A Race with the Sun: Or, A Sixteen Months' Tour from Chicago Around the World ...

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G. P. Putnam's sons, 1889 - 569 strani
 

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Stran 196 - Here Lord Buddha sate the scorching summers through, The driving rains, the chilly dawns and eves; Wearing for all men's sakes the yellow robe, Eating in beggar's guise the scanty meal Chance-gathered from the charitable ; at night Couched on the grass, homeless, alone; while yelped The sleepless jackals round his cave, or coughs Of famished tiger from the thicket broke.
Stran 470 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
Stran 257 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Stran 226 - This is the sum of duty : do naught to others which if done to thee, would cause thee pain.
Stran 263 - O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace.
Stran 29 - He felt that chilling heaviness of heart, Or rather stomach, which, alas ! attends, Beyond the best apothecary's art, The loss of love, the treachery of friends, Or death of those we dote on, when a part Of us dies with them, as each fond hope ends: No doubt he would have been much more pathetic, But the sea acted as a strong emetic.
Stran 196 - ... the yellow robe, Eating in beggar's guise the scanty meal Chance-gathered from the charitable; at night Couched on the grass, homeless, alone; while yelped The sleepless jackals round his cave, or coughs Of famished tiger from the thicket broke. By day and night here dwelt the World-honoured, Subduing that fair body born for bliss With fast and frequent watch and search intense Of silent meditation...
Stran 497 - ... and leaves on the table money enough to pay lor what he has used. Frequently a post-boy (he is sometimes a man and not infrequently a girl or woman) has taken what I have paid for his dues, putting it into his pocket without counting. He always, however, sees what you give him as a gratuity, and shakes you by the hand when he says "tak
Stran 226 - Govern the lips As they were palace-doors, the King within ; Tranquil and fair and courteous be all words Which from that presence win. The Fourth is Right Behavior. Let each act , Assoil a fault or help a merit grow : Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.
Stran 226 - As drifting logs of wood may haply meet On Ocean's waters, surging to and fro, And having met, drift once again apart ; So fleeting is a man's association With wife and children, relatives and wealth, So surely must a time of parting come. Ramayana (ed. Bombay) II. cv. 24-27. Whate'er the work a man performs, The most effective aid to its completion — The most prolific source of true success — Is energy without despondency. Ramayana (ed.

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