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... energy would have rendered him illustrious in any age , his loneliness and isola- tion in the period in which he lived make him more signally and obviously so . He stands alone , and there are none around him to contest with him the ...
... energy would have rendered him illustrious in any age , his loneliness and isola- tion in the period in which he lived make him more signally and obviously so . He stands alone , and there are none around him to contest with him the ...
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... energy and talents . They de- generated with each succeeding generation , till at length they became utterly imbecile , and the entire management of affairs fell into the hands of an officer , styled the mayor of the palace , or , as we ...
... energy and talents . They de- generated with each succeeding generation , till at length they became utterly imbecile , and the entire management of affairs fell into the hands of an officer , styled the mayor of the palace , or , as we ...
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... Energy like this , inspired alike by Among the various Frankish tribes , this privilege was confined to the royal family . All besides shaved their heads , leaving only a single tuft , like the scalp lock of North American Indians of ...
... Energy like this , inspired alike by Among the various Frankish tribes , this privilege was confined to the royal family . All besides shaved their heads , leaving only a single tuft , like the scalp lock of North American Indians of ...
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... energy and success with which he conducted his campaigns , we are forcibly reminded of that modern conqueror , who , a thousand years later , carried the devastations of war over the * Vita Caroli Magni . same region , who loved to ...
... energy and success with which he conducted his campaigns , we are forcibly reminded of that modern conqueror , who , a thousand years later , carried the devastations of war over the * Vita Caroli Magni . same region , who loved to ...
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... energy of Charlemagne . The characteristic peculiarities of the wars of Charlemagne become evident as we thus present the record in a tabulated form . They were not mere feuds , carried on by tribe against tribe , as the contests of his ...
... energy of Charlemagne . The characteristic peculiarities of the wars of Charlemagne become evident as we thus present the record in a tabulated form . They were not mere feuds , carried on by tribe against tribe , as the contests of his ...
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Page 103 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 9 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 192 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.
Page 132 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Page 107 - ... of Virgil, and another in meditating the Analytics of Aristotle, in which he who had a genius for art might illuminate a martyrology or carve a crucifix, and in which he who had a turn for natural philosophy might make experiments on the properties of plants and minerals.
Page 90 - O let them not bring about their damned designs, that stand now at the entrance of the bottomless pit, expecting the watchword to open and let out those dreadful locusts and scorpions ; to re-involve us in that pitchy cloud of infernal darkness, where we shall never more see the sun of thy trutli again — never hope for the cheerful dawn — never more hear the bird of morning sing.
Page 131 - Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Page 109 - He did not see why true believers, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come...
Page 192 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom...
Page 107 - Whatever reproach may, at a later period, have been justly thrown on the indolence and luxury of religious orders, it was surely good that, in an age of ignorance and violence, there should be quiet cloisters and gardens, in which the arts of peace could be safely cultivated, in which gentle and contemplative natures could find an asylum, in which one brother could employ himself in transcribing the...