Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages, in Black and White: Made on the Spot (from Records in the Archives of Switzerland)1846 |
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... reign of the patriarch of Aquileia . As soon as he was elevated to that dig- nity , the monk Verinhar renounced his pretensions to the abbacy . Whether he was apprehensive that this eminent appointment would give Ulric , of Ep- penstein ...
... reign of the patriarch of Aquileia . As soon as he was elevated to that dig- nity , the monk Verinhar renounced his pretensions to the abbacy . Whether he was apprehensive that this eminent appointment would give Ulric , of Ep- penstein ...
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... reign , the prince's cul- pable ambition was soon roused into rebellion by the emissaries of Pope Pascal II . More artful than his brother Conrad , he disguised his plots , and , when all was ripe , he prevailed on the emperor to retire ...
... reign , the prince's cul- pable ambition was soon roused into rebellion by the emissaries of Pope Pascal II . More artful than his brother Conrad , he disguised his plots , and , when all was ripe , he prevailed on the emperor to retire ...
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... forty - four years of age , after a miserable reign of incessant warfare with each successive occupier of the chair of St. Peter , the rebellious son , LOSS OF ULRIC IRREPARABLE . 39 whose eager desire to 38 THE WAR OF THE TWO ABBOTS .
... forty - four years of age , after a miserable reign of incessant warfare with each successive occupier of the chair of St. Peter , the rebellious son , LOSS OF ULRIC IRREPARABLE . 39 whose eager desire to 38 THE WAR OF THE TWO ABBOTS .
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... reign may have had a beneficent influence on her own . Bertha , of Swabia , was born probably about 903 or 904 ; but no accredited chro- nicles record either her entrance or departure from that world which , during the whole period of ...
... reign may have had a beneficent influence on her own . Bertha , of Swabia , was born probably about 903 or 904 ; but no accredited chro- nicles record either her entrance or departure from that world which , during the whole period of ...
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... reign of mingled glory and abasement , of happiness and sor- row , can commence . Bertha , of Swabia , was not the first whose strong intellect and noble nature planned the civil- ization and cultivation of the enchanting country termed ...
... reign of mingled glory and abasement , of happiness and sor- row , can commence . Bertha , of Swabia , was not the first whose strong intellect and noble nature planned the civil- ization and cultivation of the enchanting country termed ...
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Page 228 - gainst tears, and hers would crave The life she lived in ; but the judge was just, And then she died on him she could not save. Their tomb was simple, and without a bust, And held within their urn one mind, one heart, one dust.
Page 292 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 150 - Roman million's blame or praise Was death or life, the playthings of a crowd, My voice sounds much — and fall the stars' faint rays On the arena void — seats crush'd — walls bow'd — And galleries, where my steps seem echoes strangely loud.
Page 312 - And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide 0$ for the latter rain.
Page 311 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me. "Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. "The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. "I put on righteousness and it clothed me.
Page 292 - June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 311 - Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out by the waters, And the dew lay all night upon my branch. My glory was fresh in me, And my bow was renewed in my hand.
Page 237 - In the name of the HOLY and UNDIVIDED TRINITY, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, one GOD, Blessed for ever.
Page 311 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ; my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Page 132 - Their heads were. shaven behind, but the shaggy locks hung over their eyes and mouth, and a long beard represented the name and character of the nation. Their dress consisted of loose linen garments, after the fashion of the AngloSaxons, which were decorated, in their opinion, with broad stripes of variegated colours.