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Page 42
... less fitted for our purpose . The chronicler relates the accession of Louis , or Hluto - wigh , as he calls him , on the death of his father , and the summons to court , according to ancient custom , of the various chiefs stationed on ...
... less fitted for our purpose . The chronicler relates the accession of Louis , or Hluto - wigh , as he calls him , on the death of his father , and the summons to court , according to ancient custom , of the various chiefs stationed on ...
Page 51
... less ferocious . Before a cen- tury had passed away , it had outstripped France in the race of improvement , and surpassed it in wealth and plenty . Nor was the progress of the Saxons and other conquered tribes confined to mere material ...
... less ferocious . Before a cen- tury had passed away , it had outstripped France in the race of improvement , and surpassed it in wealth and plenty . Nor was the progress of the Saxons and other conquered tribes confined to mere material ...
Page 58
... " Whilst if the executive functions of the govern- ment had become thus disorganized , its legisla- tion was in a condition scarcely less anarchical . Charlemagne , on his accession to the throne , found 58 LIFE AND TIMES.
... " Whilst if the executive functions of the govern- ment had become thus disorganized , its legisla- tion was in a condition scarcely less anarchical . Charlemagne , on his accession to the throne , found 58 LIFE AND TIMES.
Page 64
... less general interest than many other parts of the history of the period , yet nothing else gives Guizot's Lectures on the History of Civilization in France . Lect . xx . us so adequate an idea of the character of the 64 LIFE AND TIMES.
... less general interest than many other parts of the history of the period , yet nothing else gives Guizot's Lectures on the History of Civilization in France . Lect . xx . us so adequate an idea of the character of the 64 LIFE AND TIMES.
Page 78
... less corrupt than she afterwards became , had even then entered upon that career of aggression upon the prerogatives of rulers , the liberties of nations , the consciences of individuals , and the rights of God , which have rendered her ...
... less corrupt than she afterwards became , had even then entered upon that career of aggression upon the prerogatives of rulers , the liberties of nations , the consciences of individuals , and the rights of God , which have rendered her ...
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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...