The History of the Crusades for the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... writer in our language who has made the Holy Wars the subject of separate discussion and distinct inquiry . His book is valuable and amusing on account of its wit and sentences , but possesses no claim to praise for amplitude , or ...
... writer in our language who has made the Holy Wars the subject of separate discussion and distinct inquiry . His book is valuable and amusing on account of its wit and sentences , but possesses no claim to praise for amplitude , or ...
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... writers have said that the pilgrim travelled to some certain place ; the palmer to all , and not to any one in particular . The old authors , however , do not always attend to this distinction : Chaucer , for in- stance , as Mr ...
... writers have said that the pilgrim travelled to some certain place ; the palmer to all , and not to any one in particular . The old authors , however , do not always attend to this distinction : Chaucer , for in- stance , as Mr ...
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... writers have been anxious to prove that St. Gregory did not condemn pil- grimages in the abstract . Perhaps so : he contends , however , that in his time no good could result from holy journies . Molinæus , note No. 19 . church were ...
... writers have been anxious to prove that St. Gregory did not condemn pil- grimages in the abstract . Perhaps so : he contends , however , that in his time no good could result from holy journies . Molinæus , note No. 19 . church were ...
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... writers have magnified it into a surrender of the Holy Land : and others , astonished at the liberality of a Saracen , have denied the story altogether . The plain fact is , Harun gave Charlemagne , as lord of the Christians , do ...
... writers have magnified it into a surrender of the Holy Land : and others , astonished at the liberality of a Saracen , have denied the story altogether . The plain fact is , Harun gave Charlemagne , as lord of the Christians , do ...
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... writers of the middle ages , for those who followed the doc trines of the Arabian prophet . Le Souldan , says Joinville , estoit le plus puissant roy de toute Payennie . See Du Cange , glossary , article Paganismus . The people of the ...
... writers of the middle ages , for those who followed the doc trines of the Arabian prophet . Le Souldan , says Joinville , estoit le plus puissant roy de toute Payennie . See Du Cange , glossary , article Paganismus . The people of the ...
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Adhemar Albert Albert of Aix Alexiad Alexius Almeric Antioch Archb archbishop of Tyre arms army arrived Ascalon Asia Assises Baldric barons battle bishop Bohemond caliph camp Cange cause cavaliers CHAP CHAP.VII Christ Christians church clergy command Constantinople council count of Tholouse count of Tripoli count of Vermandois court Courtenay Croises cross Crusaders death Du Cange duke of Lorraine Edessa Egypt emir emperor enemy Europe feudal France Franks French friends Fulcher Gesta Godfrey Greeks Guibert Guignes heaven holy land honour hundred imperial infidels Italian Joscelyn king of Jerusalem kingdom knights lance Latins lord Malmsbury military Moslems murder Muselmans Noureddin Palestine patriarch person Peter pilgrims Pope prince prince of Antioch promised Raymond religion religious Robert Saladin Saracens sepulchre Shiracouch siege soldiers sultan sword Syria Tancred Templars thousand tians tion town troops Tudebodus Turkish Turks valour VIII virtue walls William of Tyre writers
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Página 217 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heaven the welkin burns.
Página 186 - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
Página 474 - Diss' egli a noi, guardate e attendete Alla miseria del maestro Adamo : Io ebbi vivo assai di quel eh' io volli, E ora, lasso ! un goccio! d' acqua bramo. Li ruscelletti, che de...
Página i - Whose arms were moulded in their mothers' womb To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Página 358 - 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. Right faithfull true he was in deede and word, But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad ; Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Página 54 - I fix the end of the ensuing spring. God will be gracious to those who undertake this expedition, that they may have a favourable year, both in abundance of produce, and in serenity of season. Those who may die will enter the mansions of heaven ; while the living shall behold the sepulchre of the Lord. And what can be greater happiness, than for a man, in his life-time, to see those places, where the Lord of heaven was conversant as a man ? Blessed are they, who, called to these occupations, shall...
Página 474 - One drop of water now, alas ! I crave. The rills, that glitter down the grassy slopes Of Casentino, making fresh and soft The banks whereby they glide to Arno's stream, Stand ever in my view...
Página 197 - Turks massacred, on this night of frantic fury, was at least ten thousand. After every species of habitation, from the marble palace to the meanest hovel, had been converted into a scene of slaughter; when the narrow streets and the spacious squares were all alike disfigured with human gore, and crowded with mangled carcasses, then the assassins turned robbers, and became as mercenary as they had been merciless.
Página 84 - the gentlest manners were united to the firmest spirit ; the amiableness of virtue to its commanding gravity. He was alike distinguished for political courage and for personal bravery. His lofty mind was capable of the grandest enterprises. His deportment was moral; his piety was fervent.
Página 64 - In some instances, the poor rustic shod his oxen like horses, and placed his whole family in a cart, where it was amusing to hear the children, on the approach to any large town or castle, inquiring if the object before them was Jerusalem.