The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith, Volum 71855 |
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Side 102
... knights to his court . This seems to have been the origin of the connection of the Nor- mans with Italy . See Histoire des Con- quêtes des Normands , par Gauttier d'Arc , 1. i . c . i . Paris , 1830.-M. they were accosted by a stranger ...
... knights to his court . This seems to have been the origin of the connection of the Nor- mans with Italy . See Histoire des Con- quêtes des Normands , par Gauttier d'Arc , 1. i . c . i . Paris , 1830.-M. they were accosted by a stranger ...
Side 105
... knights , or warriors on horseback , were enrolled by Arduin , the agent and interpreter of the Greeks , under the standard of Maniaces , governor of Lombardy . Before their landing the brothers were reconciled ; the union of Sicily and ...
... knights , or warriors on horseback , were enrolled by Arduin , the agent and interpreter of the Greeks , under the standard of Maniaces , governor of Lombardy . Before their landing the brothers were reconciled ; the union of Sicily and ...
Side 111
... knights . Two marriages , of a rank not unworthy of his own , made him the father of twelve sons , who were educated at home by the impartial tenderness of his second wife . But a narrow patrimony was insuffi- cient for this numerous ...
... knights . Two marriages , of a rank not unworthy of his own , made him the father of twelve sons , who were educated at home by the impartial tenderness of his second wife . But a narrow patrimony was insuffi- cient for this numerous ...
Side 117
... knights , the soldiers of honourable and equestrian rank , each of whom was attended by five or six followers in the field ; 54 yet , with the aid of this inter- pretation , and after every fair allowance on the side of valour , arms ...
... knights , the soldiers of honourable and equestrian rank , each of whom was attended by five or six followers in the field ; 54 yet , with the aid of this inter- pretation , and after every fair allowance on the side of valour , arms ...
Side 120
... knights 63 of Norman race or discipline formed the sinews of the army , which might be swelled to thirty thousand 64 followers of every denomination . The men , the horses , the arms , the engines , the wooden towers covered with raw ...
... knights 63 of Norman race or discipline formed the sinews of the army , which might be swelled to thirty thousand 64 followers of every denomination . The men , the horses , the arms , the engines , the wooden towers covered with raw ...
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Side 164 - I was advised by a sage to humble myself before God ; to distr.ust my own strength ; and never to despise the most contemptible foe. I have neglected these lessons ; and my neglect has been deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit, of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my feet ; and I said in my neart, Surely thou art the king of the world, the greatest and most invincible of warriors.
Side 217 - Raymond's tower was reduced to ashes by the fire of the besieged, but his colleague was more vigilant and successful; the enemies were driven by his archers from the rampart; the drawbridge was let down; and on a Friday, at three in the afternoon, the day and hour of the Passion, Godfrey of Bouillon stood victorious on the walls of Jerusalem.
Side 367 - ... thoughts towards the middle of thy belly, the region of the navel, and search the place of the heart, the seat of the soul. At first all will be dark and comfortless, but if...
Side 42 - They held in their lifeless hands the riches of their fathers, without inheriting the spirit which had created and improved that sacred patrimony: they read, they praised, they compiled, but their languid souls seemed alike incapable of thought and action. In the revolution of ten centuries, not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity or promote the happiness of mankind. Not a single idea has been added to the speculative systems of antiquity, and a succession of patient disciples became...
Side 163 - Amtan,' the spoils of Anatolia, from Antioch to the Black Sea. The fairest part of Asia was subject to his laws : twelve hundred princes, or the sons of princes, stood before his throne ; and two hundred thousand soldiers marched under his banners.
Side 113 - Consenza and Reggio. In the hour of triumph, he assembled his troops, and solicited the Normans to confirm by their suffrage the judgment of the vicar of Christ ; the soldiers hailed with joyful acclamations their valiant duke; and the counts, his former equals, pronounced the oath of fidelity with hollow smiles and secret indignation. After this inauguration, Robert styled himself, "By the grace of God and St. Peter, duke of Apulia, Calabria, and hereafter of Sicily ; " and it was the labor of twenty...
Side 190 - Knight could impart, according to his judgment, the character which he received : and the warlike sovereigns of Europe derived more glory from this personal distinction than from the lustre of their diadem. This ceremony, of which some traces...
Side 183 - and let this memorable word, the inspiration surely of the Holy Spirit, be forever adopted as your cry of battle, to animate the devotion and courage of the champions of Christ. His cross is the symbol of your salvation ; wear it, a red, a bloody cross, as an external mark, on your breasts or shoulders, as a pledge of your sacred and irrevocable engagement.
Side 59 - Transubstantiation, the invisible change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ...
Side 117 - In the field of Ceramic, fifty thousand horse and foot were overthrown by one hundred and thirty-six Christian soldiers, without reckoning St. George, who fought on horseback in the foremost ranks. The captive banners, with four camels, were reserved for the successor of St. Peter ; and had these barbaric spoils been exposed, not in the Vatican, but in the Capitol, they might have revived the memoiy of the Punic triumphs.