A Universal Biography: 2d series. From the birth of Christ to the reformationSherwood, Jones & Company, 1825 |
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... received an excellent education , he was early employed in military service , and , along with his elder brother Isaac , commanded against the Turks . Alexius , during the reign of Nicephorus , defeated Bryennius and Basilacius , two ...
... received an excellent education , he was early employed in military service , and , along with his elder brother Isaac , commanded against the Turks . Alexius , during the reign of Nicephorus , defeated Bryennius and Basilacius , two ...
Σελίδα 15
... received him as one who had a call from heaven , and en- couraged him to proceed in his design . He went over Europe to preach a general crusade to deliver the Holy Land from the infidels . The appearance of Peter was mean , his stature ...
... received him as one who had a call from heaven , and en- couraged him to proceed in his design . He went over Europe to preach a general crusade to deliver the Holy Land from the infidels . The appearance of Peter was mean , his stature ...
Σελίδα 24
... received by Henry I. He had not been long at court , before Henry received a letter from Philip , requesting him closely to confine his son , or even despatch him . Henry , however , instead of complying with this infamous request ...
... received by Henry I. He had not been long at court , before Henry received a letter from Philip , requesting him closely to confine his son , or even despatch him . Henry , however , instead of complying with this infamous request ...
Σελίδα 29
... received without opposition . From this career of vic- tory he was recalled to Hungary , where the death of Bela had occasioned fresh disturbances . He fixed the sons of Bela in their dominions , and they returned to Russia , where ...
... received without opposition . From this career of vic- tory he was recalled to Hungary , where the death of Bela had occasioned fresh disturbances . He fixed the sons of Bela in their dominions , and they returned to Russia , where ...
Σελίδα 32
... received an oath of allegiance from the inhabitants of that capital , and was after- wards proclaimed duke of Apulia and Calabria at Reggio . He applied to pope Honorious II . for the investiture of these duchies , but was rejected ...
... received an oath of allegiance from the inhabitants of that capital , and was after- wards proclaimed duke of Apulia and Calabria at Reggio . He applied to pope Honorious II . for the investiture of these duchies , but was rejected ...
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Σελίδα 455 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil.
Σελίδα 18 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Σελίδα 203 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Σελίδα 186 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Σελίδα 160 - Richard, therefore, concluded a truce with that monarch, and stipulated that Acre, Joppa, and other sea-port towns of Palestine, should remain in the hands of the Christians, and that every one of that religion should have liberty to perform his pilgrimage to Jerusalem unmolested.
Σελίδα 426 - ... burdens of the state, and left his kingdom to be plundered by a set of rapacious ministers. He did not survive the consequences of his bad conduct, but died about a year after the prince, at Sheene, in Surrey, deserted by all his courtiers, even by those who had grown rich by his bounty.
Σελίδα 440 - This gentleman being sent out by Henry, before the battle, to reconnoitre the enemy, and to find out their strength, made this report : — " May it please you, my liege, there are enough to be killed, enough to be taken prisoners, and enough to run away.
Σελίδα 78 - In this confession there was, among other tenets equally absurd, the following declaration: that " the bread and wine, after consecration, were not only a sacrament, but also the real body and blood of Jesus Christ; and that this body and blood were handled by the priests, and consumed by the faithful, and not in a sacramental sense, but in reality and truth, as other sensible objects are.
Σελίδα 38 - Godeva, bearing an extraordinary affection to this place, often and earnestly besought her husband that for the love of God and the blessed Virgin, he would free it from that grievous servitude whereunto it was subject : but he rebuking her for importuning him in a...
Σελίδα 192 - Innocent may boast of the two most signal triumphs over sense and humanity, the establishment of transubstantiation, and the origin of the inquisition.