Glimpses of the dark ages; or, Sketches of the social condition of Europe, from the fifth to the twelfth century |
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... was gone , and they were made the covering for despotic practices , and oriental courtiership . * Manual of Ancient History . Oxf . p . 456 . Laws no longer depended on the decrees of the senate THE FALL OF ROME . 17.
... was gone , and they were made the covering for despotic practices , and oriental courtiership . * Manual of Ancient History . Oxf . p . 456 . Laws no longer depended on the decrees of the senate THE FALL OF ROME . 17.
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Europe. Laws no longer depended on the decrees of the senate , but on the rescripts of emperors , and government sank into a fearful despotism , -the punishment , under Divine Providence , of states unfaithful to liberty . It has been ...
Europe. Laws no longer depended on the decrees of the senate , but on the rescripts of emperors , and government sank into a fearful despotism , -the punishment , under Divine Providence , of states unfaithful to liberty . It has been ...
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... laws had been made for its support . Paganism was still the religion of many . In the year A.D. 384 , the senate petitioned that the altar of victory might be restored in the senate- house ; and , at the time of Alaric's invasion ...
... laws had been made for its support . Paganism was still the religion of many . In the year A.D. 384 , the senate petitioned that the altar of victory might be restored in the senate- house ; and , at the time of Alaric's invasion ...
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... laws forbade them , the magistrates seem to have displayed a tole- rant spirit toward the lingering vestiges of the ancient religion of the empire . Such being the case , Christianity having been corrupted , and paganism still existing ...
... laws forbade them , the magistrates seem to have displayed a tole- rant spirit toward the lingering vestiges of the ancient religion of the empire . Such being the case , Christianity having been corrupted , and paganism still existing ...
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... laws of Divine Providence . The full punishment of individual men for their transgressions in this life , is reserved for a future state of being ; but as nations in their collective capacity , will have no existence hereafter , the ...
... laws of Divine Providence . The full punishment of individual men for their transgressions in this life , is reserved for a future state of being ; but as nations in their collective capacity , will have no existence hereafter , the ...
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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.