , the days , O powerful men , the sky , the mists , ye shakers , the plains , like ships , and the strongholds , O Maruts , you suffer nowhere . That strength of yours , O Maruts , that greatness extended as far as the ...
... nights , O Rudras , the days , O powerful men , the sky , the mists , ye shakers , the plains , like ships , and the strongholds , O Maruts , you suffer nowhere . That strength of yours , O Maruts , that greatness extended as far as the ...
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... night , may that impostor not rule over us . Agni has won abundance in heroes . Agni and the two Mitras have blessed Medhyâtithi . Agni has blessed Upa- stuta in the acquirement of wealth . Through Agni we call hither from afar Turvasa ...
... night , may that impostor not rule over us . Agni has won abundance in heroes . Agni and the two Mitras have blessed Medhyâtithi . Agni has blessed Upa- stuta in the acquirement of wealth . Through Agni we call hither from afar Turvasa ...
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... night as by day , the ageless one who wanders through many generations of men . The prayers , the ten fingers stir him up . We , the mortals , call him , the god , for his protection . From the dry land he hastens to the declivities ...
... night as by day , the ageless one who wanders through many generations of men . The prayers , the ten fingers stir him up . We , the mortals , call him , the god , for his protection . From the dry land he hastens to the declivities ...
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Agni Ahura Mazda answered Angra Mainyu apostle Aspahê Aspahê-astra Avesta beauty Bhikshu birth and death Bodhisattva body born Brahman Brâhmana Buddha cause chariots cleanse clouds corpse Dakhma dead deeds defiled delights desire Devas Drug Nasu rushes dwell earth evil eyes faithful father fear fire give gods grief hast hath hearing heart heaven heavenly heroes hither horses hundred stripes Indra king Koran live lord lust Maker Mâra Maruts material world mighty mind Mohammed mountains Nirvâna offer pain Parsis penalty perish Persia Peshôtanu praise prâna prayer prince rejoiced religion religious reverence righteous Rishi royal Rudra sacrifice Sanscrit Soma sorrow soul Spenta Armaiti Spitama Zarathustra splendor Sraoshô-karana strength strong Tathagata things thou Holy Thou shalt sprinkle thought true believers truth Verily wealth whilst wisdom wise words worship worshippers of Mazda Yima Zend Zoroaster
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Page 115 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 115 - He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me. he robbed me' — in those who do not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. "For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love — this is an old rule.
Page 245 - And the Jews devised a stratagem against him ; but God devised a stratagem against them ; and God is the best deviser of stratagems. When God said, O Jesus, verily I will cause thee to die, and I will take thee up unto me...
Page 125 - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come "nigh unto me. Even by the falling of waterdrops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little.
Page 136 - The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of one's self is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the player.
Page 182 - Really his utterances, are they not a kind of ' revelation ' ; — what we must call such for want of other name ? It is from the heart of the world that he comes ; he is portion of the primal reality of things. God has made many revelations : but this man too, has not God made him, the latest and newest of all ? The ' inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding ' : we must listen before all to him.
Page 134 - Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!
Page 289 - I have not spoken to them any other than what thou didst command me ; namely, Worship GOD, my LORD and your LORD...
Page 227 - GOD'S sake unto his kindred, and unto orphans and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives ; who is constant at prayer and giveth alms ; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and hardships, and in time of violence : these are they who are true, and these are they who fear GOD.
Page 227 - The month of Ramadan shall ye fast, in which the Koran was sent down from heaven, a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction between good and evil.