General History of Civilization in Europe: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1846 |
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... 166 General summary of the course - Extent and variety of subjects - The his- tory of civilization , its price - It is the result of all partial histories - Uni- ty and variety of the existence of a people - 1 * CONTENTS . 9.
... 166 General summary of the course - Extent and variety of subjects - The his- tory of civilization , its price - It is the result of all partial histories - Uni- ty and variety of the existence of a people - 1 * CONTENTS . 9.
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... existence of a people - Three essential elements in French civilization , Greco - Roman antiquity , Christianity , Germany -1 . Of the Roman element , from the 5th to the 10th century - Under a social point of view - Under an ...
... existence of a people - Three essential elements in French civilization , Greco - Roman antiquity , Christianity , Germany -1 . Of the Roman element , from the 5th to the 10th century - Under a social point of view - Under an ...
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... existence . On the other hand , a distinguished man , even when originality is not his pre - eminent characteristic , always differs greatly from the mass of his contemporaries : he is himself , and not a nation ; so that , under a ...
... existence . On the other hand , a distinguished man , even when originality is not his pre - eminent characteristic , always differs greatly from the mass of his contemporaries : he is himself , and not a nation ; so that , under a ...
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... existence ; sovereigns hereditarily succeeded sovereigns ; laws , customs , were regularly established therein . Men might write , indeed have written , their separate histories ; for a long period they formed the history of France ...
... existence ; sovereigns hereditarily succeeded sovereigns ; laws , customs , were regularly established therein . Men might write , indeed have written , their separate histories ; for a long period they formed the history of France ...
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... existence had just been founded . The idiom of the con- quest , fallen into disuse in the castles of the lords , was pre- served in the royal house . The descendants of the Frank emperors deemed it an honor to understand this language ...
... existence had just been founded . The idiom of the con- quest , fallen into disuse in the castles of the lords , was pre- served in the royal house . The descendants of the Frank emperors deemed it an honor to understand this language ...
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Page 173 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 172 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Page 173 - Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say ? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Page 173 - For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Page 173 - And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked : and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed : among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Page 173 - Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, to the unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;...
Page 173 - And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Page 172 - Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body...
Page 45 - ... of Saint Martin, the honey of the holy writings ; I essay to intoxicate others with the old wine of antique studies ; one class I nourish with the fruits of grammatical science ; in the eyes of another, I display the order of the stars.