Glimpses of the dark ages; or, Sketches of the social condition of Europe, from the fifth to the twelfth centuryReligious Tract Society, 1846 - 194 Seiten |
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... hand , from the works cited at the foot of the page ; and in referring to books as authorities , the author has generally chosen such as are best known , easiest of access , and most adapted to furnish additional interesting information ...
... hand , from the works cited at the foot of the page ; and in referring to books as authorities , the author has generally chosen such as are best known , easiest of access , and most adapted to furnish additional interesting information ...
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... the men looked upwards , and the women did not look down , and were guilty of so many transgressions , that the devil soon filled one side of his parchment with short - hand notes from top to bottom , THE CHURCH . 45.
... the men looked upwards , and the women did not look down , and were guilty of so many transgressions , that the devil soon filled one side of his parchment with short - hand notes from top to bottom , THE CHURCH . 45.
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Europe. with short - hand notes from top to bottom , and was forced to turn it . This side was also soon covered with writing . The devil was now in sad perplexity ; he could not stomach losing a sin , he could not trust his memory , and ...
Europe. with short - hand notes from top to bottom , and was forced to turn it . This side was also soon covered with writing . The devil was now in sad perplexity ; he could not stomach losing a sin , he could not trust his memory , and ...
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... hand to apply any medicines for the cure of a disease to which with the other they were continually administering the most fever- ish stimulants . While the censors of eccle- The clerical character being too generally what we have now ...
... hand to apply any medicines for the cure of a disease to which with the other they were continually administering the most fever- ish stimulants . While the censors of eccle- The clerical character being too generally what we have now ...
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... a lighted torch in his hand , and was led round the altar ; he then laid hold upon its horns , when the formulary of liberation was solemnly repeated . * Several charters of manumission , avowedly proceeding 68 GLIMPSES OF THE DARK AGES .
... a lighted torch in his hand , and was led round the altar ; he then laid hold upon its horns , when the formulary of liberation was solemnly repeated . * Several charters of manumission , avowedly proceeding 68 GLIMPSES OF THE DARK AGES .
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.