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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... taste in matters of art , or any noble efforts of the human intellect in the depart- ments of literature . The imagination and judgment of mankind feel the moral contagion , and the intellectual energies in general become enfeebled and ...
... taste in matters of art , or any noble efforts of the human intellect in the depart- ments of literature . The imagination and judgment of mankind feel the moral contagion , and the intellectual energies in general become enfeebled and ...
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... taste for the really elegant , had been superseded by a passion for oriental magnificence and luxury . Colossal magnitude , and profuse ornaments , excited ad- miration rather than symmetry of proportion , and chasteness of decoration ...
... taste for the really elegant , had been superseded by a passion for oriental magnificence and luxury . Colossal magnitude , and profuse ornaments , excited ad- miration rather than symmetry of proportion , and chasteness of decoration ...
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... taste for the fine arts , might exist in the dark ages . SECTION II . SUPERSTITIONS . THE Course which was pursued by the church in reference to the superstitions prevalent among the barbaric tribes whom it converted , or sought to ...
... taste for the fine arts , might exist in the dark ages . SECTION II . SUPERSTITIONS . THE Course which was pursued by the church in reference to the superstitions prevalent among the barbaric tribes whom it converted , or sought to ...
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... taste for structures of a higher order . Places of worship , rudely con- structed of oaken planks , and covered with thatch , were succeeded by churches of polished masonry , with lofty towers , glazed windows , and roofs sheeted with ...
... taste for structures of a higher order . Places of worship , rudely con- structed of oaken planks , and covered with thatch , were succeeded by churches of polished masonry , with lofty towers , glazed windows , and roofs sheeted with ...
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... taste for music . Beside the harp and different kinds of wind in- struments , such as the flute and horn , early mention is made of the organ , an instrument of which Bede gives a minute description : and attention seems to have been ...
... taste for music . Beside the harp and different kinds of wind in- struments , such as the flute and horn , early mention is made of the organ , an instrument of which Bede gives a minute description : and attention seems to have been ...
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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.