 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1848 - 630 páginas
...servant of Christ came, armed with the helmet of salvation, the shield of faith, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, all the fiery darts...five poles in extent : the wall on the outside is higher-than a man, but within, by excavating the rock, he made it much deeper, to prevent the eyes... | |
 | Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society - 1883 - 628 páginas
...conjecture from Bede's description of the refuge Cuthbert built for himself on Fame Island : — " The building is almost of a round form, from wall to wall wall about four or five poles in extent : the wall on the outside is higher than a man, but within,... | |
 | Charles Eyre (Abp. of Glasgow) - 1887 - 426 páginas
...lawful monarch of the place, built a city fit for his empire, and houses therein suitable to his city.2 The building is almost of a round form, from wall...things, and the pious inhabitant might behold nothing from his residence but the heavens above him. The wall was constructed, not of hewn stones, or of brick... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 312 páginas
...is the word of God, all the fiery darts of the wicked were extinguished,1 and that wicked enemy and all his followers were put to flight. Christ's soldier,...from wall to wall about four or five poles in extent ; i Cf. Eph. 6. 16, 17. the wall on the outside is higher than a man, but within, by excavating the... | |
 | Rotha Mary Clay - 1914 - 404 páginas
...brethren he built himself a small dwelling and an oratory, which are thus described by Bede : — " The building is almost of a round form, from wall...extent : the wall on the outside is higher • than" ia- mart, -b«l -within, by excavating the rock, he made it much deeper, to prevent the eyes and the... | |
 | 1924 - 152 páginas
...enemy with all his followers was put to flight." There follows a description of Cuthbert's hermitage. "The building is almost of a round form, from wall...rock, he made it much deeper to prevent the eyes and thoughts from wandering, that the mind might be wholly bent on heavenly things and the pious inhabitant... | |
 | Charles Preston Weaver - 1924 - 148 páginas
...enemy with all his followers was put to flight." There follows a description of Cuthbert's hermitage. "The building is almost of a round form, from wall...rock, he made it much deeper to prevent the eyes and thoughts from wandering, that the mind might be wholly bent on heavenly things and the pious inhabitant... | |
 | 1924 - 136 páginas
...mountains, taught the poor people, both by the words of his preaching, and also by his own holy conduct. 2. The building is almost of a round form, from wall to wall about four to five poles in extent : the wall on the outside is higher than a man, but within, by excarating the... | |
 | Jean Prou - 2005 - 324 páginas
...Northumbria, reveals how the enclosure wall served to direct the hermit's gaze away from the world: The wall on the outside is higher than a man, but...things, and the pious inhabitant might behold nothing from his residence but the heavens above him.58 On the other hand, the rules of Ailbe of Emly (c.750)... | |
 | St Bede - 2007 - 389 páginas
...servant of Christ came, armed with the helmet of salvation, the shield of faith, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, all the fiery darts...the thoughts from wandering, that the mind might be 312 Life and Miracles of Saint Cuthbert wholly bent on heavenly things, and the pious inhabitant might... | |
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The building is almost of a round form, from wall to wall about four or five poles in extent : the wall on the outside is higher than a man, but within, by excavating the rock, he made it much deeper, to prevent the eyes and the thoughts from wandering,... 