The ruins; or, A survey of the revolutions of empires. To which is added, The law of nature. Tr. from the French |
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Seite 179 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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Seite 3 - The silence of the tomb is substituted for the hum of public places. The opulence of a commercial city is changed into hideous poverty. The palaces of kings are become the receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhabit the sanctuary of the gods. What glory is here eclipsed, and how many labours are annihilated ! — Thus perish the works of men, and thus do nations and empires vanish away.
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Seite 190 - A little jargon," says Gregory Nazianzen to St. Jerome, (Hieron ad Nep.) "is all that is necessary to impose on the people. The less they comprehend, the more they admire. Our forefathers and doctors of the church have often said, not what they thought, but what circumstances and necessity dictated to them.
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| Titel | The ruins; or, A survey of the revolutions of empires. To which is added, The law of nature. Tr. from the French |
| Autor/in | Constantin-François Volney |
| Verlag | T. Allman, 1878 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 1. Aug. 2006 |
| Länge | 227 Seiten |
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