Hebrew Humour and Other EssaysLuzac & Company, 1905 - 186 pagina's |
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Pagina 49
... soul of our existence , how much greater must our danger be , when we leave our element and cease to study . " At this time , the mental activity of the Rabbis was con- fined to the exposition and investigation of the text of the ...
... soul of our existence , how much greater must our danger be , when we leave our element and cease to study . " At this time , the mental activity of the Rabbis was con- fined to the exposition and investigation of the text of the ...
Pagina 62
... soul was on the point of leaving heaven , she was kissed by the Creator . This kiss re - echoed afterwards in the poet's mind , and vibrated in all the poetical offsprings of his genius . " Particularly fine is the sacred song which ...
... soul was on the point of leaving heaven , she was kissed by the Creator . This kiss re - echoed afterwards in the poet's mind , and vibrated in all the poetical offsprings of his genius . " Particularly fine is the sacred song which ...
Pagina 64
... soul not to induce me to get married to any woman , for my past experiences of wedlock have been so painful that I should not like to have them repeated . ' And on my pressing him to let me know what had happened , he told me the ...
... soul not to induce me to get married to any woman , for my past experiences of wedlock have been so painful that I should not like to have them repeated . ' And on my pressing him to let me know what had happened , he told me the ...
Pagina 68
... soul may bring , Is like the dew that heaven sows ; It gently falls on hill and dale , But how it cometh , no man knows . The promise of a wicked heart Is like unto the thunder peal , Lit by the lightning's lurid flash With ne'er a drop ...
... soul may bring , Is like the dew that heaven sows ; It gently falls on hill and dale , But how it cometh , no man knows . The promise of a wicked heart Is like unto the thunder peal , Lit by the lightning's lurid flash With ne'er a drop ...
Pagina 74
... soul , and thy former honour and glory will likewise depart at thy sudden reverse of fortune . Or a fire may come down from heaven , and devour thee along with thy five myriads of ducats . " Here it will at once be seen how cleverly the ...
... soul , and thy former honour and glory will likewise depart at thy sudden reverse of fortune . Or a fire may come down from heaven , and devour thee along with thy five myriads of ducats . " Here it will at once be seen how cleverly the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 1 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Pagina 3 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Pagina 16 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Pagina 3 - And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Pagina 12 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Pagina 144 - IF there are ranks in suffering, Israel takes precedence of all the nations, — if the duration of sorrows and the patience with which they are borne ennoble, the Jews are among the aristocracy of every land, — if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what shall we say to a National Tragedy lasting for fifteen hundred years, in which the poets and the actors were also the heroes...
Pagina 18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Pagina 15 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.