 | 1867 - 816 ページ
...this is done, it becomes comparatively easy to represent to ourselves the tall old man, with his line and regular features, his sweet and powerful voice,...justice, and truth, the life of the conscience and that of the souL" From St Columba to St Wilfrid is a long stride, and one which involves much change,... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1867 - 494 ページ
...must be added, most easily forgotten in human genins : the gift of ruling souls by ruling himself.1 To select the most marked and graphic incidents from...place in it since its youth. No more than his namesake of Luxcuil, the monastic apostle of Burgundy, was he of the Picts and Scots a Colurnbo. Gentleness... | |
 | 1867 - 818 ページ
...his monastic cowl, and seated at the prow of his coracle, steering through the misty archipelago ad narrow lakes of the north of Scotland, and bearing...justice, and truth, the life of the conscience and that of the soui" From St. Columha to St. Wilfrid is a long stride, and one which involves much change,... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1868 - 204 ページ
...haps, too long on the grand form of this monk, rising up before us from the midst of the Hebridean sea, who, for the third part of a century, spread...place in it since its youth. No more than his namesake of Luxeuil, the monastic apostle of Burgundy, was he 136 Peculiarities of his Character. of the Picts... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1872 - 794 ページ
...must be added, most easily forgotten in human genius : the gift of ruling souls by ruling himself.205 To select the most marked and graphic incidents from...justice, and truth, the life of the conscience and of the BOUI. One loves above all to study the depths of that soul, and the changes which had taken place in... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1872 - 800 ページ
...falling behind, clothed with his monastic cowl, and seated at the prow of his coracle, steering thfough the misty archipelago and narrow lakes of the north...place in it since its youth. No more than his namesake of Luxeuil, the monastic apostle of Burgundy, was ho of the Picts and Scots a Columba. Gentleness was... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 520 ページ
...the Irish tonsure high on his head, and his long grey hair falling behind ; and he shows him to us, seated at the prow of his coracle, steering through the misty archipelago and winding lochs of north-western Scotland, and carrying from isle to isle, and from shore to shore, Light,... | |
 | Irish ecclesiastical record - 1883 - 790 ページ
...features, his sweet, powerful, and penetrating voice, looked upon as one of his most miraculous gifts, the Irish tonsure high on his shaven head, and his...shore to shore, light, justice, and truth, the life of conscience and of the soul." Such was his love of the Sacred Scriptures that he is said to have made... | |
 | 1885 - 458 ページ
...tonsure high on his shaven head, and his long locks falling behind, clothed with his monastic cowl, seated at the prow of his coracle, steering through...from isle to isle, and from shore to shore, light and justice and truth, the hope of the conscience and of the soul." Comparing, then, the two apostles... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1888 - 264 ページ
...tonsure high on his shaven head, and his long locks falling behind, clothed with his monastic cowl, seated at the prow of his coracle, steering through...from isle to isle, and from shore to shore, light and justice and truth, the hope of the conscience and of the soul." Comparing, then, the two apostles... | |
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But when this is done, it becomes comparatively easy to represent to ourselves the tall old man, with his fine and regular features, his sweet and powerful voice, the Irish tonsure high on his shaven head, and his long locks falling behind, clothed with... 
