 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - Abbots - 1843 - 412 pages
...multitude beholding it, concluded he was distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple he profaned the same, casting into it the...companions to destroy the temple, with all its enclosures, by fire. This place where the idols were is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward, beyond... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 418 pages
...distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near thejtejmp_le_he_ profmied_thß__same, casting into it the spear which he held ; and rejoicing...companions to destroy the temple, with all its enclosures, by fire. This place where the idols were is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward, beyond... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...myself, destroy those things which I worshipped through ignorance Î " * * * As soon as he drew near the temple he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held ; * * "* the place where the idols were is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward, beyond... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - Archaeology - 1846 - 644 pages
...multitude beholding it concluded he was distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held ; and rejoicing in the knowS The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, translated from the Latin of Bede, &c. by JA... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - Church architecture - 1848 - 478 pages
...concluded he was distracted; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple, he profaned it, casting into it the spear which he held; and rejoicing...companions to destroy the temple, with all its enclosures, by fire. " This place (says Bede) where the idols were, is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 440 pages
...he drew near the temple, he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held ; and greatly rejoicing in the knowledge of the worship of the true...companions to destroy the temple, with all its enclosures, by fire. This place where the idols were is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward, beyond... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 pages
...multitude, beholding it, concluded he was distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple, he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held ; and greatly rejoicing in the knowledge of the worship of the true God, he commanded his companions to destroy... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 496 pages
...multitude, beholding it, concluded he was distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple, he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held ; and greatly rejoicing in the knowledge of the worship of the true God, he commanded his companions to destroy... | |
 | Effie (Aunt.) - 1854 - 218 pages
...than myself destroy those things which I worshipped through ignorance?' ... As soon as he drew near the temple he profaned the same, casting into it the spear which he held; .... the place where the idols were is still shown, not far from York, to the eastward, beyond the... | |
 | 696 pages
...but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple he profaned the same, casting into it his spear which he held ; and rejoicing in the knowledge of the worship of the trae God, he commanded his companions to destroy the temple with all ita inclosures- by fire." The... | |
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Having, therefore, girt a sword about him, with a spear in his hand, he mounted the king's stallion and proceeded to the idols. The multitude, beholding it, concluded he was distracted ; but he lost no time, for as soon as he drew near the temple he profaned... 
