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... remains a venerable monument of the splendor of other times , as the solid pyra- mid in the deserts of Egypt attests , that where now the whirlwind drives the overwhelming sand - wave , and plows up the loose and LETTERS ON INDIA . 11.
... remains a venerable monument of the splendor of other times , as the solid pyra- mid in the deserts of Egypt attests , that where now the whirlwind drives the overwhelming sand - wave , and plows up the loose and LETTERS ON INDIA . 11.
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... remains to us , and of the highest authority : but its great antiquity and studied brevity have required and received numerous scholiæ , all esteemed divine . The Amera - cosha , the most esteemed of all the vocabularies , was composed ...
... remains to us , and of the highest authority : but its great antiquity and studied brevity have required and received numerous scholiæ , all esteemed divine . The Amera - cosha , the most esteemed of all the vocabularies , was composed ...
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... remains ; the subject is the birth or origin . of Cumara the son of Parvati , but the fragment closes with the marriage of the goddess . In it all the personages not excepting her father , the snowy mountain Hymalaya , are described ...
... remains ; the subject is the birth or origin . of Cumara the son of Parvati , but the fragment closes with the marriage of the goddess . In it all the personages not excepting her father , the snowy mountain Hymalaya , are described ...
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... remains of a more perfect art , which survives only in its mechanical part , while the soul and genius that once guided it are long since fled . Sculpture had made considerable progress in Hindostan at an early period ; and however rude ...
... remains of a more perfect art , which survives only in its mechanical part , while the soul and genius that once guided it are long since fled . Sculpture had made considerable progress in Hindostan at an early period ; and however rude ...
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... remains of Indian architec- ture are most probably those wonderful excava- tions and sculptured rocks , in Elephanta and Salsette , at Ellora , the Seven Pagodas , and among the Mahratta mountains . In the first of these , the effect is ...
... remains of Indian architec- ture are most probably those wonderful excava- tions and sculptured rocks , in Elephanta and Salsette , at Ellora , the Seven Pagodas , and among the Mahratta mountains . In the first of these , the effect is ...
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Page 131 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 108 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 99 - The Fiend looked up, and knew His mounted scale aloft : Nor more ; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.
Page 81 - Anchises then, in order, thus begun To clear those wonders to his godlike son: "Know, first, that heav'n, and earth's compacted frame, And flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires and feeds — and animates the whole. This active mind, infus'd through all the space, Unites and mingles with the mighty mass.
Page 79 - Who knows exactly, and who shall in this world declare, whence and why this creation took place ? The gods are subsequent to the production of this world: then who can know whence it proceeded ? or whence this varied world arose ? or whether it uphold [itself], or not ? He who, in the highest heaven, is the ruler of this universe, does indeed know; but not another can possess that knowledge.
Page 366 - Heaven shall burst her starry gates again ! He comes ! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm ! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below ! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed, Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread...
Page 83 - From heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates, see there his tenement, Whom well inspired the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean, and the Stoic severe...
Page 6 - Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view : Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste.
Page 143 - Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan around Accordant to the melancholy waves.
Page 314 - Achilles? (thus the phantom said:) Sleeps my Achilles, his Patroclus dead? Living, I seem'd his dearest, tenderest care, But now forgot, I wander in the air. Let my pale corse the rites of burial know, And give me entrance in the realms below: Till then the spirit finds no resting-place, But here and there the unbodied spectres chase The vagrant dead around the dark abode, Forbid to cross the irremeable flood.