 | John Adams - World history - 1795 - 480 pages
...rank, and in the moft eminent ftations, could not read nor write. Many of the clergy did not underftand the breviary; which they were obliged daily to recite. Some of them could fearcely read it. The human mind neglected, uncultivated, and deprcfled, funk into the moft profound... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 pages
...to persons and productions so contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...daily to recite ; some of them could scarcely read it [K]. The memory of past transactions was, SECT. in a great degree, lost, or preserved in annals filled... | |
 | Charles de Villers - Church history - 1805 - 516 pages
...to persons and productions go contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...the breviary which they were obliged daily to recite i some «f them the modern nations have to boast at that early period. could scarcely read it. The... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 516 pages
...to persons and productions so contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...could not read or write. Many of the clergy did not un^ derstand the breviary which they were obliged daily to recite; some of them could scarcely read... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...persons and productions so contemptible, that it ap~ pears their true import%was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...recite ; some of them could scarcely read it *. The memory of past transactions was in a great degree lost, or preserved in annals filled with trifling... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...persons and productions 'so contemptible, that it api pears their true import was little understood. Persons of """ "" the highest rank, and in the most...or write. Many of the clergy did not understand the breyiary which they were obliged daily to recite ; some of them could scarcely read it.* The memory... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...persons and productions sn contemptible, thai it ap~ ' - pears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent stations, could not read or writs. Many of the clergy did not understand the breviary which they were obliged daily lo recite;... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1817 - 534 pages
...to persons and productions so contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...understand the breviary which they were obliged daily to* c 3 SECT, recite ; some of them could scarcely read it. [K] L The memory of past transactions was,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1819 - 522 pages
...to persons and productions SQ contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...understand the breviary, which they were obliged daily to SECT, recite ; some of them could scarcely read it." ' The memory of past transactions was, in a great... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 356 pages
...or lost. Literature, science, taste, were words scarce in use, during the ages we are contemplating. Persons of the highest rank, and in the most eminent...not understand the breviary, which they were obliged dialy to recite; some of them could barely read. All memory of past transactions was lost, or preserved... | |
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Literature, science, taste, were words little in use during the ages which we are contemplating; or if they occur at any time, eminence in them is ascribed to persons and productions so contemptible, that it appears their true import was little understood.... 
