Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient, Том 1Hutchinson & Company, 1906 - 663 страници |
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Страница 104 - ... fell into the sea. The country was impassable on account of the heat. We sailed quickly thence, being much terrified ; and passing on for four days, we discovered at night a country full of fire. In the middle was a lofty fire, larger than the rest, which seemed to touch the stars. When day came we discovered it to be a large hill, called the Chariot of the Gods.
Страница 189 - In the opinion of Neander, it was to the somewhat narrow culture and the peculiar personal experience and temperament of Augustine, that the doctrines of absolute predestination and irresistible grace, first systematized...
Страница 107 - We judged from our voyage that this place lay in a direct line with Carthage ; for the length of our voyage from Carthage to the Pillars was equal to that from the Pillars to Cerne.
Страница 209 - You err, in that you call the evil spirits of the heathens gods, For there is but one God, Who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that are in them ; and one Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, Whose kingdom may I enjoy.
Страница 45 - And she answered, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ he shall not hurt me. And as she began to ascend the first step of the ladder she seemed to tread upon his head. When she arrived at the top she saw a venerable man in the guise of a shepherd, feeding his flock ; and round him stood many thousands clothed in white. He raised his head, and looked on her, and said, You are...
Страница 48 - The people, enraged at their boldness, begged they might be scourged, which was granted. They accordingly passed before the Venatores, or hunters, each of whom gave them a lash. They rejoiced exceedingly in being thought worthy to resemble our Saviour in His sufferings. God granted to each of them the death they desired ; for when they were discoursing together about what kind of martyrdom would be agreeable to each, Saturninus declared that he would choose to be exposed to beasts of several sorts,...
Страница 107 - Lixitae dwelt the inhospitable Ethiopians, who pasture a wild country intersected by large mountains, from which they say the river Lixus flows. In the neighbourhood of the mountains lived the Troglodytae, men of various appearances, whom the Lixitae described as swifter in running than horses.
Страница 108 - Lixitae, who were with us. Towards the last day we approached some large mountains covered with trees, the wood of which was sweet-scented and variegated. Having sailed by these mountains for two days we came to an immense opening of the sea, on each side of which, towards the continent, was a plain, from which we saw by night fire arising at intervals in all directions, either more or less.
Страница 50 - Being told what had passed, she could not believe it till she saw on her body and clothes the marks of what she had suffered, and knew the catechumen. "With regard to this circumstance of her acts, St. Austin cries out, " Where was she when assaulted and torn by so furious a wild beast, without feeling her wounds, and when after that furious combat, she asked when it would begin ? What did she, not to see what all the world saw ? What did she enjoy who did not feel such pain ? By what love, by what...
Страница 50 - This admirable woman seemed just returning to herself out of a long ecstacy, and asked when she was to fight the wild cow. Being told what had passed, she could not believe it till she saw on her body and clothes the marks of what she had suffered, and knew the catechumen. With regard to this circumstance of her acts, St Austin cries out : " Where was she when assaulted and torn by so furious a wild beast, without feeling her wounds, and when after that...