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The Soul of a Bishop

By: H. G. Wells

...thing mattered…. If only he could smoke! He was persuaded that a couple of Egyptian cigarettes, or three at the outside, a day, would do wonders in re... ...or his nerves in Manila cheroots, and a particularly big and heavy type of Egyptian cigarette with a considerable amount of opium, and his disorganize... ...shriv- elled up, it was the patched-up speculations of vanished Greeks and Egyptians, it was a mummy of ancient disputes, old and dry, that fell to du... ...adictions of the human intelligence utterly puzzled. It is about those two Gods, the God beyond the stars and the God in your heart. It says that they... ... your heart is like Prometheus—or Hiawatha—or any other of the sacrificial gods, a rebel. He arises out of man. He rebels against that high God of the... ...ssional religious man at all; not a trace of the sacrifices to the ancient gods…. And no room for a professional religions man….” He felt 201 H G Wel...

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The Book of the Prophet

By: Jeremiah

...their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 17 Thou therefore gird u... ...ligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for tha... ...e of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the... ...the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have trans gress... ...e for this? thy children have for saken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and as... ...thshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. Chapter 44 T he word that came to Jeremi...

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The First Book of The

By: Anonymous

.... 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha h... ...nsgressed against the God of their fa thers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the ... ...idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 11 And when all Jabeshg... ...so he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s h... ...am; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These things did Benai... ...called the name of that place Baalperazim. 12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 An... ... is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the he...

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Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence

...ir cut short in the artist fashion, hanging level and full almost like the Egyptian princess’s. She was small and delicately made, with warm colouring... ... level on either side of her head, her straight, small, softened features, Egyptian in the slight fulness of their curves, her slender neck and the si... ...ve one was not mad, that one was not a figure in the hall of kings in some Egyptian tomb, where the dead all sat immemorial and tremendous. How utterl... ...as put to scorn. So much they could do upon earth, the multifarious little gods that they were. But the kingdom of death put them all to scorn, they d... ...issolution. This was why her face looked like a beetle’s: this was why the Egyptians worshipped the ball-roll- ing scarab: because of the principle of... ..., fate which one asks for, which one accepts in full. He sat still like an Egyptian Pharoah, driving the car. He felt as if he were seated in immemori...

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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...and announce to him what was, in our new day, the authentic message of the gods. His speculations, readings, inferences, glances and conclusions were ... ...the be- ginning of days, doom unalterable as the pillars of the world; the gods are angry, and all nature groans, till this doom of eternal justice be... ...as a kind of Heaven-scaling Ixion; and to him, as to the old one, the just gods were very stern! The ever-revolving, never-advancing Wheel (of a kind)... ...rives an interest and charm from its turning on the characters and acts of gods and genii, lions and foxes, Arabs and Affghauns. On the contrary, for ... ...land now, and the famous nations which lived in former days. Such were the Egyptians who built the Pyramids, which are the greatest heaps of stone upo... ...pul- chral, such as might suit the Grand Lama’s court, or the inside of an Egyptian Pyramid; or as if the Hieroglyphics on one of the Obelisks here sh... ...times a week, and inquire how the human race goes on. I suppose this Turco-Egyptian War will throw several diplomatists into a state of great exciteme...

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The Book of Ezra

By: Ezra

...r had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mit... ... Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for ...

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Guy Mannering

By: Sir Walter Scott

...re called gipsies; who are in most cases a mixed race, between the ancient Egyptians who arrived in Europe about the beginning of the fifteenth centur... ... back the old names. And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to shave this earth With man as with their friend, and to t... ... lost, in a great measure, by this intermixture, the national character of Egyptians, and became a mingled race, having all the idleness and predatory... ...n of the impress service at D—; two children were soundly flogged, and one Egyptian matron sent to the house of correction. Still, however, the gipsie... ...rsh and menacing lan- guage had been exchanged between him and some of the Egyptian patriarchs on that memorable occasion. The Sheriff received also t... ...lted with divination, and sorcery, and lots, which is the fashion with the Egyptians, as they ca’ themsells, and other unhappy bodies, in this our cou... ...and shall be. Then John he did him to record draw, And John he caste him a gods-pennie; But for every pounde that John agreed, The land, I wis, was we... ...Hout, deills i’ the wife, wi’ her saughs, and her sunkies, and Ellangowans—Godsake, woman, let me away—there’s saxpence t’ye to buy half a mutchkin, i... ...ool-days’ friendship, childhood innocence, We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, s...

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Around the World in 80 Days

By: Jules Verne

...pon which the an- cient navigators never ventured without propitiating the gods by ample sacrifices. How did this eccentric personage pass his time on... ...centuries later, a translation of this precious book, which was written in Egyptian, was made by Joseph Smith, junior, a Vermont farmer, who revealed ... ...imple mummy showman a papyrus scroll written by Abraham and several famous Egyptians. The Elder’s story became somewhat wearisome, and his audience gr...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Thomas Hutchinson

... _95 Therefore from nature’s inner shrine, Where gods and fiends in worship bend, Majestic spirit, be it thine The flame to ... ...r the dead Sculpturing records for each memory In verse, such as malignant gods pronounce, _260 Blasting the hopes of men, wh... ... with a divided lot, Immortal, all-pervading, manifold, T win Genii, equal Gods—when life and thought _350 Sprang forth, they burst the wo... ... throughout the streets, the Priests he sent To curse the rebels.—To their gods did they For Earthquake, Plague, and W ant, kneel in the public way . ... ... _860 For he, they said, from his mind had bent Against their gods keen blasphemy, For which, though his soul must roasted be In hell’s r... ... of people who died, and the immense consumption of garlic by the wretched Egyptians, who made a sepulchre for the name as well as the bodies of their... ...naces Medina, The Aethiop has intrenched himself in Sennaar, And keeps the Egyptian rebel well employed, Who denies homage, claims investiture As pric... ...ND CITIZEN: SECOND CITIZEN: SECOND CITIZEN: SECOND CITIZEN: I learnt it in Egyptian bondage, sir. Your worm of Nile Betrays not with its flattering te...

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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

...n, they no longer go ornamented with wreaths and gilt fillets to thank the gods in the neighbouring temple.” “I agree with you,” said I; “and steam se... ...passage of the Israel- 157 Jules Verne ites and of the catastrophe to the Egyptians, I will ask whether you have met with the traces under the water ... ... the sand would bring to light a large number of arms and instru- ments of Egyptian origin.” “That is evident,” I replied; “and for the sake of archae... ...r Land,” I continued; “this low coast which rounds off to the south is the Egyptian coast. And you who have such good eyes, Ned, you can see the jetty...

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...Keats’s, Scott’s native bard!Well, woe be to the man who denies the public gods! The truth is, then, that Athens is a disappointment; and I am angry t... ...hat ancient Greek spirit which peopled it with sublime races of heroes and gods;* and which I never could get out of a Greek book,—no, not though Muzz... ... which is all but boiling. This has its charms; but I could not relish the Egyptian shampooing. A hideous old blind man (but very dexterous in his art... ...in opposite, Solomon, with the thousand women of his harem, worshipped the gods of all their nations, “Ashtoreth,” and “Milcom, and Molech, the abomin... ...ys. You might be as well impressed with Wapping as with your first step on Egyptian soil. 125 Thackeray The riding of a donkey is, after all, not a d... ...quiring no spur or admonitive to haste, except the shrieking of the little Egyptian gamin, who ran along by asinus’s side. The character of the houses... ...at officer of the Pasha’s Court, or of one of the numerous children of the Egyptian Solomon. His Highness was in his own palace, and was consequently ... ...several of our party were pre- sented to him at Cairo, and found the great Egyptian ruler perfectly convalescent. This, and the Opera, and the quarrel... ... the Nile, the old Saturn of a stream—a divinity yet, though younger river-gods have deposed him. Hail! O venerable father of crocodiles!We were all l...

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The Poems

By: George Meredith

...w the earth would open! O, that now the shades would hide! O, that now the gods would shelter! Caverns lead and seas divide! Not more faint soft-lowin... ...wning birth, – And faith will fill thee with what is to be! Sleep, for the Gods are watching over thee! Thy dream will steer thee to perform their wil... ...thee with Elysian breath, That fade into a never-fading clime. Dear to the Gods are those that do like thee A solemn duty! for the tyranny Of kings is... ...reamy eye Still looks upon beleaguered T roy; Nor yet Olympus crown’d with gods Can boast a majesty like thine, 71 O Mountain! hid from peak to base,... ...g, foreign years, And terrible the doubt of short delay – More terrible, O Gods! he cried, but stopped; Then raised his voice upon the storm and praye... ...statues barred his tread. On high in amphitheatre field on field, Italian, Egyptian, Austrian, Far heard and of the carnage discord clear, Bells of hi...

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The Acts of the Apostles

By: Various

... thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yester day? 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a strang... ... in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the ... ...ad done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12 And they called Barna... ...ill this babbler say? Other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19 And t... ...this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 27 So that not only this our craft is i... ...ay I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? 38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Volume I.

By: George Gilfillan

...s far as it may be useful to that sort of life. And an air of piety to the gods should shine through the poem, which so visibly appears in all the wor... ...re comprised in one. See what delights in sylvan scenes appear! Descending gods have found Elysium here. 60 In woods bright Venus ... ...o murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove; Ye gods! and is there no relief for love? But soon the sun with milder rays de... ...ell with floods of wine; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove; Just gods! shall all things yield returns but love? Resound, ye hills, resound m... ... 120 Ah, cease, rash youth! desist ere ’tis too late, Fear the just gods, and think of Scylla’s fate! Changed to a bird, and sent to flit in ai... ...IS RIGHT . VARIATIONS. In former editions, VER 64— Now wears a garland, an Egyptian god. Altered as above for the reason given in the note. After VER....

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...e same time denouncing against him a speedy chastisement from the offended gods. At which Dionysius, reading in his sol- diers’ looks, that instead of... ...was so overjoyed at the news that he made a great sacrifice upon it to the gods, prepared sumptuous feasts, to which he invited all his friends, and t... ..., only expressed a solicitude for his judges’ preservation, beseeching the gods to convert this sentence to their good, and praying that, for neglecti... ...f so glorious a success, they might not draw down the indigna- tion of the gods upon them; and so without more words went courageously to his death. F... ...ity of ours tends to death, and with how many dangers it threatens it. The Egyptians were wont to do after this manner, who in the height of their fea... ... and covering the tables with blood.”—Silius Italicus, xi. 51.] And as the Egyptians after their feasts were wont to present the company with a great ... ...ing sense of all creatures here below, being universally, like that of the Egyptians, deafened, and stupefied with the continual noise, cannot, how gr... ...is taken from Cicero, “Dream of Scipio”; see his De Republica, vi. II. The Egyptians were said to be stunned by the noise of the Cataracts.]—Smiths, m... ...mperor Severus. Herodotus tells us, that in the battles fought betwixt the Egyptians and the Per- sians, it was observed both by himself and by others...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne Book the Third

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...vercome in this noble employ- ment, seemed to be strewed in his way by the gods, favourably conspiring for his justification. The end of this matter i... ...ays to take up his lodgings in temples, to the end that the people and the gods themselves might pry into his most private actions. Such a one has bee... ...n sect, “that men take up a new soul when they repair to the images of the gods to receive their oracles,” unless he mean that it must needs be extrin... ...ently and with greater facility addict ourselves. ’Tis the business of the gods, says Aristotle,’ and from which both their beatitude and ours proceed... ... et haec Manes veniet mihi fama sub imos.” [“I hope, however, if the pious gods have any power, thou wilt feel thy punishment amid the rocks, and will... ... effigy of it was carried in pomp to the honour of various divinities. The Egyptian ladies, in their Bacchanalia, each carried one finely- carved of w... ... and wind strike more violently by reflec- tion than in a direct line. The Egyptian wisely answered him who asked him what he had under his cloak, “It... ...e the beautiful statue of Venus made by Praxiteles; or that of the furious Egyptian, who vio- lated the dead carcase of a woman he was embalming: whic... ...loits.—Coste.] And the narrative of Solon, of what he had learned from the Egyptian priests, touching the long life of their state, and their manner o...

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The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres

By: Edgar Alfred Bowring

............................................................... 43 Who’ll Buy Gods of Love? ................................................................ ...ong life to the hunter! Long live his delight! 1789. 46 Goethe Who’ll Buy Gods of Love? OF all the beauteous wares Exposed for sale at fairs, None wi... ..., When the storm has ceased to break, And be happy, reft of thee,— May the Gods fierce vengeance take! Boldly dared is well nigh won! Half my task is ... ...ou follow’dst me with tearful eye: And yet, what rapture to be loved! And, Gods, to love—what ecstasy! 1771. 67 Goethe New Love, New Life. [Written a... ...E leaves and flow’rets too, Scatter we with gentle hand, Kind young spring-gods to the view, Sporting on an airy band. Zephyr, bear it on the wing, T ... ...mber the word!” And on the Indian breeze as it booms, And in the depths of Egyptian tombs, Only the same holy saying I’ve heard: “Vain ’tis to wait ti...

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Unconscious Comedians

By: Honoré de Balzac

... self- sufficient air. “Yes, from a three-francs-sixty-sous seat among the gods,” replied the landscape painter; “just as you have seen Paris in the r... ... she wears on her head the cap of Liberty; her breasts are sixfold, as the Egyptians carved them—for the Egyptians foresaw Fourier; her feet are rest-...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...e for one of the marble children that play at the feet of one of the river-gods in the T uileries. If I do not come home to dinner, he dines quite con... ...ly as a symbol, is supremely great above every other type, whether Hindoo, Egyptian, or Greek. Virginity, the mother of great things, /magna parens re... ...odern cousins of Isis and her sister goddesses sheathed in marble folds by Egyptian sculptors. It was granite, basalt, porphyry, with life and movemen... ...r,” he went on. “You, my Adeline, have not gone beyond the Rue Plumet. The Egyptians had lent enormous sums to the Hebrews, and what they ran after wa...

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God the Invisible King

By: H. G. Wells

...here of the human understanding. That, and the suggestive influence of the Egyptian T rinity that was then being worshipped at the Serapeum, and which... ...e very antith- esis of that bickering monopolist who “will have none other gods but Me”; and when a human heart cries out—to what name it matters not—... ... proposition. The Christians would neither admit that they worshipped more gods than one because of the Greeks, nor deny the divinity of Christ becaus... ...of the Arian, any more than one thinks of those theories made stone, those gods with three heads and seven hands, who sit on lotus leaves and flourish... ...d there is in him a great faculty for moral indignation. Many of the early Gods were mainly Gods of Fear. They were more often “wrath” than not. Such ... ...erson as opposed to insults, libels, or offences against property. And the gods of primitive men and the earlier civilisations were quite of that qual... ...e and the public-house? Why should gregariousness drive men out of crowded Egyptian cities into the cells of the Thebaid? Schopenhauer in a memo- rabl...

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