 ... sometimes rich and sometimes poor; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by birth, and of a family than which none holds a higher...  Biographical Essays - Strona 46autor: Friedrich Max Müller - 1884 - Liczba stron: 390Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 850
...excelling in success, ' sometimes miserable through disap' pointment. But my maternal ances' tors, being of the sacerdotal order by ' profession as well...present day uniformly ' adhered to a life of religious observ' ances and devotion, preferring peace ' and tranquillity of mind to the ex' citements of ambition,... | |
 | 1833 - Liczba stron: 636
...rich and sometimes poor; sometimes excellii g in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors being of the sacerdotal...of a family than which none holds a higher rank in the profession, have, up to the present day, uniformly adhered to a life of religious observances and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1833 - Liczba stron: 564
...rich and sometimes poor ; sometimes excelling in sun-ess, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by Im-tli, and of a family than which none holds a higher rank in, that profession, have up to the present... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 850
...excelling in success, ' sometimes miserable through disap' pointment. But my maternal anees• tors, being of the sacerdotal order by ' profession as well...present day uniformly ' adhered to a life of religious observ' anees and devotion, preferring peace ' and tranquillity of mind to the ex' citements of ambition,... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 476
...rich, and sometimes poor ; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors being of the sacerdotal...of a family than which none holds a higher rank in the profession, have, up to the present day, uniformly adhered to a life of religious observances and... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1866 - Liczba stron: 320
...rich and sometimes poor ; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through diytppointment. But my maternal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal...by birth, and of a family than which none holds a higher*ra»k ifl that profession, have up to the present day uniformly adhered to a life of religious... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1866 - Liczba stron: 860
...pursuits. Mv maternal ancestors were of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by '¡.irth ; and have up to the present day uniformly adhered to a life of religious observances and devotion. An excellent education, after Hindoo fashion, including the acquirement of Arabic, Persian and Sanscrit,... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1867 - Liczba stron: 294
...who, about 140 years ago, gave up spiritual exercises for worldly pursuits. My maternal ancestors were of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by birth; and have up to the present day uniformly adhered to a life of religious observances and devotion." An excellent... | |
 | Sophia Dobson Collet - 1873 - Liczba stron: 60
...born in 1774, at Radhanagur, in the district of Burdwan, and was of the Brahmin caste, his mother's ancestors being of the sacerdotal order by profession as well as by birth. From his earliest days the strong religious tendency of his mind was manifested, and while yet a boy... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1875 - Liczba stron: 206
...rich and sometimes poor ; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my maternal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal...to the present day uniformly adhered to a life of religions observances and devotion, preferring peace and tranquillity of mind to the excitements of... | |
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