Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 2 |
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Page 10
... called the Com- plutensian from being printed at Alcalá in Spain ( the Latin name of which is Complutum ) , and informing Erasmus of the fact , he hastened to anticipate it by issuing that of Erasmus in 1516. The great haste necessary ...
... called the Com- plutensian from being printed at Alcalá in Spain ( the Latin name of which is Complutum ) , and informing Erasmus of the fact , he hastened to anticipate it by issuing that of Erasmus in 1516. The great haste necessary ...
Page 15
... called apologies , in which advice Ber was sec- onded by Budé , who thought it lamentable that two such men as Erasmus and Faber Stapulensis should use a style of writing against each other that could only give joy to the unregenerate ...
... called apologies , in which advice Ber was sec- onded by Budé , who thought it lamentable that two such men as Erasmus and Faber Stapulensis should use a style of writing against each other that could only give joy to the unregenerate ...
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... called , although the ancient theologians did not . And this I wrote seven years ago in my New Testament . These are the principal charges of Stunica , in which there is nothing meriting such a commotion as this , especially when these ...
... called , although the ancient theologians did not . And this I wrote seven years ago in my New Testament . These are the principal charges of Stunica , in which there is nothing meriting such a commotion as this , especially when these ...
Page 62
... called upon to compel them to dismiss their wives and to do penance for their fault under pain of suspen- sion and excommunication . " " " Let not the sons of priests , and others born in fornication , be promoted to Holy Orders ...
... called upon to compel them to dismiss their wives and to do penance for their fault under pain of suspen- sion and excommunication . " " " Let not the sons of priests , and others born in fornication , be promoted to Holy Orders ...
Page 63
... called Grunnius , but whom we surmise to have been his reliable and trustworthy friend Sadoleti ; and , to prevent any- one from copying it undetected , wrote the cyphered section in invisible ink . We note another fact in connection ...
... called Grunnius , but whom we surmise to have been his reliable and trustworthy friend Sadoleti ; and , to prevent any- one from copying it undetected , wrote the cyphered section in invisible ink . We note another fact in connection ...
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Page 325 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 353 - Come to me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you ; take my yoke upon you, and you shall find rest to your souls.
Page 70 - Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not...
Page 100 - For dignity composed, and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason...
Page 136 - WE have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Page 117 - The warring of them is not carnal but spiritual. For our warring is to pray, to read and study scriptures, to preach the word of God, to minister the sacraments of health, to do sacrifice for the people, and to offer hosts for their sins. For we are mediators and means unto God for men. The which...
Page 116 - Hath not this vice so grown and waxen in the Church as a flood of their lust, so that there is nothing looked for more diligently in this most busy time of the most part of priests than that that doth delight and please the senses? They give themselves to feasts and banqueting; they spend themselves in vain babbling; they give themselves to sports and plays; they apply themselves to hunting and hawking; they drown themselves in the delights of this world.
Page 108 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Page 119 - ... courts for earthly things. For it is in the council of Chalcedon that monks ought only to give themselves to prayer and fasting, and to the chastening of their flesh, and observing of their rules.
Page 280 - I do not however disparage, (in their estimation it is almost more disgraceful not to be a Ciceronian than not to be a Christian...