The Sun Worshipers of AsiaA. Roman, 1877 - 106 strani |
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adoration Ahriman ancient Persians Ariemanios Artaxerxes Artaxerxes Ochus Asia Assyrian Baalbec Babylon Babylonian beautiful believe body Bombay bride bridegroom bridge of Chinvat bright burning Cambyses caravan century ceremony columns customs Cyrus Darius darkness death deceased deeds deity desert doctrines earth East edifice Egypt evil face faith father feet followers of Zoroaster founder glory Greek hall of Xerxes hands happy head heaven held in honor India Magi massive Medes Mithra Monarchies monuments Moslem mountains nirang old Persian Ormuzd Oromasdez Panchayat Parsees Pasargadæ Persepolis Persepolitan Persian Empire Persian kings Persian palaces pillars plain platform prayers priest prophet propylæa Pulwar pyjamis QUES race relatives and friends religious remains royal residences ruins of Persepolis sacred fire says sculptures Shiraz silk soul spirits stairway sun worshipers temple of silence terrace Thee thou throne tomb valley virtuous wicked writers Yezdijird young Parsees Zend-Avesta Zoroaster lived Zoroastrian Zuleika
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Stran 27 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Stran 74 - Boy ! let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots say : — Tell them their Eden cannot show A stream so clear as Rocnabad, A bower so sweet as Mosellay.
Stran 69 - Sweet maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand.
Stran 30 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Stran 22 - To tell untruths, to steal, to gamble, to look with wicked eye upon a woman, to commit treachery, to abuse, to be angry, to wish ill to another, to be proud, to mock, to be idle, to slander, to be avaricious, to be disrespectful, to be shameless, to be hottempered, to take what is another's property, to be revengeful, unclean, obstinate, envious, to do harm to any man, to be superstitious, and do any other wicked and iniquitous action. These are all the friends of the wicked, and the enemies of the...
Stran 22 - To do virtuous deeds, to give in charity, to be kind, to be humble, to speak sweet words, to wish good to others, to have a clear heart, to acquire learning, to speak the truth, to suppress anger, to be patient and contented, to be friendly, to feel shame, to pay due respect to the old and young, to be pious, to respect our parents and teachers. All these are the friends of the good men and enemies of the bad men.
Stran 81 - O MAN ! WHOSOEVER THOU ART, AND WHENSOEVER THOU COMEST (FOR COME I KNOW THOU WILT), I AM CYRUS, THE FOUNDER OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, ENVY ME NOT THE LITTLE EARTH THAT COVERS MY BODY.
Stran 20 - Ans. Our God has neither face nor form, colour nor shape, nor fixed place. There is no other like Him ; he is Himself singly such a glory that we cannot praise or describe Him ; nor our mind comprehend Him.
Stran 89 - It may have contented them," writes Loftus, "to borrow indiscriminately from all nations, so that each of the hundred columns surrounding their thrones (at Persepolis and Susa) might bear upon its fluted shaft the lotus, the palm and the bull, and symbolize the glories which the victorious arms of the Persians had gathered upon the battlefields of Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Babylonia.
Stran 24 - O great and wise Lord, the reward that is due to the religious, may I and mine receive ; that reward mayst thou give from thy stores of bounty in such a way, in this and the spiritual world, that I may be exalted, and may I live for ever and ever under thy all-holy leadership, and all-virtuous protection.