 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...  Life and times of Charlemagne - Page 1071799 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 184 pages
...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 25 gentle and contemplative natures could find an asylum, in which one brother could employ himself... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 598 pages
...which the arts I&...JL a of peace could be safely cultivated, in which gentle and contemplative ^f^ natures could find an asylum, in which one brother could employ himself in transcribing the /Eneid of Virgil, and another in meditating the Analytics of Aristotle, in which he who had a genius... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1925 - 988 pages
...time. Macaulay says: 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 one brother could employ himself in transcribing the " Aeneld " of Virgil, and another in meditating... | |
 | 168 pages
...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...one brother could employ himself in transcribing the ^Eneid of Virgil, and another in meditating the Analytics of Aristotle, in which he who had a genius... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 646 pages
...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...one brother could employ himself in transcribing the ^Eneid of Virgil, and another in meditating the Analytics of Aristotle, in which he who had a genius... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1849 - 564 pages
...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...one brother could employ himself in transcribing the YEneid of Virgil, and another in meditating the Analytics of Aristotle, in which he who had a genius... | |
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