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... Church and religion of England down to his own times , and incidentally throws a flood of light upon the secular history also . Among his other works may be named , De Ratione Temporum , a Martyr- ology , the Life of St. Cuthbert , a ...
... Church and religion of England down to his own times , and incidentally throws a flood of light upon the secular history also . Among his other works may be named , De Ratione Temporum , a Martyr- ology , the Life of St. Cuthbert , a ...
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... church tradition ; yet the spirit of the time and the people is manifest , perhaps , in the very choice of the subjects , especially in that of Elene . A Teuton loved before all things to hear of war and fighting ; now Con- stantine in ...
... church tradition ; yet the spirit of the time and the people is manifest , perhaps , in the very choice of the subjects , especially in that of Elene . A Teuton loved before all things to hear of war and fighting ; now Con- stantine in ...
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... Church matters . Some few of the Saxon bishops , as the noble St. Wulstan of Worcester , Agelric of Chichester , and one or two others , were left in posses- sion of their sees ; the rest had to make way for Normans . Nor was this all ...
... Church matters . Some few of the Saxon bishops , as the noble St. Wulstan of Worcester , Agelric of Chichester , and one or two others , were left in posses- sion of their sees ; the rest had to make way for Normans . Nor was this all ...
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... Church of Durham , which bears his name — at least of the greater portion of it but appropriated the work and the credit of the real author , a monk called Turgot . Yet it is but fair to say that an edition of this history appeared in ...
... Church of Durham , which bears his name — at least of the greater portion of it but appropriated the work and the credit of the real author , a monk called Turgot . Yet it is but fair to say that an edition of this history appeared in ...
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... Church . He published , in 1151 , under the name of Decretum , a col- lection of the canons of councils , the decrees of popes , and the maxims of the more ancient Fathers , all which branches are included under the general term of ...
... Church . He published , in 1151 , under the name of Decretum , a col- lection of the canons of councils , the decrees of popes , and the maxims of the more ancient Fathers , all which branches are included under the general term of ...
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Page 482 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when, with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
Page 511 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 253 - A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 357 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 469 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting; The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may...
Page 476 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 211 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 387 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...
Page 454 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 444 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?