Glimpses of the dark ages; or, Sketches of the social condition of Europe, from the fifth to the twelfth century |
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... latter . New social elements were then formed , and old ones received new life - it was the dawn of modern civilisation . It is difficult to draw a well - defined line between the two ages , but it may be placed somewhere about the ...
... latter . New social elements were then formed , and old ones received new life - it was the dawn of modern civilisation . It is difficult to draw a well - defined line between the two ages , but it may be placed somewhere about the ...
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... latter forfeited the confidence of his master , and Alaric immediately proceeded publicly to strip him of the imperial purple . The Goth , after this circumstance , renewed his negotia- tions with the court of Ravenna ; but being ...
... latter forfeited the confidence of his master , and Alaric immediately proceeded publicly to strip him of the imperial purple . The Goth , after this circumstance , renewed his negotia- tions with the court of Ravenna ; but being ...
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... latter as saving themselves from vengeance , by taking shelter beneath the wing of the Christian faith . But , notwithstanding this abatement of the horrors connected with the taking of Rome , enough is recorded on the page of authentic ...
... latter as saving themselves from vengeance , by taking shelter beneath the wing of the Christian faith . But , notwithstanding this abatement of the horrors connected with the taking of Rome , enough is recorded on the page of authentic ...
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... but the city of Rome was the centre of a system of ab- solute power , spreading its ramifications over the world . The former unites and gives intensity • to what it receives from without - the latter Roman civilisation.
... but the city of Rome was the centre of a system of ab- solute power , spreading its ramifications over the world . The former unites and gives intensity • to what it receives from without - the latter Roman civilisation.
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Europe. • to what it receives from without - the latter propelled far and wide an influence which origin- ated from within . Rome was the fountain of political power - London is but the focus . " A municipality like Rome , " says Guizot ...
Europe. • to what it receives from without - the latter propelled far and wide an influence which origin- ated from within . Rome was the fountain of political power - London is but the focus . " A municipality like Rome , " says Guizot ...
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Page 64 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 95 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 161 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 41 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Page 22 - ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost:" joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.
Page 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 10 - ... with frequent funerals : Houses and holy temples float in blood, And hostile nations make a common flood. Not only Trojans fall, but, in their turn, The vanquish'd triumph, and the victors mourn.
Page 64 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with it; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them.
Page 179 - Stsegthmans ; and they went to her, and inquired what she had to say about the lands which her son claimed. She said that she had no land which belonged to him, and fell into a noble passion against her son, and calling for Leofleda her kinswoman, the wife of Thurkil, thus spake to her before them : — ' This is Leofleda, my kinswoman, to whom I give my lands, money, clothes, and whatever I possess after my life.
Page 182 - Will you sell your things here as you bought them there?" " I will not, because what would my labour benefit me? I will sell them here dearer than I bought them there, that I may get some profit, to feed me, my wife, and children."40 That public markets were established in various parts of England in this period, we learn from many documents.