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...diments, to the observation of the true Phenomena. They are those two great and ancient fortresses, which have served, and do serve, as a refuge and... ..., in the least reflection, you will not fail to recollect, that this same thing anciently happened to the Jewish doctors, when they came to the expl... ...lection, that this, and a thousand other things more minute, were already, from ancient time, entered and announced to the whole house of Jacob ... ...lleth, not according to the Spirit which maketh alive (which yet may be so much nearer the true sense). Thirdly; they teach that the prophecies ough... ...the goodness and mercy of God himself. “Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pan... ...with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a ... ...isciples; “Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: all therefore whatsoev... ...r there shall be no night there.” Rev. xxi. 25. Whereas Ezekiel, speaking of the eastern gates of his city, doth say of one of them, by which the glo... ... number (and these the least kindly) said: is not this one of the lowest of our scribes? How then is it credible that he should come to discover mys...

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...ave published under the title of “Babylon and Infidelity foredoomed,” that the time was near at hand, and the series of thick-coming judgments and f... ...eding context, found that I had insensibly wandered too far into that subject which was near my heart, to return again; which feeling as the admonit... ...the whole earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of r... ...ered its great weight and value, as an all-sufficient argument for the orthodoxy of the ancient system, and the heterodoxy of the commonly received ... ...s. He used to take a walk alone, in the fields every afternoon by the side of the river near the town. On the 17th of June, 1801, in the morning, he... ...be at all compared to him. His book is the finest demonstration of the orthodoxy of the ancient system of the millenarians which can be imagined; in... ... of its place to make room for the parallel succession of the trumpets which affect the eastern as the seals do the western half of the fourth empir... ...that killeth with the sword shall be killed with the sword.” But, for as much as in the eastern half of the church, the visitation of Mahomedanism wa... ...fore us, in the interpretation of which, if any question arose, we had the most learned eastern scholar perhaps in the world to appeal to, and a nati...

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...ere all of man’s desires are in this world, with the aim “for me,” and by the nearness to the degree of the Creator, meaning the intent “for Him.” ... ... intent to receive into intent to give. Only to those whom the Creator wants near Him does He send the sensation that they receive from Him. T H E... ...act will intensify our connection with the Creator, we are not trying to draw near Him. Therefore, those actions belong to the “path of pain.” Such ... ...mation desired. They also made use of Aramaic, which was a spoken language in ancient Persia. The Book of Zohar also uses foreign (Greek) words that ... ...ou will see that it is written in Aramaic. Aramaic was the spoken language in ancient Persia and the everyday lan- guage of Mesopotamia. Therefore, t... ...are also Kabbalah books in Arabic, and Kabbalists in the middle ages wrote in ancient French. Again, a language is only an outer dressing to help con... ...N C A R N AT I O N 241 Humanity is now awakening to all kinds of clairvoyants, eastern shamanic theories, and charlatans. This is happening so we can... ...f nirvana, or Samadhi. I’ve read many of your books, and I think most of the Eastern teachings speak about the same thing, only in a different lang... ...“Dao and the Tree of Life” by Eric Yudlev. In it, the author analyzes all the eastern teachings and how they relate to Kabbalah. A: In order to comp...

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...contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but Hindus in India and the Arabs unveil the numerical tools needed for modern science to emerge in the West. -- 12. Invaders from the North Scan...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...d foreign, but one to which I owe a great deal. I doubt I would have done nearly as well if I had read those books in the normal manner. I wouldn‘t ... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ...heir memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ...ge had evolved around the lake‘s sandy shores. Hundreds of miles from the nearest seashore, its people probably had no idea that melting of the last... ...ctograph systems began appearing in India and as far away as China. In nearby Egypt, hieroglyphics were used more to record religious dogma and to... ... Egyptians, Assyrians, and Hebrews intermingled along the Mediterranean‘s eastern shores for the four centuries before 1500 BC. Bringing together th... ...enth century, but most historians concede that Feng Tao (882–954) was the ―Eastern Father of Printing.‖ The wood-block technique advanced rapidly... ...s In their flight along the crowded, rough, and rugged road toward the eastern mountains, Chinese soldiers died by the thousands, but the Arabs s...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...d foreign, but one to which I owe a great deal. I doubt I would have done nearly as well if I had read those books in the normal manner. I wouldn‘t ... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ... their memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ...ge had evolved around the lake‘s sandy shores. Hundreds of miles from the nearest seashore, its people probably had no idea that melting of the last... ...pictograph systems began appearing in India and as far away as China. In nearby Egypt, hieroglyphics were used more to record religious dogma and to... ... Egyptians, Assyrians, and Hebrews intermingled along the Mediterranean‘s eastern shores for the four centuries before 1500 BC. Bringing together th... ...enth century, but most historians concede that Feng Tao (882–954) was the ―Eastern Father of Printing.‖ The wood-block technique advanced rapidly. ... ...ers In their flight along the crowded, rough, and rugged road toward the eastern mountains, Chinese soldiers died by the thousands, but the Arabs s...

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...ulsive-ritualistic behaviour. The narcissist feels guilty. It could be an "ancient" guilt, a "sexual" guilt (Freud), or a "social" guilt. In early ... ...dmit it even to himself. Moreover, he imposes his personal mythology on his nearest and dearest. Spouse, children, colleagues, friends, neighbours –... ...or visiting one's family require his permission. Gradually, he isolates his nearest and dearest until they are fully dependent on him emotionally, ... ...perniciously exploitative. He uses, abuses, devalues, and discards even his nearest and dearest in the most chilling manner. The narcissist is util... ...it is highly unlikely that Jesus was an illegitimate child. Adulteresses in ancient Judea were stoned to death. But, equally, there is little doubt ... ...t his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes." (Matthew 7:28-29) Referring to his 12 disciples, Jesus made cle... ...anism is called "projection". This is how he described the Pharisees, the scribes, and the Sadducees (and, inadvertently, himself and his own con... ...cult of personality. Modern-day Macedonians, desperately looking for their ancient roots in a region hostile to their nationhood, have latched onto... ...s and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various Web directories (Open Directory, Se...

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...y to add a room to their house or to buy a bigger car. In Europe they will nearly always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in... ... ‗values‘ and broaden the general meaning of ‗morals‘ so that they will be nearly identical. So when I speak of ‗morals‘ or ‗values‘ I may be speakin... ...way to protect their state is to attack their enemies and people who live near those enemies to show that you don‘t mess with Israel—rather than the... ...torical evidence we have to account for the bias of the author. Then with ancient historical documents we have to be concerned with the biases of th... ...cism is also made of the Bible, of the works of Josephus and of all other ancient texts. Sometimes it is a question as to whether the authors to whic... ...on that there is uniformity in nature. Science cannot give certainty. The ancient Greek "scientists" could look at the sky and realize that the sun ... ...a number of Christian mystics in the West. Panentheism is more common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Here God is both the creator and the creati... ...slims and a couple billion Christians believing in their own brands of Mid-Eastern monotheism. Then we have Judaism, Sikhism, Bahai, Shinto and other... ...ginnings. Then the Moslem conquests of North Africa, Spain and around the eastern Mediterranean and into southern Asia created more power conflicts a...

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...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a ...

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...he original edition. The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some re lation between us... ...is house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives r... ...tion to my fortune. My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; an... ... time the storm was much abated. The de clivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eigh... ... conjectured was about eight o’clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitant... ... mounting on my body. At the place where the carriage stopped there stood an ancient temple, esteemed to be the largest in the whole kingdom; which, h... ... make part of a sentence, they dictated to the four remaining boys, who were scribes. This work was re peated three or four times, and at every turn,... ...hough they are not without some share of that pride which is peculiar to all Eastern coun tries, yet they show themselves courteous to strangers, esp...

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble s...

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...CT of merry England which is wa- tered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hi... ...te battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendere... ...e reduced to some degree of subjection to the crown, had now resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent; despising the feeble interference of ... ...bably by the zeal of some convert to Christianity, and lay, some prostrate near their former site, and others on the side of the hill. One large stone... ...gs of this superb palfrey were covered by a long foot-cloth, which reached nearly to the ground, and on which were richly em- broidered, mitres, cross... ...Oriental form of their garments, showed them to be natives of some distant Eastern country.* The whole appearance of this warrior and his retinue was ... ...ue was wild and outlandish; the dress of his squires was gorgeous, and his Eastern attendants wore silver collars round their throats, and bracelets o... ...preserved in the martial exercise called El Jerrid, still practised in the Eastern countries. The steeds of these attendants were in appearance as for... ...ic,” answered the Prior; “Cedric the Saxon. —T ell me, good fellow, are we near his dwelling, and can you show us the road?” “The road will be uneasy ...

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...onal idol was carried in fu- neral pomp to his grave, and chancing to walk near the course through which it passed, has felt powerfully, in the silenc... ...two last centuries has either been mur- dered, or, at the least, been very near it; insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had... ...etters, L.M. This L.M. had directed the people of the house to purchase an ancient cock, and to have him boiled forthwith, in order that Spinosa might... ...I am happy to assure you that (by his own account) he was three times very near being murdered. The first time was in the spring of 1640, when he pret... ....e., diving,] “they discoursed of many things relating to the Baths of the Ancients, and the Origine of Springs. When they had in this manner passed a... ...hen, what wandering thoughts I may have had of at- tempting the life of an ancient ewe, of a superannuated hen, and such “small deer,” are locked up i... ...er for days in their syl- van recesses. The mountains of the Vosges on the eastern frontier of France, have never attracted much notice from Europe, e... ...s, at height insuperable to man, rose an altar of purest alabaster. On its eastern face was trembling a crimson glory. Whence came that? Was it from t... ...s, that, with laurelled heads, were passing from the cathedral through its eastern gates, they overtook, and, as with a garment, they wrapped us round...

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... his Bibliotheque, under Khiam.*— “‘It is written in the chronicles of the ancients that this King of the Wise, Omar Khayyam, died at Naishapur in the... ...while Dr. Sprenger catalogues the Lucknow MS. at double that number.* The Scribes, too, of the Oxford and Calcutta MSS. seem to do their W ork under ... ... Jamshyd’s Sev’n-ring’ d Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows. VI. And David... ...of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits—and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart’s Desire! LXXIV . Ah, Moon of my Delight who know’st n... ... of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits—and then Re-mold it nearer to the Heart’s Desire! 44 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam C. Yon rising M... ...sia, written by Amir Khusraw: all these Sevens also figuring (according to Eastern Mysticism) the Seven Heavens; and perhaps the Book itself that Eigh... ...nscribed by some stray hand among the ruins of Persepolis. The Ringdove’s ancient Pehlevi Coo, Coo, Coo, signifies also in Persian “Where? Where? Wh... ... or purple “Pasque Flower,” (which grows plentifully about the Fleam Dyke, near Cambridge,) grows only where Danish Blood has been spilt. 47 Rubaiyat...

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...rn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land. 11 And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a... ...d when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door ... ...y of Nachor. 11 And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to co... ...ng as he made thee swear. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 And ... ...nd this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go and gather together the ancients of Is- rael, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fath... ... he had commanded. 29 And they came together, and they assem- bled all the ancients of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which ... ...resist. 3 And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came Book of Judges 293 up: 4 And pitching their tents am... ...all their army. For fteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the ... ...as, the son of Sadoc, the priest: 3 Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat, the son of Ahilud, recorder: 4 Banaias, the son of Joiad...

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...erpretation of their value. In practice they had long sunk into forms. But ancient forms easily lend themselves to a revivification by meanings and ap... ... the presbyteries, under the real action of the Veto, would have appointed nearly every incumbent in Scotland. And this is the answer to the question,... ...vial? Doubtless, the Scot- tish ecclesiastical revenues are not equal, nor nearly equal, to the English; still, it is true, that Scotland, supposing a... ...ple still existing, though for the moment suppressed. Since the secession, nearly four hundred and fifty new men may have entered the church. This sup... ...n consequence unread,) on the toi- lette and the wardrobe of the ladies of ancient Palestine. Hartmann was a respectable Oriental scholar, and he pub-... ... yields a strong presumption that he has exhausted it. The male costume of ancient Pales- tine is yet to be illustrated; but, for the female, it is pr... ...ngine of civi- lization, to the potent infidel nations on her southern and eastern frontier. A vast revolution was at hand for Europe; all her tribes ... ... excitement of mere scenery. Some laud the Caucasus; some the northern and eastern val- leys of Spain; some the Alpine scenery; some the Pyrenean. All... ...ubject to that condition, he supposes the scen- ery on the Eurotas (to the eastern side of the Peloponnesus) the most delightful in Europe. We know no...

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... Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I ‘ll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan— We all have seen him, in the pantomime, Sent... ... the Latin — that is, ‘the Lord’s prayer,’ And Greek—the alphabet — I ‘m nearly sure; She read some French romances here and there, Although... ...l too (it was the family Missal) Was ornamented in a sort of way Which ancient mass books often are, and this all Kinds of grotesques illumi... ... ‘T were better to have two of five and twenty, Especially in countries near the sun: And now I think on ‘t, ‘mi vien in mente,’ Ladies eve... ..., that I must think, on this occasion, She had some other motive much more near For leaving Juan to this new temptation; But what that motive ... ...g. He had an only daughter, call’d Haidee, The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles; Besides, so very beautiful was she, Her dowry was as... ...resent, and abused the past, Reversing the good custom of old days, An Eastern anti jacobin at last He turn’d, preferring pudding to no prai... ...sorrow through her heart re sent; And he begun a long low island song Of ancient days, ere tyranny grew strong. Anon her thin wan fingers beat t... ...d now and then, with tough strings of the bow, As is the custom of those Eastern climes, To give some rebel Pacha a cravat; For mutes are gene...

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...seems to have fallen upon the very voices of her men is broken only by the near pros- pect of a Landfall. Then is the spirit of the ship’s commander s... ...deck and gaze ahead, through straining eyes, as the appointed moment comes nearer. It is kept vigorously upon the stretch of excessive vigilance. Mean... ...s conscious with a slight deep shudder of all her frame. By so much is she nearer to her appointed death, for nei- ther years nor voyages can go on fo... ...at passage, and memorable enough in its way. In a great airy ward of a Far Eastern hospital, lying on my back, I 48 The Mirror of the Sea had plenty ... ... seaman of the last generation, brought into sympathy with the caravels of ancient time by his sailing-ship, their lineal descendant, cannot look upon... ...ndant, cannot look upon those lumbering forms navigating the naive seas of ancient woodcuts without a feeling of sur- prise, of affectionate derision,... ...Wind hangs heavy gray curtains of mist and spray before your gaze, but the Eastern interloper of the narrow seas, when he has mustered his courage and... ...d, streaming away in thin lines of ships stringing themselves out into the eastern quarter through the various navigable channels of which the Nore li... ...e was competent to pronounce the funereal ora- tion of a ship, this son of ancient sea-folk, whose na- tional existence, so little stained by the exce...

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...o gather his wits about him, pulled aside the faded moreen curtains of his ancient bed, and thrust his head into a beam of sunshine that caused him to... ...would have vexed the souls of the righteous as savoring of heathendom. The ancient dispenser of drugs had therefore set up an image of the Brazen Serp... ...reat silver watch into his fob, and drew on a patchwork morning-gown of an ancient fashion. Its original material was said to have been the embroidere... ...again, and all the fingers that should have mended it were cold. It had an Eastern fragrance, too, a smell of drugs, strong- scented herbs, and spicy ... ...rdly have been unde- ceived by his shrunken and torpid aspect, as he crept nearer. Wrapt in his odorous and many-colored robe, he took staff in hand, ... ...he became a living illustration of the accuracy of Scripture, where it de- scribes the aged as being “afraid of that which is high,”—a truth that is o... ...to poor old grandfather, this fine morning! Dost know, child, that he came near breaking his neck down-stairs at the sound of thy voice? What wouldst ... ...of those included in Dr. Swinnerton’s legacy, though one or two had fallen near the heap, and lay merely scorched beside it. It seemed as if he had th...

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...bitants despised them and sent for aid by night to the Gyrisoenians, their near neighbors, who fell upon the Romans in their lodg- ings and slew a gre... ...ould do no 10 V olume Two good, in the end when Sylla had placed his camp near to Scipio, and by pretending friendship, and putting him in hopes of a... ...hage, where he took shipping, and crossed the seas into Africa. And coming near the coast of Mauritania, his men went on shore to water, and stragglin... ... there was a man, named Diopithes, at Sparta, who had a great knowledge of ancient oracles, and was thought particularly skillful and clever in all po... ...ian expeditions against them. Out of the fore- sight of which it was, that anciently Lycurgus, in three sev- eral laws, forbade them to make many wars... ...ficient to recover the glory of it, and to raise it to 82 V olume Two its ancient greatness. For as we see in human bodies, long used to a very stric... ... its mistress was absent, assisting at the birth of Alexander. And all the Eastern soothsayers who happened to be then at Ephesus, looking upon the ru... ...n of the empire between them, taking as their boundary the Ionian Sea, the eastern provinces falling to Antony, to Caesar the western, and Africa bein... ... he was not himself present, but accused Darius by proxy, he commanded his scribes to write down the opinion of every one of the judges, and show it t...

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..., Alexis de Tocqueville came to study De- mocracy in America, the trial of nearly a half-century of the working of our system had been made, and it ha... ...lessings that Democracy in America had ordained and established throughout nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. He had read the story of the FrenchRe... ...e people. Hon. John T. Morgan Special Introduction By Hon. John J. Ingalls Nearly two-thirds of a century has elapsed since the appear- ance of “Democ... ... to others it seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. L... ...; and yet it may be said that at present it is but a mighty desert. On the eastern side of the Alleghanies, between the base of these mountains and th... ...survive the destruction of their coun- try; and they braved death like the ancient Romans when their capital was sacked by the Gauls. Further on, p. 1... ...; and yet it may be said that at present it is but a mighty desert. On the eastern side of the Alleghanies, between the base of these mountains and th... ...survive the destruction of their coun- try; and they braved death like the ancient Romans when their capital was sacked by the Gauls. Further on, p. 1... ...laws. Whence, then, do their characteristic differences arise? Why, in the Eastern States of the Union, does the republican gov- ernment display vigor...

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...t things that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’s time have come near to one another; it is no simple story of white passions struggling aga... ...ere are to-day almost mastered by this white passion of statecraft, and in nearly every one who reads and thinks you could find, I suspect, some sort ... ...n a hitherto desolate country under the frowning nail-studded cliffs of an ancient trunk. Then I conquered them and garrisoned their land. (Alas! they... ... The New Machiavelli tions.) And out towards the coal-scuttle was a region near the impassable thickets of the ragged hearthrug where lived certain ch... ...ience is the organised conquest of Nature, and I can quite understand that ancient libertine refusing to cooperate in her own undoing. And I can quite... ...me roads rather more carefully tended, the Inns not very much altered, the ancient familiar market-house. The occasional wheeled traffic would have st... ... a place where I slept and read, and the mooning explorations of the south-eastern 51 H G Wells postal district which occupied the restless evenings ... ...ople would let me write if I chose, as one having authority and not as the scribes. Socially and politically and intellectually I knew myself for an h...

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...f considerable proportions, fresh from the shady halls of the Pantechnicon near Belgrave Square, London, was observed (by a very small French sol die... ...ll. There was, of course, very little in the aspect of Paris—as we rattled near the dismal Morgue and over the Pont Neuf— to reproach us for our Sunda... ...the dishes; but they are very good, and always ready instantly. When it is nearly dark, the brave Courier, having eaten the two cucumbers, sliced up i... ...faint purple drops, as the morning sun, entering by a little window on the eastern side, struggles through some stained glass panes, on the western. I... ...retched from house to house. Bright stuffs and handkerchiefs, curiosities, ancient frames of carved wood, old chairs, ghostly tables, saints, virgins,... ...istian spirit may dictate the observance. Hard by the cathedral stands the ancient Palace of the Popes, of which one portion is now a common jail, and... ... anecdote, quite appropriate to itself, connected with its adventures. ‘An ancient tradition relates, that in 1441, a nephew of Pierre de Lude, the Po... ...n moon light, could be imagined. It is more like an enchanted place in an Eastern story than a grave and sober lodging. How you may wander on, from r... ...urs, had come originally from some place in the East. It was recognised as Eastern produce, the moment we entered the harbour. Ac cordingly, the gay ...