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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... learned literature ; 2d , history of national literature in the vulgar tongue - Im- portance of the middle ages in the history of French civilization - The present state of opinions concerning the middle ages - Is it true that there is ...
... learned literature ; 2d , history of national literature in the vulgar tongue - Im- portance of the middle ages in the history of French civilization - The present state of opinions concerning the middle ages - Is it true that there is ...
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... learned persons have assigned their fa- brication to him . Four supplements , added by anonymous compilers at later periods to the seven books already mentioned , extend the num- ber of articles in this collection to 2100 . The ...
... learned persons have assigned their fa- brication to him . Four supplements , added by anonymous compilers at later periods to the seven books already mentioned , extend the num- ber of articles in this collection to 2100 . The ...
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... learned Ger- mans , Dutch , Alsatians , to announce to them , on the part of the king , presents and pensions , which went sometimes as high as three thousand livres . Analogous facts are met with under Charlemagne ; he not only strove ...
... learned Ger- mans , Dutch , Alsatians , to announce to them , on the part of the king , presents and pensions , which went sometimes as high as three thousand livres . Analogous facts are met with under Charlemagne ; he not only strove ...
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... learned Ælbert gave drink to thirsty minds at the sources of various studies and sciences . To some he was eager to communicate the art and rules of grammar ; for others he made flow the waves of rhetoric . He exercised these in the ...
... learned Ælbert gave drink to thirsty minds at the sources of various studies and sciences . To some he was eager to communicate the art and rules of grammar ; for others he made flow the waves of rhetoric . He exercised these in the ...
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... learned men have thought that at that time -at Pavia , perhaps - Alcuin saw Charlemagne . If the fact be true , it is to no purpose , for we know absolutely nothing of their first connexion . But , in 780 , on the death of arch- bishop ...
... learned men have thought that at that time -at Pavia , perhaps - Alcuin saw Charlemagne . If the fact be true , it is to no purpose , for we know absolutely nothing of their first connexion . But , in 780 , on the death of arch- bishop ...
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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.