Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Book 7C. Dolman, 1854 |
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... abbeys supply signals , 90 ; the illustrious men who die in them , 96 ; value of some monastic traditions as sources of history , 98 ; the false critics who attacked them , 101. Signal by observing the motives of men in founding and ...
... abbeys supply signals , 90 ; the illustrious men who die in them , 96 ; value of some monastic traditions as sources of history , 98 ; the false critics who attacked them , 101. Signal by observing the motives of men in founding and ...
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... Abbey which measures ninety feet in height , and twenty in breadth . Vasari , it is true , being invited to paint the refectory of a very ancient monastery at Naples , built by King Alfonso I. , found that its arches and low ceilings ...
... Abbey which measures ninety feet in height , and twenty in breadth . Vasari , it is true , being invited to paint the refectory of a very ancient monastery at Naples , built by King Alfonso I. , found that its arches and low ceilings ...
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... abbey of the canons regular of Fiesole , built for Cosmo de Medici by Filippo Brunelleschi , is praised by Vasari for the reason that " the building is cheerful , commodious , and truly magnificent . " Dom Germain , after describing the ...
... abbey of the canons regular of Fiesole , built for Cosmo de Medici by Filippo Brunelleschi , is praised by Vasari for the reason that " the building is cheerful , commodious , and truly magnificent . " Dom Germain , after describing the ...
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... abbey of St. Germain was 115 feet long , 32 wide , and 47 high , and on eight immense windows were emblazoned the arms of Castille . The buildings of monks are found , not alone amidst the woods and mountains , and the enclosures ...
... abbey of St. Germain was 115 feet long , 32 wide , and 47 high , and on eight immense windows were emblazoned the arms of Castille . The buildings of monks are found , not alone amidst the woods and mountains , and the enclosures ...
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... abbey . " At Pontigny it was , at the entrance of the abbey , that Thibaud , count of Champagne , built a palace for himself , in order that he might frequently assist at the office of the monks † . Gar- dens , parks , and beautiful ...
... abbey . " At Pontigny it was , at the entrance of the abbey , that Thibaud , count of Champagne , built a palace for himself , in order that he might frequently assist at the office of the monks † . Gar- dens , parks , and beautiful ...
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Page 132 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 279 - Who was her father? Who was her mother ? Had she a sister? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full. Home she had none.
Page 575 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
Page 173 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 278 - One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing: Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing. Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully. Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her, All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.
Page 126 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 378 - And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him...
Page 573 - Oh, the grave ! the grave ! It buries every error — covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 133 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 362 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.