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... land . The nobles of the surrounding country gave him aid and protection , granted him lands , and advanced him means to build a church . The Emperor Conrad II . , with the Empress Gisela and all the Court , paid him a visit , and ...
... land . The nobles of the surrounding country gave him aid and protection , granted him lands , and advanced him means to build a church . The Emperor Conrad II . , with the Empress Gisela and all the Court , paid him a visit , and ...
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... land and the gardens around , thus setting an example to all other monks , and would not allow his own monastery to have riches which were not used in common and with humility of spirit . " O si sic omnes ! may we cry with De Franchi ...
... land and the gardens around , thus setting an example to all other monks , and would not allow his own monastery to have riches which were not used in common and with humility of spirit . " O si sic omnes ! may we cry with De Franchi ...
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... land was well cultivated ; the willing labourer always found work there ; and many were the pilgrims who visited it from all parts of Europe , to all of whom it accorded a generous hospitality . Here , among others , came Milton , in ...
... land was well cultivated ; the willing labourer always found work there ; and many were the pilgrims who visited it from all parts of Europe , to all of whom it accorded a generous hospitality . Here , among others , came Milton , in ...
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... land First seen , or some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned , Which now the rising sun gilds with his beams . " * * ' Paradise Lost , ' Book iii . 543 ; see also Book iv . 135. So , too , he recalls this ...
... land First seen , or some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned , Which now the rising sun gilds with his beams . " * * ' Paradise Lost , ' Book iii . 543 ; see also Book iv . 135. So , too , he recalls this ...
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... lands had , however , in the meantime , been sold , and passed into the hands of other proprie- tors , and this could ... land . They ad- ministered the property well , and the large profit it yielded seems to have been devoted to good ...
... lands had , however , in the meantime , been sold , and passed into the hands of other proprie- tors , and this could ... land . They ad- ministered the property well , and the large profit it yielded seems to have been devoted to good ...
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