The edinburgh Review1849 |
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... tion of their rule in the sixth century , their monasteries were comparatively illuminated amidst the general gloom of the dark ages . But when the sun arose on the outer world , its beams scarcely penetrated their cloisters ; nor did ...
... tion of their rule in the sixth century , their monasteries were comparatively illuminated amidst the general gloom of the dark ages . But when the sun arose on the outer world , its beams scarcely penetrated their cloisters ; nor did ...
Pàgina 3
... tion , and the revival of their intellectual eminence . M. Valery's volumes illustrate the third and last stage of this progress , which cannot , however , be understood without a rapid glance at each of the two preceding stages . " 6 ...
... tion , and the revival of their intellectual eminence . M. Valery's volumes illustrate the third and last stage of this progress , which cannot , however , be understood without a rapid glance at each of the two preceding stages . " 6 ...
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... tion from the libraries of France of the more rare and valuable letters , poems , charters , and chronicles relating to ecclesiastical affairs , which had been deposited in them either in later or re- moter ages . These gleanings ( for ...
... tion from the libraries of France of the more rare and valuable letters , poems , charters , and chronicles relating to ecclesiastical affairs , which had been deposited in them either in later or re- moter ages . These gleanings ( for ...
Pàgina 21
... tion in what was once the most erudite nation of the world , at the period of her greatest eminence in learning . The commence- ment of his fame was laid in a demeanour still more admirable for self - denial , humility , and loving ...
... tion in what was once the most erudite nation of the world , at the period of her greatest eminence in learning . The commence- ment of his fame was laid in a demeanour still more admirable for self - denial , humility , and loving ...
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... tion of his aged friend , and , doubtless , for his own , he was accustomed on certain evenings to entertain a circle of scholars devoted , like themselves , to antiquarian researches . The hotels of Paris in his day were thronged with ...
... tion of his aged friend , and , doubtless , for his own , he was accustomed on certain evenings to entertain a circle of scholars devoted , like themselves , to antiquarian researches . The hotels of Paris in his day were thronged with ...
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