 ... monks, the light of liberty, and literature, and science, had been for ever extinguished ; and that, for six centuries, there existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister....  Balmerino and Its Abbey: A Parochial History - Pagina 39door James Campbell - 1867 - 433 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1851 - 786 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp,...traditions of art, preserved from age to age by lonely stndious men, kept alive in form and colour the idea of a beunty beyond that of earth — of a might... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pagina’s
...existed, for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There, learning trimmed her lamp;...traditions of art, preserved from age to age by lonely and studious men, kept alive in form and colour the idea of a beauty beyond that of earth— of a might... | |
 | 856 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp...shield, of a divine sympathy with suffering humanity. To this we may add another and a stronger claim on our respect and moral sympathies. The protection... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pagina’s
...cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp : there contemplation ' prined her wings ;' there the traditioas of art, preserved from age to age by lonely studious...earth — of a might beyond that of the spear and shield — of a divine sympathy with suffering humanity." "Then followed a period when the seclusion... | |
 | 1851 - 856 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp,...beyond that of earth — of a might beyond that of tho spear and the shield — of a Divine sympathy with suffering humanity. To this we may add another... | |
 | 1851 - 812 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp,...kept alive in form and colour the idea of a beauty bevond that of earth — of a might beyond tbat of the spear and the shield — of a Divine sympathy... | |
 | 1851 - 792 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inqniring, the devout «pirit no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp,...pruned her wings ; ' there the traditions of art, pre«erred from age to age by lonely «todions men, kept alive in form and elour the idea of a beanty... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1852 - 540 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There, Learning trimmed her lamp...— of a Divine sympathy with suffering humanity. To this we may ndd another and a stronger claim on our respect and moral sympathies. The protection... | |
 | Thomas G. Goodwin - 1861 - 112 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the enquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There learning trimmed her lamp...of earth, of a might beyond that of the spear and shield, of a Divine sympathy with suffering humanity." And thus we see the main characteristics of... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1863 - 544 pagina’s
...existed for the thoughtful, the gentle, the inquiring, the devout spirit, no peace, no security, no home but the cloister. There, Learning trimmed her lamp...— of a Divine sympathy with suffering humanity. To this we may add another and a stronger claim on our respect and moral sympathies. The protection... | |
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