The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of ScotlandSutherland and Knox, 1851 - 714 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 80
... that were born , when none but the still night , And his dumb candle , saw his pinching throes . " In truth , these dwellings , constructed with such laborious ingenuity in every district of Scotland , seem to throw a strange light upon ...
... that were born , when none but the still night , And his dumb candle , saw his pinching throes . " In truth , these dwellings , constructed with such laborious ingenuity in every district of Scotland , seem to throw a strange light upon ...
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الصفحة 3 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
الصفحة 279 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
الصفحة 2 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
الصفحة 218 - Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
الصفحة 306 - O Sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food. And it came to pass when we came to the Inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
الصفحة 196 - And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass.
الصفحة 80 - Wanting it, what savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent, wintering in caves and unillumined fastnesses! They must have lain about and grumbled at one another in the dark. What repartees could have passed, when you must have felt about for a smile, and handled a neighbor's cheek to be sure that he understood it ? This accounts for the seriousness of the elder poetry. It has a sombre cast (try Hesiod or Ossian), derived from the tradition of those unlanterned nights. Jokes came in with...
الصفحة 80 - Things that were born, when none but the still night, And his dumb candle, saw his pinching throes.
الصفحة 219 - The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt; it is pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely.
الصفحة 90 - Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.