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Acre Albert of Aix Alexius Antioch arms army arrived attack Baldwin banner barbarous battle Bernard the Treasurer besieged Bishop body Boemond brother camp chiefs Chivalry Christians command conduct Conrad Constantinople Count of Toulouse courage Cross crusaders death defend dominions Ducange Duke Eddin Edessa emperor enemy Europe followed forces France French Fulcher Godfrey of Bouillon Grand Master Greeks Guibert of Nogent Guillaume Guiart Holy Land honour host Hovedon immense infidels James of Vitry Jerusalem Joinville king knighthood knights Latins leaders Louis Matthew Paris means military monarch Moslems multitude Nangis Nicetas noble Normandy Odon de Deuil Palaye Palestine Peter Philip Augustus pilgrims Pope Prince qu'ils Raimond d'Agiles Richard Rigord Robert Robert the Monk Saladin Saracens sent siege soldiers soon spirit sultaun sword Tancred Templars thousand tians tion took town troops Turkish Turks valour Vertot Villehardouin walls whole William of Nangis William of Tyre
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Էջ 225 - Renaissance in the end of the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth century...
Էջ 39 - In the name of God, St. Michael and St. George, I make thee knight.
Էջ 68 - Me ; whoever will abandon his house, or his father, or his mother, or his wife, or his children, or his inheritance, for the sake of My name shall be recompensed a hundred-fold, and possess life eternal.
Էջ 31 - It first taught devotion and reverence to those weak, fair beings, who But in their beauty and their gentleness have no defence. It first raised love above the passions of the brute, and by dignifying woman, made woman worthy of love. It gave purity to enthusiasm, crushed barbarous selfishness, taught the heart to expand like a flower to the sunshine, beautified glory with generosity, and smoothed even the rugged brow of war.
Էջ 92 - I'll pay her off soon." Accordingly she issued invitations for a grand ball and supper, at which both Mrs. Shuttle and Mrs. Hubblebubble were struck dumb at beholding a suit of curtains and a set of chairs exactly of the same pattern with theirs. The shock was terrible, and it is impossible to say what might have been the consequences had not the two ladies all at once thought of uniting in abusing Mrs. Doubletrouble for her extravagance. "I pity poor Mr. Doubletrouble,
Էջ 24 - ... to the new. There is one important element more, contributing not a little to bring society to the point at which we have now arrived. " Charlemagne," to use the words of an elegant writer, " expired like a meteor, that, having broken suddenly upon the night of ages, and blazed brilliantly over the whole world for a brief space, fell, and left all in darkness even deeper than before.
Էջ 75 - At the same time, one might see a thousand things springing from the same spirit, which were both...
Էջ 319 - Valette instantly accepted the proposal, and wrote a cold and bitter note to the refractory knights in St. Elmo, telling them that others were willing to take their place : ' Come back, my brethren,' he said, ' you will be here more in safety ; and, on our part, we shall feel more tranquil concerning the defence of St. Elmo, on the preservation of which depends the safety of the island and of the order.
Էջ 18 - All those written laws and regulations affecting1 knighthood,1 which were composed subsequent to its having taken an acknowledged form, prescribed, in the strictest manner, various points of religious ceremonial, which the aspirant to Chivalry was required to perform before he could be admitted into that high order. What preceded the regular recognition of Chivalry as an institution is entirely traditional; yet in all the old romances, fabliaux, sirventes, ballads, &c. not one instance is to be found...
Էջ 72 - I'm not crying," replied the child ; " I only pretend." Regret and enjoyment are much the sanie; people are like the child, — they only pretend. CHAPTER XIX. " I trust I may be permitted to have an opinion of my own.'' Commonplace in Domestic Dialogue. '• He who judges of other days by the feelings of his own, is like one who would adapt a Polar dress to the climate of the Tropics." JAMES'S History of Chivalry. "WERE you entertained at the play last night?