The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard, Volume 5W. Blackwood and Sons, 1867 |
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Abbess abbot Adamnan Aldhelm ancient Anglia Anglo Anglo-Saxon apostles Archbishop assemblies Bede Benedict Benedict Biscop Benedictine bishop BOLLAND Britons brother Bugga burga Canterbury Catholic celebrated Celtic Celts century Ceolfrid Ceolred Christ Christian Church cloister consecrated council daughter death Ecclesiæ Egbert Egfrid England English Epist Ethelbald faith father Giles Guthlac hæc heart Heptarchy holy honour illustrious Iona Ireland Irish Jaffé Kent King King Ina King of Kent King of Mercia lands letter LINGARD Lioba lived Lord Mabillon MALMESB Malmesbury master Mercia monasteries monastic monks noble Northumbria nuns Penda pray prayer priests prince princesses quæ quam Queen quia quod quoted race reign religious Roman Rome saints Saxon says sibi sister soul spiritual St Aldhelm St Boniface suæ temporal tender Teutonic thee tion tonsure tuæ venerable venerable Bede virgins Vita vitæ Wessex Wilfrid young
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Page 29 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 92 - I have so often prayed ; and now, glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost"; and with these words his spirit fled.
Page 101 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Page 15 - Deo dilecti, qui et ipse aevo sequente Hiberniam gratia legendi adiit, et bene instructus patriam rediit, atque episcopus in provincia Lindissi factus, multo ecclesiam tempore nobilissime rexit.
Page 75 - Baeda famulus Christi salutem. Memini te hesterno dixisse anno, cum tecum aliquot diebus legendi gratia in monasterio tuo demorarer, quod hoc etiam anno velles, cum in eundem devenires locum, me quoque, ob commune legendi studium, ad tuum accire colloquium.
Page 212 - Indi, come orologio, che ne chiami Nel I* ora che la sposa di Dio surge A mattinar lo sposo perché l'ami, Che l' una parte e l' altra tira ed urge, Tin tin sonando con sì dolce nota , Che il ben disposto spirto d...
Page 81 - To these considerations of political and general interest, which throw so much light upon the military and territorial constitution of the AngloSaxon countries, Bede adds others which reveal not less pernicious abuses in the spiritual order. "A still more serious crime," he says, "is committed when laymen, without either experience of 1 "Injusta principum judicia recto meliorum principum examine corrigantur, ac mendax stilus scribarum iniquorum discreta prudentium et sacerdotum sententia deleatur....
Page 49 - ... persevere in your arrogant contempt of the decrees of St. Peter and the traditions of the Roman Church, by a proud and tyrannical attachment to the decrees of your ancestors. Whatever may be the perfection of faith and good works, they are unprofitable out of the Catholic Church. ... To sum up everything in one word, it is vain for any man to take credit to himself for belonging to the Catholic faith, so long as he rejects the doctrine and rule of St. Peter. For the foundation of the Church and...
Page 56 - The saint, the scholar, from a circle freed Of toil stupendous, in a hallowed seat Of learning, where thou heard'st the billows beat On a wild coast, rough monitors to feed Perpetual industry. Sublime Recluse ! The recreant soul, that dares to shun the debt Imposed on human kind, must first forget Thy diligence, thy unrelaxing use Of a long life ; and, in the hour of death, The last dear service of thy passing breath...
Page 212 - 1 vento a noi gli piega, Muovo la voce : O anime affannate, 80 Venite a noi parlar, s'altri noi niega. Quali colombe dal disio chiamate, Con l'ali aperte e ferme, al dolce nido Volan, per l'aer dal voler portate ; Cotali uscir della schiera ov'è Dido, 85 A noi venendo per l'aer maligno ; Si forte fu l'affettuoso grido.