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Pàgina 7
... Alban's tomb . A more dangerous enemy than a theorist on the freedom of the will appeared upon the scene immediately after ; Britain was overwhelmed by a flood of Saxon heathens ; Roman civilisation disappeared in smoke and ruins ; and ...
... Alban's tomb . A more dangerous enemy than a theorist on the freedom of the will appeared upon the scene immediately after ; Britain was overwhelmed by a flood of Saxon heathens ; Roman civilisation disappeared in smoke and ruins ; and ...
Pàgina 10
... Alban's skeleton , or the bones composing it , was found entire . Evidence of an earthly kind to identify them as really those of Alban there was none - but none was needed . The celestial indication was itself proof conclu- sive . Weak ...
... Alban's skeleton , or the bones composing it , was found entire . Evidence of an earthly kind to identify them as really those of Alban there was none - but none was needed . The celestial indication was itself proof conclu- sive . Weak ...
Pàgina 11
... Alban's became visible scandalously soon . The first care of the monks should have been for their founder . Offa died soon after the abbey was set going . The ungrateful Willegod allowed the king's body to be consigned by unknown hands ...
... Alban's became visible scandalously soon . The first care of the monks should have been for their founder . Offa died soon after the abbey was set going . The ungrateful Willegod allowed the king's body to be consigned by unknown hands ...
Pàgina 12
... Alban's Abbey seemed likely to be a failure after all . Eadfrith , fifth abbot , was no better . Eadfrith was nobly born , but filius hujus sæculi , a child of this world , who set a pernicious example to the weaker brethren . Clearly ...
... Alban's Abbey seemed likely to be a failure after all . Eadfrith , fifth abbot , was no better . Eadfrith was nobly born , but filius hujus sæculi , a child of this world , who set a pernicious example to the weaker brethren . Clearly ...
Pàgina 13
... Alban's pious eyes were on the watch for traces of the martyred saint . Imagination , and possibly invention , came to the assistance of fact . In the débris of a Roman house were found urns of pottery and glass , containing , as was ...
... Alban's pious eyes were on the watch for traces of the martyred saint . Imagination , and possibly invention , came to the assistance of fact . In the débris of a Roman house were found urns of pottery and glass , containing , as was ...
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