The Eighteen Christian CenturiesW. Blackwood, 1859 - 511 páginas |
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... ............................. ... 105 SIXTH CENTURY . BELISARIUS AND NARSES IN ITALY - SETTLEMENT OF THE LOM- BARDS - LAWS OF JUSTINIAN - BIRTH OF MOHAMMED ............. 123 SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS 1 * 5.
... ............................. ... 105 SIXTH CENTURY . BELISARIUS AND NARSES IN ITALY - SETTLEMENT OF THE LOM- BARDS - LAWS OF JUSTINIAN - BIRTH OF MOHAMMED ............. 123 SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS 1 * 5.
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James White. SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS - CONQUESTS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS PAGE 141 EIGHTH CENTURY . TEMPORAL POWER OF THE POPES - THE EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE . 171 NINTH CENTURY . DISMEMBERMENT OF CHARLEMAGNE'S ...
James White. SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS - CONQUESTS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS PAGE 141 EIGHTH CENTURY . TEMPORAL POWER OF THE POPES - THE EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE . 171 NINTH CENTURY . DISMEMBERMENT OF CHARLEMAGNE'S ...
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... , and a new world was now prepared for its reception . Its everlasting truths , indeed , had been full of life and vigour all through the sad period of Roman deprava- MONKS . 115 tion , but the ground was unfitted 114 FIFTH CENTURY .
... , and a new world was now prepared for its reception . Its everlasting truths , indeed , had been full of life and vigour all through the sad period of Roman deprava- MONKS . 115 tion , but the ground was unfitted 114 FIFTH CENTURY .
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... monks , who rushed occasionally into the great cities of the empire , and filled their streets with blood and rapine . Guided by no less fanatical bishops , they spread murder and terror over whole provinces . Alexandria stood in more ...
... monks , who rushed occasionally into the great cities of the empire , and filled their streets with blood and rapine . Guided by no less fanatical bishops , they spread murder and terror over whole provinces . Alexandria stood in more ...
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James White. THE SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS - CONQUESTS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS . THIS , then , is the century during which Mohammed- anism and Christianity were marshalling their ... MONKS-CONQUESTS OF MOHAMMEDANS.
James White. THE SEVENTH CENTURY . POWER OF ROME SUPPORTED BY THE MONKS - CONQUESTS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS . THIS , then , is the century during which Mohammed- anism and Christianity were marshalling their ... MONKS-CONQUESTS OF MOHAMMEDANS.
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Página 114 - ... of their congregations, that a law was passed making a conveyance in favour of a priest invalid. And it is not from Pagan enemies or heretical rivals we learn this — it is from the letters still extant of the most honoured Fathers of the Church. One of them tells us that the Prefect Pretextatus, alluding to the luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the magnificence of their apparel, said to Pope Damasus. "Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will turn Christian.
Página 48 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Página 241 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Página 48 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh ! quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh ! the pain, the bliss of dying. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say,
Página 396 - Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight the joyful sound of land ! land ! was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships.
Página 49 - The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! 0 Grave ! where is thy victory? 0 Death! where is thy sting?
Página 396 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie by, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes, all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land which had been so long the object of their wishes.
Página 396 - About two hours before midnight, Columbus, standing on the forecastle, observed a light at a distance, and privately pointed it out to Pedro Guttierez, a page of the queen's wardrobe. Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight the joyful sound of land! land!
Página 396 - A little after midnight the joyful sound of land ! land .' was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships. But, having been so often deceived by fallacious appearances, every man was now become slow of belief, and waited in all the anguish of uncertainty and impatience for the return of day. As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled.
Página 386 - ... my name is Joan the maid ; the King of Heaven sendeth you word by me that you shall be anointed and crowned in the city of Rheims, and shall be lieutenant of the King of Heaven, who is king of France.