Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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39509Justly the world now demands--"Whither is fled the visionary gleam, Where is it now, the glory and the dream?"
39509The all important question now arises,"Were the Egyptians descendants of black men, or were they descendants of white men?
39509Then distress fell on the nation, And the flag was drooping low; Should the dust pollute your banner?
39509WHY?
39509Were they descendants of Ham or Shem?"
17324Agumrabi, his son................ 1707- 1685 Agumkakrimê.....................?
17324Have you come down by way of the sky, or have you sailed on the waters of the Tonûtir Sea?
17324How is it possible to give free rein to the imagination when the subject of it is strictly limited by exact and determined measurements?
17324Tassigurumash....................?
17324What will be said among the vile enemies detested of Râ: � Doth not His Majesty go by another way?
17324culpable?)
17324dark- haired and complexioned,_ Guti_, is uncertain; Jensen interprets the epithet_ nishi saldati_ to mean � the Guti, stupid( foolish?
17324� How is it, � they exclaimed, � that you have reached this country hitherto unknown to men?
17324� What is thy name?
17325** The ear measures 3 feet 4 inches( feet?)
17325A father who forgets his son?
17325And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, � What is it?
17325Did these colossal statues stimulate his spirit of emulation to do something yet more marvellous?
17325Had he sufficient forces at his disposal to triumph over them, or only enough to hold his ground?
17325Have I not consecrated innumerable offerings to thee?
17325Have I not marched and halted according to thy command?
17325Is this the mummy of Pentaûîrît, or of some other prince as culpable as he was, and condemned to this frightful punishment?
17325Or have I committed aught against thee?
17325Were they connected with the race which had planted its dolmens over the plains of the Maghreb?
17325What are these Asiatics to thy heart?
17325Who were these invaders?
17325that not a prince, not a charioteer, not a captain of archers, was found to place his hand in mine?
17329Did he not receive a quantity of tapestry and woven hangings, some of purple, some of diverse colours, others of pure white?
17329Did they not pervert the simple country- folk, so that they associated the Greek religion with that of their own country?
17329Had not the Greeks brought their divinities with them?
17329How shall we sing the Lord � s song in a strange land? �*** Jer.
17329Was the sacrifice carried out?
17329What had Thebes to show him in the way of marvels which he had not already seen, and that, too, in a better state of preservation?
17329What had become of these conquered nations during the period of nearly two hundred years that the Achæmenians had ruled over them?
17329Where is now the house of Alyattes?...
17329Who will offer us a sacrifice?
17329chased silver, wrought gold, cups and bowls, enriched with precious stones, or valuable for the perfection and richness of their work?
17329many gilded pavilions, completely furnished, and containing an abundant supply of linen and sumptuous beds?
17329what wealth did they not lavish on him, whether the natural products of the soil, or the rare and precious productions of art?
31413Are there any Spaniards,says he, after some pause,"in that region of bliss which you describe?"
31413Who is he?
31413Who is there,replied the local prince,"that is not tributary to that Emperor?"
314132 175 The Quipu 180 Gold Ornament(?
31413Although you are a woman, and are the image of your father, what more can I say to you than has already been said?...
31413As several soldiers were one day disputing about the division of some gold- dust, an Indian cazique called out:"Why quarrel about such a trifle?
31413Besides all that, of what use could ships be to us in the present expedition?
31413But what were these Or what the thin gold hauberk, when opposed To arms like ours in battle?
31413It was then, according to Voltaire''s story, that when Charles asked the courtiers,"Who is that man?"
31413Meantime what had Montezuma been doing, the sad- faced[19] and haughty Emperor of Mexico, land of the Aztecs and the Tezcucans?
31413The Aztec chief replied with an air of dignity:"How is it that you have been here only two days, and demand to see the Emperor?
31413The Pythagoreans, it is true, argued that our earth must be spherical, but why?
31413There was now a temporary suspension of hostilities; should they not avail themselves of it to retrace their steps to Vera Cruz?"
31413What lands were imagined by the ancients in the far West under the setting sun?
31413What would the Tlascalans say?
31413What, then, was the work done by Balboa, and what prevented him from taking Peru?
31413When can I be admitted to your sovereign''s presence?"
31413Who is the red man?
31413Who were the people of this stout- hearted republic?
31413Why not sail westward from Europe over the ocean, and thus come to the eastern parts of Asia by traveling toward the setting sun?
31413Why should it not at one time have been fully deserving of the name by which we still know it?
31413Why was Europe so long in discovering the vast Continent which all the time lay beyond the Western Ocean?
31413With such obstacles, without the draft assistance of horses or cattle, how was it possible to effect such a transport?
31413[ Illustration: Gold Ornament(?
31413_ Basque Discovery of America._--Who are the Basque people?
31413_ Raro antecedentem scelestum__ Deseruit pede Poena claudo._ When Did Doom, though lame, not bide its time, To clutch the nape of skulking Crime?
31413when was it ever known that a Castilian turned his back on a foe?"
17327* The mountain cantons of Saratini and Duppâni( Kalpâni l � Adpâni?
17327And Hazael said, But what is thy servant which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?
17327And he lifted up his face to the window and said, Who is on my side-- who?
17327And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?
17327And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth- gilead?
17327As Jehu entered the gates she reproached him with the words, � Is it peace, thou Zimri-- thy master � s murderer?
17327Is the story of Hosea and his wife an allegory, or does it rest on a basis of actual fact?
17327What decisive results had the terrible struggles produced, which stained almost periodically the valleys of the Tigris and the Zab with blood?
17327What is the transgression of Jacob?
17327Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?
17327and what are the high places of Judah?
17327and whom will He make to understand the message?
17327is it not Samaria?
17327it is death;--dost thou desire it?
17327it is life for us;--dost thou desire it?
17327them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts?
17327� Is all well?
17327� Whom, � they stammered between their hiccups-- � whom will He teach knowledge?
17328And it shall come to pass that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?
17328Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
17328He may have been the immediate predecessor of Sarakos.--?
17328How beautiful is that which God hath done for thee, how glorious that which thy divine father hath done for thee?
17328How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
17328Is it a decree, and in the mouth of thy high divinity, O Shamash, great lord, ordained and promulgated?
17328Is it a tomb?
17328Whence shall I seek comforters for thee? � Thebes, the city of Amon, did not escape captivity; why then should Nineveh prove more fortunate?
17328Whence shall I seek comforters for thee? � Thebes, the city of Amon, did not escape captivity; why then should Nineveh prove more fortunate?
17328Wherefore have I seen it?
17328Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour � s wife: and shall ye possess the land?...
17328will he fulfil them punctually?
17328will he honestly and faithfully enter into friendly engagements with Esarhaddon, King of Assyria?
17328will he observe the conditions( made by) Esarhaddon, King of Assyria?
17328� O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?
17326And he said, How went the matter, my son?
17326And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult?
17326But what became of their possessions lying outside Cyprus?
17326Did the fame of their discovery, we may ask, spread so rapidly in the East as to excite there the cupidity and envy of their rivals?
17326If I go away, thou shalt be here alone, and is there any one who will be with thee to follow thee?
17326Is it indeed thy will that I should leave thee?
17326They are now enthroned-- who can say for how many years longer?
17326Was the profit from these distant cruises so very considerable after all?
17326What better use could he make of his resources than devote them to reasserting the traditional authority of his country over Syria?
17326What then happened when the last Ramses who bore the kingly title was gathered to his fathers?
17326Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods?...
17326and Zebul his officer?
17326is not he the son of Jerubbaal?
17326is not this the people that thou hast despised?
17326serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
17326� Hear, now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards?
17326� What portion have we in David?
19400Have I not made unto thee many offerings?
19400A Sun- Hawk, hovering in high heaven on outspread wings, at least presented a bold and poetic image; but what can be said for a Sun- Calf?
19400But did all those whose names preceded or followed his on the lists, really exist as he did?
19400But had all ended for him with the moment in which he had ceased to breathe?
19400But how could it have lain beneath the primordial ocean without either drying up the waters or being extinguished by them?
19400How far off in time are we to carry back the date of their arrival?
19400In one of the texts the question is asked,"Who is the son of a king''s daughter who has sat on the throne of royalty?
19400Is it the Blue Nile, which seems to come down from the distant mountains?
19400Is the Menés who usually figures at their head[**] also a Thinite prince?
19400May it not be that a serpent hath wrought this suffering in thee; that one of thy children hath lifted up his head against thee?
19400Nûît said:''And how then, my father Nû?''
19400Peace was re- established, but could it last long?
19400Ptolemies admit the claims which the local priests attempted to deduce from this romantic tale?
19400Suddenly bitten as he was setting out upon his daily round, the god cried out aloud,"his voice ascended into heaven and his Nine called:''What is it?
19400They thought that life, once began, might go on indefinitely: if no accident stopped it short, why should it cease of itself?
19400To whom did she owe this inexhaustible productive energy if not to her neighbour Osiris, to the Nile?
19400Was it a new orb each time, or did the same sun shine every day?
19400Was one of these dwarfs one of the_ Danga_ of Puanît who were sought after by the Pharaohs of the Memphite dynasties?
19400What is his likeness?"
19400Whence came they?
19400Where is the place in which the Nile is born?
19400Which is the true Nile?
19400Who is the god or goddess concealed there?
19400Why, towards Græco- Roman times, should they have worshipped the jackal, or even the dog, at Siût?
19400Would not men, as soon as they had recovered from their terror, betake themselves again to plotting against the god?
19400Yea, when Sît prayed unto her many times, saying:''Wilt thou not have pity upon the brother of thy son''s mother?''
19400[**] How came Sit to be incarnate in a fennec, or in an imaginary quadruped?
19400and did the god regain possession of the domains and dues which they declared had been his right?
19400and his gods:''What is the matter?
19400and if they existed, to what extent do the order and the relation assigned to them agree with the actual truth?
19400what is it, O father of the gods?
19400what is it?''
19400what is the matter?''