Life and times of CharlemagneReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 páginas |
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... Gregory of Tours , will do more to illustrate the character of the king and the age than pages of description . " When Clovis came to battle against Alaric , he had for an ally Cloderic the son of Sigbert . This Sigbert limped from a ...
... Gregory of Tours , will do more to illustrate the character of the king and the age than pages of description . " When Clovis came to battle against Alaric , he had for an ally Cloderic the son of Sigbert . This Sigbert limped from a ...
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... Gregory of Tours , which , whether true or false , will show the estimate formed of him by his own age . Hearing that some of his officers had been indulging in jocular remarks on his personal appearance , he invited them to witness a ...
... Gregory of Tours , which , whether true or false , will show the estimate formed of him by his own age . Hearing that some of his officers had been indulging in jocular remarks on his personal appearance , he invited them to witness a ...
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... Gregory of Tours : " No one any longer fears or respects his king , his chief , or his count . Each man loves to do evil , and freely indulges his desires . The most gentle correc- tion provokes an immediate tumult , and the magistrate ...
... Gregory of Tours : " No one any longer fears or respects his king , his chief , or his count . Each man loves to do evil , and freely indulges his desires . The most gentle correc- tion provokes an immediate tumult , and the magistrate ...
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afford Alcuin anarchy ancient Arabs arms army attempt Avars barbarous battle bishops Bretons campaign capitulary Carloman character Charlemagne Charles Charles Martel chiefs Christ Christianity civilization clergy Clovis commanded compelled court dark death decree Desiderius Divine doctrine dominions donation of Constantine ecclesiastical Eginhardt Elbe emperor empire employed enactments enemies energy Europe evil faith France Frankish Franks frontier German give glory Gregory of Tours holy honour horse Idem idolatry influence Italy king laws learning legislation Leidrade Lombards Lord magne ment military Missi Dominici monarch Murman nations pagan palace papacy papal peace Pepin pope possession present priest prince provinces received reign religion religious repress Roman Rome Romish church royal rude sacred Saracens Saxons says scarcely Scriptures seems slave Spain speedily spirit superstitious sword territory thee throne tion trial by ordeal tribes troops truth warriors Whilst whole words worship
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...