Life and times of CharlemagneReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pages |
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... king of the Franks - Outline of his history - Is acknowledged as emperor of the West , and receives the name of Charlemagne . TACITUS , in his " Treatise on the Customs and Tribes of Germany , " describes with patriotic shame the ...
... king of the Franks - Outline of his history - Is acknowledged as emperor of the West , and receives the name of Charlemagne . TACITUS , in his " Treatise on the Customs and Tribes of Germany , " describes with patriotic shame the ...
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... king of a neighbouring tribe , and made Soissons , the conquered capital , his own metropolis . An incident which happened im- mediately after the battle that put Clovis in possession of Soissons , well illustrates the small advance ...
... king of a neighbouring tribe , and made Soissons , the conquered capital , his own metropolis . An incident which happened im- mediately after the battle that put Clovis in possession of Soissons , well illustrates the small advance ...
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... 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 blow on the knee , which he had received at the battle of Tolbiac ...
... 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 blow on the knee , which he had received at the battle of Tolbiac ...
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... king , and gave to him the kingdom and treasures of Sigbert . Thus , every day , " says his biographer , in a manner that shows how blunted were his perceptions of good and evil , " God caused his enemies to fall before him , and ...
... king , and gave to him the kingdom and treasures of Sigbert . Thus , every day , " says his biographer , in a manner that shows how blunted were his perceptions of good and evil , " God caused his enemies to fall before him , and ...
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... king's mind , but by degrees he was so far won over by the influence of his wife and the exhortations of her chaplain Remigius , as to declare that he was willing to adopt her re- ligion provided that he could have convincing proof of ...
... king's mind , but by degrees he was so far won over by the influence of his wife and the exhortations of her chaplain Remigius , as to declare that he was willing to adopt her re- ligion provided that he could have convincing proof of ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...