National EpicsA.C. McClurg, 1896 - 398 sidor |
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Sida 31
... Kauravas from their ancestor , Kura . The oldest of these was Duryodhana , and the bravest , Dhusasana . Before the birth of Pandu's sons , he had left his kingdom in charge of Dhrita - rashtra , that he might spend his time in hunting ...
... Kauravas from their ancestor , Kura . The oldest of these was Duryodhana , and the bravest , Dhusasana . Before the birth of Pandu's sons , he had left his kingdom in charge of Dhrita - rashtra , that he might spend his time in hunting ...
Sida 32
... Kauravas and the Pandavas his skill in warfare , on condition that they would conquer for him his old enemy , the Raja of Panchala . On account of their quarrel the cousins would not fight to- gether , and the Kauravas , marching ...
... Kauravas and the Pandavas his skill in warfare , on condition that they would conquer for him his old enemy , the Raja of Panchala . On account of their quarrel the cousins would not fight to- gether , and the Kauravas , marching ...
Sida 33
... Kaurava Duryodhana . At last Arjuna , still in his disguise , stepped forward , drew his bow , and sent his arrow through the wheel into the eye of the golden fish . Immediately a great uproar arose among the spectators because a ...
... Kaurava Duryodhana . At last Arjuna , still in his disguise , stepped forward , drew his bow , and sent his arrow through the wheel into the eye of the golden fish . Immediately a great uproar arose among the spectators because a ...
Sida 34
... Kauravas . The latter , knowing that it would be impossible to gain the advantage of them by fair means , determined to conquer them by artifice , and accordingly erected a large and magnificent hall and invited their cousins thither ...
... Kauravas . The latter , knowing that it would be impossible to gain the advantage of them by fair means , determined to conquer them by artifice , and accordingly erected a large and magnificent hall and invited their cousins thither ...
Sida 35
... Kauravas induced their father to invite their cousins to court to play a final game , this time the conditions being that the losing party should go into exile for thirteen years , spending twelve years in the forest and the thirteenth ...
... Kauravas induced their father to invite their cousins to court to play a final game , this time the conditions being that the losing party should go into exile for thirteen years , spending twelve years in the forest and the thirteenth ...
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Sida 381 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven? — this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be...
Sida 383 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity...
Sida 381 - Hail, horrors ! hail, Infernal World ! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Sida 383 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt « Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Sida 382 - Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
Sida 381 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...
Sida 398 - Meroe Nilotic isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Blackmoor sea ; From the Asian kings and Parthian among these, From India, and the golden Chersonese, And utmost Indian isle, Taprobane, Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreathed ; From Gallia, Gades, and the British west ; Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians, north Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.
Sida 397 - From cold septentrion blasts ; thence in the midst Divided by a river, of whose banks On each side an imperial city stood, With towers and temples proudly elevate On seven small hills, with palaces adorned,, Porches and theatres, baths, aqueducts, Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs, Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes...
Sida 384 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Sida 382 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.