The history of Thorney abbey, together with some notice of the modern parish |
Términos y frases comunes
Abbot of Thorney Abraham et Marie Anthoine Aoust Aout Avril Bailleut Beharell bishop of Ely Caillet CHILD'S CHRISTIAN NAME church Clerbau Croyland Cugny David Descamps Descou Didier Dornelle du Bo Egar Ester Estienne et Jenne et Sara Fauvergue Fens Flahau Frou Frouchar Gouy Harlay Haye Henry Houc Isaac et Marie Jacob et Jenne Jacob et Marie Jaques et Marie Jaques et Susanne Jean et Anne Jean et Marie Jean et Susanne Jeanne Juillet Juin king land le Haye le Pla Lespierre Manić Manié manor Marie Bailleut Marie de Sain Marie Harley Marie le Pla Marie Lisy Marquillier Mars Masengarbe Merquilier Milleville monastery monastic monks of Thorney Peterborough Piere et Marie Pierre et Anne Pierre et Susanne Pinchon Rachel Rebecca Red Book Robert Roux Saint Sept Sigé SPONSORS Stanground Susanne du Bois Tafin Talle Thorney Abbey Twywell Ugille Wantié Wantier Wisbech Yaxley Yserby
Pasajes populares
Página 73 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Página 136 - The change, great as it is, which her polity has undergone during the last six centuries, has been the effect of gradual development, not of demolition and reconstruction. The present constitution of our country is, to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the man is to the boy.
Página 215 - he had a moving beauty that waited on his whole body, a comportment unaffected, and such a comeliness in his mien, as exacted a liking, if not a love, from all that saw him ; the whole set off with a person of a middle stature, neither tall to a formidableness, nor short to a contempt, straight and proportioned, vigorous and active, with pure blood and spirits flowing in his youthful veins.
Página 211 - ... ever within the sacred aisles the voices of holy men were pealing heavenwards in intercession for the sins of mankind ; and such blessed influences were thought to exhale around those mysterious precincts, that even the poor outcasts of society — the debtor, the felon, and the outlaw — gathered round the walls as the sick men sought the shadow of the apostle, and lay there sheltered from the avenging hand, till their sins were washed from off their souls.
Página 114 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine...
Página 129 - ... differed but little. It is easy to estimate what it was only by noting the conveniences in which it was deficient. The peasant's home was, we may believe, built of the coarsest material, most frequently of wattles daubed with mud or clay. Bricks never appear to be used. The manor-house is generally built of stone, but the tenements by which it was surrounded were of the meanest description. We, whom the progress of mechanical skill and agricultural science have made acquainted with a number of...
Página 95 - With gris, and that the finest of the lond. And for to fasten his hood under his chinne, He had of gold ywrought a curious pinne : A love-knotte in the greter end ther was.
Página 95 - Greihoundes he hadde as swift as foul of flight: Of pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. I saw his sieves purfiled at the hond With gris, and that the finest of the lond.
Página 122 - Their manumission, to be legal, was to be performed in public, in the market, in the court of the hundred, or in the church at the foot of the principal altar. The lord, taking the hand of the slave, offered it to the bailiff, sheriff, or clergyman, gave him a sword and a lance, and told him that the ways were open, and that he was at liberty to go wheresoever he pleased.
Página 196 - ... shall need. That he have no books to look on, but only a portuous" (breviary), " a mass-book, a psalter, a legend, and a Bible. That he have nothing to write with ; no stuff to write upon. That he have competent fuel according to his age, and as his necessity shall require. That he be served daily of meat and drink as a brother of the abbey is served when he is excused from the freytour " (ie, from dining in hall), " and somewhat better after the first quarter, as his disposition and reasonable...