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... spoken of all languages- Lessons . Who read these books ? -Ancient and modern libraries - The circulating library of Cæsarea -- Fenelon's opinion -The Fathers- Destruction of early books - Number of manuscripts now existing - Results on ...
... spoken of all languages- Lessons . Who read these books ? -Ancient and modern libraries - The circulating library of Cæsarea -- Fenelon's opinion -The Fathers- Destruction of early books - Number of manuscripts now existing - Results on ...
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... spoken by many of these tribes would never have been reduced to writing at all . Nor is the influence of the study of the Bible seen in the progress of learning only ; it is seen also in the advancement of general in- telligence and ...
... spoken by many of these tribes would never have been reduced to writing at all . Nor is the influence of the study of the Bible seen in the progress of learning only ; it is seen also in the advancement of general in- telligence and ...
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... spoken , except as a sacred tongue , for nearly two thousand years The language itself was spoken four thousand years ago ; and the very points , and accents , and divisions we now employ in writing it , were put 82 DECAY OF WELSH ...
... spoken , except as a sacred tongue , for nearly two thousand years The language itself was spoken four thousand years ago ; and the very points , and accents , and divisions we now employ in writing it , were put 82 DECAY OF WELSH ...
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... oc- cupied by its rival ; and it is not difficult to determine what time will elapse before the Welsh ceases to be a spoken tongue . Such is , in brief , the history of all speech . THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh.
... oc- cupied by its rival ; and it is not difficult to determine what time will elapse before the Welsh ceases to be a spoken tongue . Such is , in brief , the history of all speech . THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh.
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THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh was once spoken through- out Britain . Within the last five or six hun- dred years it was found in Cumberland an in Cornwall ; it yielded , however , to the Saxon as elsewhere the Saxon had ...
THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh was once spoken through- out Britain . Within the last five or six hun- dred years it was found in Cumberland an in Cornwall ; it yielded , however , to the Saxon as elsewhere the Saxon had ...
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Page 11 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 10 - beseeched as brethren by the mercies of God to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service...
Page 78 - We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language.
Page 13 - I HAVE regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures ; and am of opinion, that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have befn composed.
Page 163 - Mollahs, as well as the rabble. He was a beardless youth, and evidently enfeebled by disease. He dwelt among us for more than a year. I was then a decided enemy to Infidels, as the Christians are termed by the followers of...
Page 14 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 163 - Mahomet, and I visited this teacher of the despised sect with the declared object of treating him with scorn, and exposing his doctrines to contempt. Although I persevered for some time in this...
Page 163 - I could not refrain from paying him a farewell visit. Our conversation — the memory of it will never fade from the tablet of my mind — sealed my conversion. He gave me a book — it has ever been my constant companion — the study of it has formed my most delightful occupation — its contents have often consoled me.
Page 70 - France," that the Catholic faith is extremely shaken in this our diocese, and St. Peter's boat is so violently tossed with waves, that it is in great danger of sinking.
Page 58 - Liturgy in their native languages : that, as a part of good education, children were made to read them...