Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith ...J. Booker, 1839 - Church history |
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... occasion of miseries , says Philemon ; the play- thing of fortune , and the image of mutability , says Aristotle . " If you read all the writings of the philosophers , " says one who sought in late times to imitate them , " you will ...
... occasion of miseries , says Philemon ; the play- thing of fortune , and the image of mutability , says Aristotle . " If you read all the writings of the philosophers , " says one who sought in late times to imitate them , " you will ...
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... occasion through all lands for deeds unsung by poets but chronicled in hell . Then , as one of late so grandly sings , " The sound is that of the assault of an imperial city , the hiss of in- extinguishable fire , the roar of giant ...
... occasion through all lands for deeds unsung by poets but chronicled in hell . Then , as one of late so grandly sings , " The sound is that of the assault of an imperial city , the hiss of in- extinguishable fire , the roar of giant ...
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... occasion of the war of the Burgundian chiefs , which filled all places with confusion and dismay . Fauriel remarks the melancholy which pervades men of this fifth age at the spectacle of the wars around them . He cites the letters of St ...
... occasion of the war of the Burgundian chiefs , which filled all places with confusion and dismay . Fauriel remarks the melancholy which pervades men of this fifth age at the spectacle of the wars around them . He cites the letters of St ...
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... occasion of this war was given at Constance , when Duke Lewis insulted his brother Henry , who , in revenge , wounded him with his sword , and then fled to Austria , where , with his nobles , he made war against Louis , and defeated him ...
... occasion of this war was given at Constance , when Duke Lewis insulted his brother Henry , who , in revenge , wounded him with his sword , and then fled to Austria , where , with his nobles , he made war against Louis , and defeated him ...
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... occasion was a remark- able exception ‡ . In 1169 the forces of Pisa and Genoa were about to engage , when suddenly Guido de Mer- cato , consul of Pisa , rode forth , armed cap - à - pie ; and coming up to the consul of Genoa , said ...
... occasion was a remark- able exception ‡ . In 1169 the forces of Pisa and Genoa were about to engage , when suddenly Guido de Mer- cato , consul of Pisa , rode forth , armed cap - à - pie ; and coming up to the consul of Genoa , said ...
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Abbot ages of faith ancient Antiq Antonio de Guevara appeased Archbishop Archbishop of Cologne Archbishop of Rheims arms Augustin battle Bishop blessed blood brother Cæsar castle Catholic cause century charity Charlemagne Charles the Bald Christ Christian Chronicles of St church citizens clergy concord Count death defend Denis desire Dionysius the Carthusian discord divine Duke Duke of Austria Emperor endeavour enemies Epist eternal evil father fear France Genoa glory hear heart heaven Henry Hist historian holy honour innocent Italy justice King kingdom knights labour Lord Lothaire Louis Louis le débonnaire Martene mercy middle ages mind monastery monks Muratori never nobles Otho pacem pacific pacis peace Peter of Blois poet poor Pope prayer princes reign religion says St Script slain soldiers soul speak spirit sweet sword things tranquillity tyrants Vita wars wish words writing
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Page 42 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Page 396 - And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
Page 96 - To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
Page 136 - Twere well with most, if books that could engage Their childhood, pleased them at a riper age ; The man approving what had charmed the boy, Would die at last in comfort, peace, and joy, And not with curses on his art who stole The gem of truth from his unguarded soul.
Page 96 - Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length; These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o'er the disentangled doom.
Page 21 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...
Page 371 - Lord saith: / will not the death of a sinner, but that he should be converted and live.
Page 86 - But there is yet a liberty, unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of earth and hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons, have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
Page 275 - Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy : As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enow besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.
Page 330 - If two men, or three, came riding to a town, all the township fled for them, concluding them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them; for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned.