The Broad Stone of Honour: The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry : Second Book, TaneredusSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1828 - Chivalry |
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... century , St. Monon of Scotland , who lived a hermit life in the forest of Ardennes , was murdered in his cell by robbers . Now we were strangers , and our dress denoted that we came from beyond the seas ; and , in fact , we learned ...
... century , St. Monon of Scotland , who lived a hermit life in the forest of Ardennes , was murdered in his cell by robbers . Now we were strangers , and our dress denoted that we came from beyond the seas ; and , in fact , we learned ...
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... century , his " Via Regia " teaching the truths of salvation to princes . Another book , written with this view , is the " Songe du Vieux Pelerin , " by Philip de Maizieres , who , after being Secretary to Pope Gregory XI . then ...
... century , his " Via Regia " teaching the truths of salvation to princes . Another book , written with this view , is the " Songe du Vieux Pelerin , " by Philip de Maizieres , who , after being Secretary to Pope Gregory XI . then ...
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... century , which became so famous that it was publicly lectured upon in the schools , and the Dialogue on Nobility , by Tasso . All these will shew , that the fear and love of God were the basis of chivalry . Indeed , the distinction ...
... century , which became so famous that it was publicly lectured upon in the schools , and the Dialogue on Nobility , by Tasso . All these will shew , that the fear and love of God were the basis of chivalry . Indeed , the distinction ...
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... century , at the very time of the Crusades , says , that " we ought not to oblige the infidels to embrace the faith ; but that it was lawful for Christians to oblige them not to injure religion by their persuasions or open persecutions ...
... century , at the very time of the Crusades , says , that " we ought not to oblige the infidels to embrace the faith ; but that it was lawful for Christians to oblige them not to injure religion by their persuasions or open persecutions ...
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... And surely in the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteen centuries there were other motives 66 * Tome ii . p . 441 . Hist . des Troubadours , ii . 503 . Gesta Dei , 641 . that might have actuated the warlike youth of Europe ? 42 TÁNCREDUS ,
... And surely in the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteen centuries there were other motives 66 * Tome ii . p . 441 . Hist . des Troubadours , ii . 503 . Gesta Dei , 641 . that might have actuated the warlike youth of Europe ? 42 TÁNCREDUS ,
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Page 340 - Of men than beasts ; but oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace. That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
Page 200 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 115 - And on his brest a bloodie Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 256 - NOW was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim newly on his road with love Thrills, if he hear the vesper bell from far, That seems to mourn for the expiring day...
Page 180 - I love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be...
Page 294 - I passed the sea in great peril, I have desired nothing of you; therefore now I humbly require you, in the honour of the son of the Virgin Mary, and for the love of me, that ye will take mercy of these six burgesses.
Page 174 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Page 228 - ... of education. Yet if we are directed only by our particular natures, and regulate our inclinations by no higher rule than that of our reasons, we are but moralists ; divinity will still call us heathens.
Page 195 - Fratres, sobrii estote et vigilate : quia adversarius vester diabolus tanquam leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem devoret.
Page 398 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.