 I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas: and was fixed, for centuries, at the summit, or in secret rooms; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.  The Album - Page 1971823Full view - About this book
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas, hem. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously...productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; J and Brama2 through all the forests of Asia : Vishnu hated me ; Seeva laid wait for me. I came suddenly... | |
 | Morris Edmund Speare - English essays - 1927 - 76 pages
...at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret...through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seeva lay in wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris: I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis... | |
 | Yves Bonnefoy - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 341 pages
...English Opium Eater (chapter 4, "Pains of Opium," originally published in 1822): "I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit or in secret...was worshipped; I was sacrificed. I fled from the wrathe of Brahma through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seva lay in wait of me. I came suddenly... | |
 | Nigel Leask - History - 2004 - 288 pages
...orientalization. Imperialist and oriental subject are one ; conquest is the prelude to revenge and degeneracy (' I was the idol ; I was the priest ; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed', C 109), as well as to fearful, even bestial miscegenations ('I was kissed, with cancerous kisses, by... | |
 | Mordecai Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Fiction - 1997 - 308 pages
...at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret...the forests of Asia — Vishnu hated me — Seeva lay in wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris. I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...From kindred feelings, I soon brought Egypt and her gods under the same law .... I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret...through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seeva lay in wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris; I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 306 pages
...From kindred feelings, I soon brought Egypt and her gods under the same law .... I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret...through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seeva lay in wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris; I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis... | |
 | Ansley Hamid - Drug abuse - 1998 - 354 pages
...at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cocatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret...through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seeva lay in wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris. I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis... | |
 | Saree Makdisi - History - 1998 - 272 pages
...was stared at, hooted at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was f1xed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms; I...the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrif1ced. I fled from the wrath of Brahma through all the forests of Asia; Vishnu hated me; Seeva... | |
 | David Pierce - History - 2000 - 1396 pages
...at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by parroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas; and was fixed, for centuries, at the summit, or in...sacrificed. I fled from the wrath of Brama through the forests of Asia; Vushnu hated me; Seeva laid wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris;... | |
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