A Journey Through the Caucasus and the Interior of PersiaSmith, Elder & Company, 1872 - 336 páginas |
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A Journey Through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia Augustus Henry Mounsey Vista completa - 1872 |
A Journey Through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia Augustus Henry Mounsey Vista completa - 1872 |
A Journey Through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia Augustus Henry Mounsey Vista completa - 1872 |
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amongst Armenian arrived Astrabad bas-reliefs bazaars beautiful breakfast Bushire called capital caravan caravansary carpet Caspian Caucasus centre chapars colour court covered descended desert Eeliauts Elburz English English saddle Etchmiadzin Europe European favour favourite feet high ferrashes four friends frontier gallop garden governor green Gregory the Illuminator ground half Hamadan hills horses inhabitants Ispahan Jews journey jubbah Julfa Kasvin Kazeroon Kermanshah king latter Legation look marble miles Mingrelia Minister mollahs morning mosques mountains mounted mules night once palace Paradise pass Persepolis Persian plain post-house Poti province quarters reached Rhipsime ride river road rock rode ruins Russian Sassanian scenery sculptured seemed seen servants Shah Shah's Shiraz Shireen side sight snow soon stone stream surrounded Tabreez Tehran tent Tiflis tomb town traveller traversed tribe valley Veglio versts village walls whilst wild Zoroaster
Pasajes populares
Página 208 - There's a bower of roses by BENDEMEER'S' stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página 294 - Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Página 113 - ... preso, vuole morire, credendo ritornare al paradiso. E quando lo Veglio vuole fare uccidere niuno uomo, egli lo prende e dice: «Va', fa...
Página 292 - Those whose bodies are now beneath in this earth, when animated by thy mercy, were great ; and whatever happiness was bestowed upon them in this world, came from thee...
Página 145 - But, as with a feeble rider the horse is ill managed, so with a feeble horse the rider is but ill accommodated, care ought to be taken that both are kept in order ; so, in a spiritual sense, the soul and body must be kept in order by a succession of good actions. Even in the world the multitude would sneer at a man who took more care of his horse than of himself ; for this reason a man ought to take more care of his soul than of his body. God...
Página 145 - Viraf ! teach them not to think so ; teach them the danger of such a way of thinking — all, all will pass away as a dream. " The flowers fade, and give lessons unto man that he is unwilling to profit by. Yea, the world itself will pass away, and nothing will remain but God.
Página 60 - Rhipsime not only resisted all his persuasive arts, but foiled and vanquished him in a bodily struggle. The king's heart, left thus desolate, Flew at last for ease — to hate. He signed the death-warrant, and Rhipsime and her companions suffered martyrdom. Heaven speedily avenged their deaths. Tiridates was transformed into a wild boar, and, like a still greater monarch, " ate grass as the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven...
Página 112 - Quando gli giovani si svegliavano, egli si trovavano là entro e vedevano tutte queste cose, veramente si credevano essere in paradiso. E queste donzelle sempre istavano con loro in canti e in grandi sollazzi; donde egli aveano sì quello che volevano, che mai per lo volere non si sarebbono partiti di quello giardino.
Página 111 - ... colui, cui egli voleva fare .assassino. All'entrata del giardino avea un castello sì forte, che non temeva niuno uomo del mondo. Lo Veglio teneva in sua corte tutti giovani di dodici anni, li quali li paressono da diventare prodi uomini.
Página 292 - God, that thou hast created me ! I know that my sins merit punishment, yet I hope for mercy at thy hands; for whenever I call upon thee, thou art with me ; thy holy presence secures me from all evil. My heart is at ease, and my fear of thee increases. My life became, through thy goodness, at the last full of peace.