Gregory the Great: His Place in History and Thought, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1905 |
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Gregory the Great: His Place in History and Thought, Volume 1 Frederick Homes Dudden Affichage du livre entier - 1905 |
Gregory the Great: His Place in History and Thought, Volume 1 Frederick Homes Dudden Affichage du livre entier - 1905 |
Gregory the Great: His Place in History and Thought, Volume 1 Frederick Homes Dudden Affichage du livre entier - 1905 |
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Page 265 - Hanc igitur oblationem servitutis nostrae, sed et cunctae familiae tuae, quaesumus Domine, ut placatus accipias; diesque nostros in tua pace disponas, atque ab aeterna damnatione nos eripi, et in Electorum tuorum jubeas grege numerari.
Page 125 - ... of the building, it does not appear to rest upon a solid foundation, but to cover the place beneath as though it were suspended from heaven by the fabled golden chain. All these parts surprisingly joined to one another in the air, suspended one from another, and resting only on that which is next to them, form the work into one admirably harmonious whole, which spectators do not dwell upon for long in the mass, as each individual part attracts the eye to itself. The sight causes men constantly...
Page 125 - It is distinguished by indescribable beauty, excelling both in its size, and in the harmony of its measures, having no part excessive and none deficient ; being more magnificent than ordinary buildings, and much more elegant than those which are not of so just a proportion.
Page 213 - Youth was the most perilous season, and the female sex was less susceptible than the male; but every rank and profession was attacked with indiscriminate rage, and many of those who escaped were deprived of the use of their speech, without being secure from a return of the disorder.
Page 194 - The book of Job, according to Gregory, comprehended in itself all natural, all Christian theology, and all morals. It was at once a true and wonderful history, an allegory containing, in its secret sense, the whole theory of the Christian Church and Christian sacraments, and a moral philosophy applicable to all mankind.
Page 212 - The fever was often accompanied with lethargy or delirium ; the bodies of the sick were covered with black pustules or carbuncles, the symptoms of immediate death ; and in the constitutions too feeble to produce an eruption, the vomiting of blood was followed by a mortification of the bowels. To pregnant women the plague was generally mortal ; yet one infant was drawn alive from his dead mother, and three mothers survived the loss of their infected foetus.
Page 287 - A report has reached me, a report which I cannot mention without a blush, that you are lecturing on profane literature [grammaticam] to certain friends; whereat I am filled with such grief and vehement disgust that my former opinion of you has been turned to mourning and sorrow. For the same mouth cannot sing the praises of Jupiter and the praises of Christ.