| 单词 | matins |
| 例句 | The singing commences again, and I realize that the Easter matins have begun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In truth, I slept only an hour or so past matins; then several of Mr. Pope's orphans invaded our room, begging for stories and horseback rides. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I crept back into bed and lay there, contemplating the terrible sorts of fates that seem possible only in the small hours, until matins rang. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Bells call them to vespers, to matins, to noonday prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z As I recall, there was a lot of tension between those who wanted a quiet life of matins and evensong running along like liturgical clockwork, and those who wanted to bring in “new life.” This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the real political battles at home and genuine conflicts abroad proceed, an afterthought to those for whom denouncing Trump is now every bit the daily obligation as matins is for a monk. Opinion | There’s no Republican civil war 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z In the Third Part of O'Flaherty's Ogygia, it is related that St. Patrick and some of his followers, who were chanting matins beside a fountain, were taken for "Sidhe, or fairies," by some pagan ladies. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z One night when the latter was sitting upon her bed after matins and saying the office of the dead for the soul of her sister, she heard a voice near her. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Ring on, ring on, sweet Sabbath bell, Still kind to me thy matins swell, And when from earthly things I part, Sigh o’er my grave, and lull my heart. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z "I must away, for that father Paul has us all up to matins." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Assiduous attendance at matins and mass gained her the repute of peculiar holiness. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Every friar was ordered daily after matins to recite seven psalms and the litanies of the Virgin and St. Dominic. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z At Gracedieu there was no servant for the infirmary and the subcellaress had to sleep there and look after the sick, so that she could not come to matins. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z At the end of Lazarus is a stage direction to the effect that if the performance has been given at matins, Lazarus should proceed with the Te Deum, if at vespers, with the Magnificat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The seven canonical hours are matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Is it proper for the president of the choir to wear the alb and cincture during the recitation of the office of the dead—the matins and lauds? Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:19.393Z Just before this act took place, a cannon was raised to the apex and discharged—a morning salute to call the people together to engage in the matins of Freedom. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Also, madam, I have laid out for her, for mending of her gowns and for two matins books, four pair of hosen, and four pairs of shoes, and other small things, 3s. 5d. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Above all this—even, as it were the foundation of the whole—two hours were appointed for daily mental prayer, one after matins and the other by day, ordinarily between one and two, before vespers. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Since the 6th century the number and order of the hours have been fixed thus: matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, compline. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It is not proper for the president of the choir to wear the alb and cincture at matins and lauds. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:19.393Z Ere he comes, the night will be departed; Ere he wakes, the birds will sing their matins; Ere his kiss, the twilight hour will brighten: Go thy way, my friend! the day is dawning! Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z Exasperated Dame Joan, trying to steal some sleep before groping her way down to matins! Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z As they rowed they sang popular songs, making the woods echo with their voices, and now and then arresting their "secular matins" for the purpose of gathering a plant. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Lauds is proper to sunrise, but is mostly grouped with matins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z How sweetly came the matins of the robins! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "Day breaks," said he, "I must prepare for matins." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z We have many other things to write to you, but because it is the middle of the night, we must separate and go to matins. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z For now, amid the Grand Chartreuse, Carthusian monks reside; Whose lives are passed, from man recluse, In scourging human pride; In matins, vespers, aves, creeds, With crosses, masses, prayers, and beads. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z At midnight a bell calls them to sing matins in the chapel of the Stigmata connected with the convent by an open colonnade, down which the procession files, following a crucifix and lanterns. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Church, the prayers immediately following matins, constituting with the latter the first of the seven canonical hours.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Going forth to matins ere the dawn of day, For from a single service she seldom kept away. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z But for the matins books, sandwiched uncomfortably between gowns and hosen, there is no clue here as to what the Lady Bridget was learning. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z He was at last assassinated in the metropolitan church, during the performance of the matins, on the 15th of November, 1485. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z Always, except when grievous sickness prevented her, from the time of matins till day-break, she continued in the church at prayer. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z On that day, people went to matins and mass in the morning, and spent the rest of the day in amusements, not always elevating or refined. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The priest rode upon his way repeating his hours, his matins and his vigils. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Then her brothers became calm; and the four swans remained listening to the music of the bell, till the cleric had finished his matins. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Between the matins and the mass there were even fewer people left in the church. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Magazine of Natural History:" "His joyous matins and heavenward flight have been aptly compared to hymns and acts of adoration and praise. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z As the birds sing early matins To the God of nature's praise, This its nobler daily music To the God of grace shall raise. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z Our monks heard the wail of a tiny child as they came from chanting matins, so they searched for him, and carried him to me. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Any one who has rambled along the Maritime Alps, and has heard from some lofty eminence the convent bell ringing for matins, vespers, and midnight prayers, will long remember the sweet yet melancholy sounds. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z "Before we get there, it will be time for matins," T�khonovna replied. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z When past the rock, Methought the convent bell chimed there for matins. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z He tells us expressly that when he first met her at matins in the church of Saint Claire, she was habited in a robe of green spotted with violets. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Early in the morning he came, when monks chant their matins, and again in the evening, a little after vespers. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z No familiar bells sounded for matins or vespers. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z After standing through the matins and the mass, and having kissed the relics, the old women, with difficulty making their way, arrived at the house of the Chern�shevs. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z For the winter is over, and the woods are browning and the choristers of the fields are calling me to matins—and I do not go. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Where the lark to early matins used your clergy forth to call, There, alas! no tongue is stirring, save the daw's upon the wall. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z When the convent assembled to sing matins, and understood what had been done, all who had not seen these things were very sorrowful, saying among themselves, "We have been sadly deceived." The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z They resolved to slay Leo in his private chapel, as he attended matins on Christmas Day, for he was accustomed to come unarmed and unguarded to the early communion. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z They celebrated vigils and matins, and placed a candle, and served a mass for the parents. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z In short, she was then at her matins, anxiously watching the hour when this mortal coil should be put off. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Then, finding that he was not dead, he said his matins with a better heart. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z For thee the lark distils his morning mirth, But who will hear the matins that I sing? Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z In calm weather and in stormy the voices of the mariners chanting their matins and vespers rose from the lonely sea. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z The cavalry sang their matins, and the horses snorted sharply in the morning coolness, from which the soldiers predicted sure victory for themselves. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z When he came back to Iona, he was asked where he had been all that long night since evensong to matins. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Those who had known him in former days, rubicund, carrying a good paunch and a joyous face, wont to tell his matins with bottles and his vespers with flagons, would certainly never have recognized him. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Yet when, singing to myself, I went outside to matins, I found Sandy our third engineer with the toothache. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The horses were snorting; the men fell to singing with drowsy voices their matins. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Then the following night freshened the strength of the wearied ones; and when in darkness the Glogov church-bell sounded to matins, the hour had struck for the journey. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Catherine unconsciously smiled at the loveliness spread out before her eyes, and remembered the words of a poet: 'What sweeter aid my matins could befall Than this fair glory from the East hath made? Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z I have often seen nearly as many officiating priests, as worshippers, at matins and vespers. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z About six the bells began to ring for matins. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z While she thus stood, looking down on the utmost dwellings of man before mounting to the desert beyond the clouds, there rose from the church-tower of Vent the sound of the bell for matins. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Solemnly and with silvery clearness, the bell for matins rang out. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Tenebræ == darkness: the office of matins and lauds, for the three last days in Holy Week. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The sun clomb the sky, the woods were green, the birds were all at matins. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The steam heat began its pleasant matins in the pipes. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z It was my privilege to officiate at matins and lauds and the solemn Mass, lasting from half-past ten till nearly two. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The bell rang for matins; up flew the angels from the valley to rouse the bridegroom, and he felt their palm-branches waving over his head. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z And she rose and dressed, and said she would go to matins and say prayers for me, that I might not be afraid in the next thunder-storm. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z This was in Kensington Gardens, one foggy Sunday, when the two nurses were on their way to church; for they were allowed to worship where they listed after matins at St. Hilda's. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Ere he comes, the night will be departed; Ere he wakes, the birds will sing their matins, Ere his kiss, the twilight hour will brighten: Go thy way, my friend; the day is dawning! An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z "Just a song at twilight, When the lights are low," is all very well in its way; but the conditions are not suitable for matins and lauds lasting an hour and a half! A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The matins bell was ringing in the valley below, and he heard that above all her tempting; that was a mightier call. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z When the bell rang for matins shortly before midnight, Columba arose, and went swiftly to the church. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z From matins' bell to the slow day's decline He sits and thumbs his endless round of beads, Drawls out the dreary cadence of his creeds And nods assent to each familiar line. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z Nay, father, I will meet thee at matins and there confess. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z They declared that he had not celebrated matins, nor observed the canonical hours, and that he did not cross himself. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Dawn was already breaking in the lonely turret-chamber, the bell was ringing for matins. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The matins for that Sunday were sung with bursting hearts, for the strong clear voice that had always been foremost in the holy chant was silent for ever …. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z When we go to matins he always sends Tia Josefa along with us, and I’m sure she has instructions to watch us. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z On the other hand, Jouville-West-Hill took a most serious turn, swore only by holy-water sprinklers and stoles, and sang nothing but vespers and matins. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z When Flora 'gins to deck the fields With colors fresh and fine, Then holy clerks their matins sing To good St. Valentine. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Presently a silvery tinkle sounded across the heath through the morning air; it was the bell ringing for matins at St. Valentine's. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Myconius was obliged to go with his pupils to church at the monastery of our Lady, to sing at vespers, matins, and mass, and conduct the chanting. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Not a morning did I outsleep the reveille; nor once missed matins in the Cathedral. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Stapleton seems to have been an idle monk, often punished “for not rising to matins, and doing his duty in the church, which led to his desire to purchase a dispensation.” Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations They found it just as the church-bell was ringing for matins, a sound that must have seemed very like home to these members of an episcopal household. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) As the bell was ringing up here for matins, he would just have time to get down to mass; for prayers were an hour earlier here than at Marienberg. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z To-morrow," he remarked to the unhappy wretch, "at matins you may be released. In the Day of Adversity I leave you to your matins; while I go to enjoy a little stroll in company with the sweet Mercedes. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z "I am extremely sorry," said Guido; "for we might have talked together until matins." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. She was still lying in that upper chamber, whence she had always smiled her good-morning on Patience Harrison, and sang her hymn of thanksgiving as the little birds sing their matins to the rising sun. Little Miss Joy The guardian called the old man to come into the refectory with the infant, and the brethren went in to matins, shaking their heads over this strange visit. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The watchmen cry the hour, and the bells of the hospitals and convents sound their matins, though it is yet dark. To Cuba and Back The days when the thrushes sang matins were come, and all the way she heard freshets of holy song pouring down through the air. Plashers Mead A Novel They recite the prayers for minor canonical hours in their own dwellings, when warned by the bell of the church; but they all assemble in church for matins and vespers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" But despite her shrill remonstrances, he would still visit the window box, perching on Downy Woodpecker's marrow-bone for an opera stage and trilling his matins and vespers to our delighted ears. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road When matins are over, and the child has been properly attended to we will baptise it. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z It was still dark when the bells rang for matins. Peasant Tales of Russia Towards morning I heard the tinkle of the bell of the convent adjoining the garden calling the nuns to matins. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses At early morning, long before matins, he went out with Nat and the dun, the latter dragging the plough to Valentine's largest and farthest field, which is far away toward Isenbrug, in the Worm Valley. Black Forest Village Stories Petrarch, young, good-looking, already aureoled, saw her first at matins in a church at Avignon. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern It will soon be the hour of matins. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z "An old convent habit," said she, smiling; "our matins used to be as early." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The church bells woke at the same hour with their superfluous summons to matins which no one attended. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses There are twin towers on each side; and in the towers on the right hand side are three brass bells to call to work and matins and vespers. Through Our Unknown Southwest "The stately priory was reared, And Wharfe, as he moved along, To matins joined a mournful voice, Nor failed at evensong." Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) "The bell will soon call to matins," said the Superior. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z With his sister and several other religious people, he locks himself into his house to pray; he sings vespers and matins. Contemporary Russian Novelists I was in there for matins,” and she nodded to the grave old pile rearing its massive Gothic within a few paces of the hotel. Cynthia's Chauffeur Extremely austere and earnest, they were divided into seventy-two heads, and enjoined severe and constant devotional exercises, self-mortification, fasting, prayer, and regular attendance at matins, vespers, and all the services of the Church. Old and New London Volume I When the sun arose, the Friar took his leave to go to matins, and did not return till noon. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed When I woke about five in the morning, the church bells were ringing matins over all that vast plain. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 Can matins and vespers, the odors of incense, and the sacred ceremonial of the church fill up for an ardent nature all that the service of the world supplies? Home Life of Great Authors In former ages cowled monks had moved with noiseless tread through its spacious corridors, and their matins and vespers had vibrated along the stone arches of this melancholy pile. Maria Antoinette Makers of History From matins to vespers the friendly strife raged fiercely, and against the four champions of Nantes four foreign knights especially pitted themselves. Legends & Romances of Brittany He could never get tired of hearing about them and about the country where the bells tinkle for matins and vespers or call with a deep, solemn sound for high mass on Sundays. The Son of His Mother They added, "that, with God's help, they hoped not to be caught in their beds as their brethren had been at the Parisian matins." History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 He fasted thrice in the week from matins to matins, and observed the rule of silence every six days, speaking only on the seventh. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales Tellingly sadly, the convent bell hung as silent as an empty dovecote, forcing the penniless Fathers to call to matins with an almond wood clapper!… Letters from my Windmill Beginning before sunrise with matins there was to be daily a round of services at stated intervals culminating at bedtime in that which, as its name indicated, filled out the series, Complene. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer The two lofty towers are hung with many bells, which daily call with their brazen tongues to matins and vespers. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Such stout demands did the Protestants of the south and south-west address to Charles the Ninth on the first anniversary of the fatal matins of Paris. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 The lady abbess," peevishly returned the portress, "cannot be disturbed before matins. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 Before a week is out we shall see you walking arm-in-arm to matins—the happiest couple in all Yorkshire. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In a little church near by the matins and the curfew are still tolled, one of the bells used having belonged to the priory. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel He will tell you how many years, man and boy, he has summoned the devout to matins and to vespers with their resonant voices. Due South or Cuba Past and Present After breakfast she made a brave beginning, only to turn the broom and the bedmaking over to Susan and dawdle about after Paw or celebrate matins in the green aisles of the garden. In a Little Town Some days after his decease, Bishop William, or Guillaume, praying by night, after matins, in his cathedral, beheld before him the hideous and frightful figure of a man. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Jem: You will find me ready dressed to start for eight o'clock matins, to-morrow morning, Kitty! The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly When matins were over he remained praying as was his wont, and begged Our Lord to35 give him some understanding of that verse. Portuguese Architecture With great labor it was brought to the hill-top and hung in this belfry where it rung out daily matins and orisons, filling the lake and hill sides with sweet melody. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Cold flowers each morn She culls ere sunrise by the stainless stream, And lays them on that chapel's altar-stone, And sings her matins there. Legends of the Saxon Saints He would enter a town, take his station near a church and wait until the bells rang for matins or vespers, then take up his staff and, sighing deeply, move off. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden On my way home—remember, it was before eight o'clock—I met her betaking herself to what she calls "matins." The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He waited, and when he saw that it did not return he went back to the monastery thinking it still that same morning on which he had come out after matins. Portuguese Architecture And does my heart much woe; That I may not no solemn day To mass nor matins go. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series It was very, very early this time, in the summer twilight dawn, when the kildeers were in their full burst of matins, and all the other birds coming in one by one. Say and Seal, Volume II Miss Campbell talked of tennis, matins, hats and the opera to Daphne, but appeared to be absent, and occasionally smiled at the foreigner, who ignored her. The Limit The day was thrilling with the matins of the birds. Heart of the Blue Ridge In half an hour we came in the dim light to a little valley, where the village bell was sweetly chiming the matins. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The lark was wont my matins ring, The sable rook my vespers sing; These towers, although a king's they be, 680 Have not a hall of joy for me. Lady of the Lake Birds were chanting matins as if all the jubilance of their short lives must be poured out at once. Moods In short, she was then at her matins, anxiously awaiting the hour when this mortal coil should be put off. India, Its Life and Thought Strikes in the Prior: "when your meaning's plain It does not say to folk—remember matins, Or, mind you fast next Friday!" Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning They are not often at their matins, I think, until the eastern sky begins to flush, and it is not quite certain to my mind that they are wrong in assuming that daylight makes daytime. Birds in the Bush And there came of a sudden, floating through the window, the sweet slow chiming of the matins bell from the monastery below. The New Tenant With this in contemplation, their souls full of fear, neither went that morning to matins. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley I would have battered at your door ere this, but I respected your first sleep in a strange bed, wherein often a bad night makes a late matins. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The roses fling their petals wide, their fragrance fills the air; It mingles with the orange buds which blossom everywhere; The birds chant loud their matins; all the earth seems newly born. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 This, when we had halted half an hour to take breath, we followed, guided by the voices of the Spaniards, who were at matins. The True Story Book The protector of the nest perched every night in a poplar-tree across the yard, and promptly at half past four o'clock every morning began his matins. Little Brothers of the Air I distinguished a lintel of elms, a wall of wild roses; I heard a brave little bird twittering impatient matins, and the sound of nearing footsteps in the road. Friendship Village He was often seen to enter St. Denis in regal habit to lead the choir at matins, and would sometimes challenge the monks to a singing contest. The Story of Paris The large bell—used to announce the services of the church, and, through the kindness of Lady Rollo, to ring at "matins" and at "even-song"—is of very full tone. Chronicles of Strathearn Horses, dogs, a table loaded with meat in Lent and Advent, a total ignoring of daily matins and even-song. Vixen, Volume I. To arts and learning, matins' chime, Vespers and midnight, seizing time, I never know an idle hour Love not more fugitive in bower. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) The social life of birds, as they sing their matins, as they choose their mates, as they gather in flocks preparatory to migration, furnish many opportunities for indirect teaching on many of life's problems. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study At that gray hour they had risen for matins. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time I have a habit of uttering, to what I think tunes, your 'Oh, breathe not,' and others; they are my matins and vespers. My Recollections of Lord Byron After, begin thy matins, but first cross thy lips and say "O Lord, open my lips": i.e., The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises Yesterday, being Sunday, was nought said touching Wat and his ways: only all to church, of course, at matins and evensong, but this day no sermons. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall King Richard got possession of Messina quicker than any priest could chant matins. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds I’m going to quote them some time offhand, just after matins, when we are wandering about the cathedral grounds. A Cathedral Courtship When Flora 'gins to deck the fields With colours fresh and fine, Then holy clerks their matins sing To good Saint Valentine! The Book of Brave Old Ballads The family were devoted Catholics, and sung matins and vespers, and had pictures and images of saints about the room. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Then come matins, which one has to sit through, of course: the only good matter being the chants. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall By three o'clock the ten bells of the Cathedral had summoned the canons to the matins which preceded the election that was to release the Church from widowhood, and give to Rouen a new archbishop. The Story of Rouen The voices of the three were joined in matins and vespers, and floated sweetly over those dreary wastes, where such heavenly strains had never been heard before. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Perhaps you like this better:—'Yesterday I went to town and heard the matins read. Peter the Priest With day the Emperor arose; Heard mass and matins first, then having gone Beneath a stately pine, he summons all His wisest barons, council grave to hold, Thus ever guided by the men of France. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier "My matins," the priest answered, smiling down into the curiously eager face that with the fresh unlined beauty of young manhood was upturned to his. Flamsted quarries Most of them had spent the day in thoughtful retirement or quiet occupations, and both morning and evening they assembled together in their pleasant sitting-room for matins and evensong. Julian Home He had his breviary, composed of matins, lauds, vespers, and compline, or last prayer at night. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago She then summons another Sister, who rises and watches till nine, the latter again summoning a fresh watcher, and thus they continue till three o’clock, when all assemble in the chapel for matins. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times Having attended mass and matins both, Upon the verdant grass, before his tent He stood, surrounded by the Count Rollánd, The valorous Olivier, and the Duke Naimes, With many more besides. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier At dawn the King of England had matins and the mass chaunted in his army. King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre So very happily and peacefully they listened to the ringing of the bell, until Kemoc had said matins. A Book of Myths The most conspicuous structure was the Roman Catholic Church of St. Boniface, whose bells at matins and vespers were so often a welcome sound to the wanderers on the plains. Canada Ah! the monk is no longer there to hear them, only the mavis calls and the bee in its period hums where matins rose. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn My wife would often close her eyes when eating Lucy and conjure up pictures of her own simple girlhood days, of the country rectory, of the rooks singing matins and vespers in the trees. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 Midsummer Morning In my garden hear the lark Carol aloft; Hear the dove her matins sing In answer soft. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks Nature, industry, peace, mirth, love, a kindred soul between duke and people, seemed to breathe in every gale there, and sing in the matins and vespers of every bird. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Their ship is their garth, and cloister, and choir, wherein they praise God with full voices through all the hours from matins to compline. A Child's Book of Saints Leonard wrote back to say that he received penitents in the chapel for two hours after matins every Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 For early as I was, matins had been sung an hour ago; nor was there another service till noon, and that only for the sisters. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess He must hear mass and say matins and vespers every day, under pain of a fine of a penny, and attend certain services on feast days. Life in the Medieval University He often went out in the night to pray before the church-doors; and in the morning waited before them till they were opened to assist at matins. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Full choral matins at seven o'clock in the morning all the year round. A Thin Ghost and Others Wake! for Reveillée scatters into flight The flagging Rearguard of a ruined Night, And hark! the meagre Champion of the Roost Has flung a matins to the Throne of Light. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses The bishop did not appear at matins, or at the later church service. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. He hopped now about with a gait devout; At matins, at vespers, he never was out; And, so far from any more pilfering deeds, He always seemed telling the Confessor's beads. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform After supper he read a pious book to his family for an hour, then night prayers; after which he said matins. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died. Cobwebs and Cables The morning, the grey cold morning, came at last; he had outwatched the stars, and listened to the matins of the waking birds. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Convent bells were ringing for matins, but all else was still, and the silence was sweet and deep. The Eternal City The above-mentioned Walter Lechlade was murdered "about two in the morning" on his return from matins in the cathedral cloisters. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See He rose at midnight, and assisted at matins in the church, as then the more devout part of the laity used to do, together with all the clergy. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Aske, their leader, made a proclamation that all the "religions" should be reinstated in their old places: and the friars sang matins the same night. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See Joy breathes in morning song, And happy things among Her choral bowers wake matins of delight; But dearer unto me The dirge-like harmony Of vesper voices, and of wailing night. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The abbess said carefully the short prayers appointed for certain hours of the day, and heard matins every morning at four and evensong every afternoon. The Red Book of Heroes She arrived just as the friars were singing matins. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Seven hours a day are allotted the monks for manual labor, and two for pious reading, besides meditation from matins till break or day. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The lark was wont my matins ring, The sable rook my vespers sing: These towers, although a king's they be, Have not a hall of joy for me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Excuse being impossible, they tied the culprit to a column, and leaving him till matins, when his punishment was to be determined, went back to their slumbers. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) We have established sympathies in common; I call him to prayers, to his meals, to his matins, and to his rest. Life of Father Hecker Finally they began to chant matins; then the mass was begun, and Francis, as deacon, read the Gospel. Life of St. Francis of Assisi I seemed at first to hear its melody in the fresh morning air, where it soared upward above the gentle breezes, mingling in harmony with the matins of the birds and the softly rustling trees. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 For, being a young man in love, these things were more to him than matins and evensong, king or chancellor, heaven or hell—as indeed it was right and wholesome that they should be. The Black Douglas Is it not an admirable thing to see a young and handsome Prince forsake pleasure and repose in order to come so often to hear our matins? The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) Besides this, she was a strict observer of all Church canons and rituals; and more than once, when Guy had proposed some plan, a vigil, or matins, or vespers came in the way. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Throughout the cloudless sky Of light unsullied blue, The larks their matins raised, Whilst on my dizzy view, Like dusky motes, They winged their way Till vanished in The blaze of day. Cottage Poems Yet I know well that in some tribulation there is such sore sickness or other grievous bodily pain that it would be hard for a man to say a longer prayer of matins. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens An Oxford Friar found a pair of shoes one morning, and wore them at matins. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 And the monks, who when going to and fro at the hour of matins used to see him there on his knees, were thereby led to consider him the holiest man alive. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) One of our friars found a pair of shoes last winter on a frosty morning, and wore them to matins. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars In the popular writings of Queen Anne's time constant allusion may be found to the early six-o'clock matins. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Crowds of bees are giddy with clover, Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet: Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation I was caught saying our Lady matins one day," he said, "when the Cardinal was in trouble. The King's Achievement Both classes, critic and public, rent Maud and neglected Men and Women: The Defence of Guenevere had not yet rung the matins—bell in the ears of the new generation. Matthew Arnold As it is shut after matins, I was admitted at a side door by one of the nuns, who previously inspected me through the wicket, and was left alone, the door being locked behind me. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood No one was more punctual than he at matins and vespers, or more devout in confessions, prayers, genuflexions and the divine service in the choir. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power And chant forth their matins, away to the skies. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The sisters promised to bring the mother abbess to her bedside as soon as the matins should be over. The Lost Lady of Lone He and the Scotch had been vilified by their invectives; and they were menaced by two lawyers, with a "Sicilian vespers, or a Parisian matins." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The brethren came from their cells, looked at the black smoke wreaths, and sighed, and went their ways into the chapel for the matins, and the little bell rang. A Sea Queen's Sailing The sharp, fretful jangle went through shawls and cushions, and the fear of hearing it more distinctly prevented me from rising for matins. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 So the good Father José said matins and prime, mass and vespers, in the heart of Sin and Heathenism, taking no heed to himself, but looking only to the welfare of the Holy Church. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 On Christmas morning after matins, the Christmas gifts were distributed in every one of the asylums, and every inmate was made happy by an appropriate present. The Lost Lady of Lone After the crime was completed the bells rang for matins, for which it was now time. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century For her the morning choir shall sing Its matins from the branches high, And every minstrel voice of Spring, That trills beneath the April sky, Shall greet her with its earliest cry. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics "We have matins at three o'clock," said he; "when you hear the bell, get up, and come to the church: it will bring blessing to you." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Three weary miles through this grim forest is good speed ere matins; but I knew the occasion was urgent, and my lord's commands admit not of delay. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 She has gone to matins now, but will soon return to give you her blessing. The Lost Lady of Lone The precise number of lights is determined by that of the psalms, which is the same as at ordinary matins of three nocturns. The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome The people laughed aloud, calling out to them that the time for drinking had come, as with the monks at matins, and that they would have enough for the rest of their days. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Then the brethren came back and hearkened to the chanting of the cleric until matins were performed. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland Have your organs, have your sermons, have your matins and evensong; but don't put them on the same level as the Blessed Sacrament. The Altar Steps We awake to the matins of the birds. The House in Good Taste Immediately after matins, Lauds or the praises of God are sung: they consist of five psalms besides the Benedictus or canticle of Zachary, to which succeeds the Miserere or 50th psalm. The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome The bell rang for matins at five o'clock now, to give the laborers the cool of the morning for their work in the fields, after they were over. The Doctor's Dilemma The finch, the linnet, and the thrush, Their matins chant in every bush; And I have heard thee oft salute Aurora with thy early flute. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 It would be painful, and is unnecessary, to quote from the curses, whether matins or vespers, of the children of night. In the Wrong Paradise In the Bell Tower a fine chime of bells is placed the playing of which at noon and sunset recalls the matins and vespers of the Mission days. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California The church commences her solemn service of each of these days with that part of the divine office called matins and lauds, and at this time Tenebrae from the darkness with which it concludes. The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome It was the clang of the bell for matins which fully roused me at last, but it was a minute or two before I could make out where I was. The Doctor's Dilemma Selred found the sacristan in the church, for it was the hour of matins, and between them they set what we had brought in the ambry which was built in the chancel wall. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford On ordinary days at midnight they ring for matins, at five o'clock for early mass, at nine o'clock for late mass. The Bishop and Other Stories Ring on, ring' on, sweet Sabbath bell, Still kind to me thy matins swell, And when from earthly things I part, Sigh o'er my grave and lull my heart. The Parish Clerk The priory bell, beneath, by the riverside, now tolled its summons to matins, and Alfgar arose and dressed. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune Crowds of bees are giddy with clover, Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. "You must keep silent," said Redwald; "I believe the king and Dunstan are hearing matins in the chapel: it is the festival of some saint or other, who went to the gridiron in olden days." Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune Just as they will sing immediately at early matins: 'Oh lovely! oh sweet is Thy Voice!' The Bishop and Other Stories Public spiritual reading; compline sung; matins and lauds B.V.M., recited; half-hour mental prayer. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Consequently they were somewhat sleepy at matins and found an almost Johnsonian difficulty in getting up early. Medieval People The next morning she was compliant or politic enough to hear matins in the queen's closet. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 However, soon the winter winds will chant matins and vespers, which may make my house a cell, and in a snowy veil enfold me for my prayer. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Your letter, my dearest friend, which was written, a part at least, before Christmas, came lingering in long after the new year had seen out its matins. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) The first hour or period of the day; follows after matins and lauds; originally intended to be said at the first hour after sunrise. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Sometimes they came late to matins, in the small hours after midnight. Medieval People These four monks, when matins were ended, washed their faces and hands. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 A certain number of absences from matins or vespers, or from recitations, entitles the culprit to a heartrending epistle, addressed, not to himself, but to his anxious father or guardian at home. A Collection of College Words and Customs Thanks be to Heaven," in happy mood I said, "What sweeter aid my matins could befall Than this fair glory from the east hath made? The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4 The Higher Life Lauds, a religious service in connection with matins; so called from the reiterated ascriptions of praise to God in the psalms. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Her matins are: "Ha! what shall we have to drink? is there nothing left over from last night?" Medieval People Finally, the spirit appeared bodily to her, said farewell, and disappeared after making an extraordinary fracas at matins. Cock Lane and Common-Sense If I could hear the first wild note that swells The blue bird’s silvery throat when spring is here, And all the sweet, wind ruffled lily bells Ring out the joyous matins of the year! The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland The church bells, high up in the Lombard tower sound loudly the matins and the eventide. The Italians Prefer soft anthems to the ears of men To woo them from their beds, still murmuring That men can sleep while they their matins sing. Nancy After a hasty cup of coffee, the parents and Keith set off for Great Church to attend julotta--yule matins--an early service held only that one day of the year. The Soul of a Child According to another account the church bells are silent from midnight on the Wednesday preceding Maundy Thursday till matins on Easter Day. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul She became very silent and very devout, never once letting matins or mass go unheeded by, and she gave away all her fine clothes. Liza "A nest of nobles" The matins are recited, and all the offices are intoned in the midst of perfect solitude. The Shadow of the Cathedral He reads matins and vespers every day in his church, and gives an address on saints' days. The Silent Isle They talk of matins and even-song; they are full of vestments, and have seen 'such lovely things' in that line. Hodge and His Masters I may speak with you both matins and vespers. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Sometimes she awoke Liza at the early dawn, dressed her hastily, and secretly conveyed her to matins. Liza "A nest of nobles" She took refuge that night in a certain tavern, . . . and went at midnight to the matins of the “Minor Brothers.” The Saint's Tragedy "That stately priory was reared; And Wharf, as he moved along To matins, join'd a mournful voice, Nor failed at evensong." A Cotswold Village The lady did, it is true, once signalize her displeasure against our little brother, for reprimanding her in that she would go hunting a-mornings instead of attending matins. Maid Marian He then started up, and after repeating his matins, and adjusting his dress, he left it, and entered that of Isaac the Jew, lifting the latch as gently as he could. Ivanhoe I rose one night at matins and looked under my hermitage and saw that a ship had taken haven there. The High History of the Holy Graal It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W The king awoke at the ringing, sat up in his bed, and asked if it was already the hours of matins. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Had either been less sylvan, the other might have been more saintly; but they will now never hear matins but those of the lark, nor reverence vaulted aisle but that of the greenwood canopy. Maid Marian "What devil's matins are you after at this hour?" said a voice from without. Ivanhoe The monk must arise when the matins ring, The abbot may sleep to their chime; But the yeoman must start when the bugles sing 'Tis time, my hearts, 'tis time. The Bride of Lammermoor He was content to stand and watch me pass, To seek for me at matins every day, Where I could feel his eyes the while I prayed. Helen of Troy and Other Poems Thither Ketil arrived just as the king was coming from matins. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Once, when I had got up at dawn to ring for early matins, I saw him stealing away out of the garden. The Octopus : A story of California Thirteen paternosters are assigned by our pious founder for matins, and nine for vespers; be those services doubled by thee. Ivanhoe Strikes in the Prior: "when your meaning's plain It does not say to folks—remember matins, Or, mind your fast next Friday!" An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Only the birds that darted here and there from hedges were awake, and singing their matins. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories It was King Olaf's custom to rise betimes in the morning, put on his clothes, wash his hands, and then go to the church and hear the matins and morning mass. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway That hymn of the angels which he had heard in the middle of the night, was the nuns chanting matins; that hall, of which he had caught a glimpse in the gloom, was the chapel. Les Misérables I enter the town As the bell rings for matins. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? I left Blackmount this morning, after matins, motored home, just saw my father and mother for a moment—heard nothing—and rode on here as fast as I could. The Coryston Family A Novel Thenceforth every church was closed; no bell pealed forth, no mass was offered, no matins nor vespers were sung. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II They did so; took their weapons, went to the church, and laid their arms outside while the priest was singing matins. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway After many courteous words, it was finally agreed, that after matins and mass in the morning, the princess with her court would breakfast and rest in the monastery. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy And women love extremes—to pass from silk and luxury to four-o'clock matins, and the Carmelite's woollen habit. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger They sleep till noon and have their mercenary Levite come to their bedside, where he chops over his matins before they are half up. The Praise of Folly The King made light of it; and when, in the chase, he killed an unusually fat buck, he said, laughing, "Here is a fellow who has prospered well enough without ever hearing matins or vespers." Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II On Friday, immediately after matins, they sailed to Steinavag, and King Hakon, with thirteen ships, was lying in the harbour in the neighbourhood. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway At matins, at vespers, at the simple board, at the nightly hymn, she will be missed from their train. Life in Mexico There was an indefinite remembrance of the steady, monotonous clang of a bell in the first hours, doubtless the tolling of the matins, calling the elect to prayer at midnight. The Slave of the Lamp When matins came to be said, there was a place vacant in the first rank of boarders. Villette Yea, manhood, in all wise: And covet to Christ's service, Both to matins and to mass. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 After awhile, there came up a Christian, the Sultan's broker, who had sallied forth, in a state of intoxication, intending for the bath, for in his drunkenness he thought that matins were near. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I I know At matins and at evensong, That thou, if thou were yet alive, In deep and daily prayers wouldst strive To reconcile me with thy God. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson One night," he began meditatively, "I went to sit with you after the bell for matins had been rung. The Slave of the Lamp A little before two o'clock the bell was rung for matins. Two Summers in Guyenne He met the Father Superior in the hall one morning after matins, and although it was a silent hour the latter spoke. The Puritans Long before the dawn was seen, When a dream came o'er my mind, Picturing her I worship, kind, Just when I was nearly blest, Loud thy matins broke my rest! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes When they were all roused and up, he said, My masters, it is a usual saying, that we begin matins with coughing and supper with drinking. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 The Eremite rose with the Sun; and while he was yet at matins, was joined by Iduna, refreshed and cheerful after her unusual slumbers. The Rise of Iskander He had promised to wake me at two o'clock for matins. Two Summers in Guyenne Latin, "orthography, arithmetic, the matins and vespers, le Pater, l'Ave Maria, le Credo et le Confiteor, the Commandments, responses, Catechism, duties of a Christian, and maxims and precepts drawn from the Testament." The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Nor even in waking did the clew, Thus strangely caught, escape again; For never lark its matins knew So well as now I knew this strain. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Let us now, in doing clean contrarily, begin our matins with drinking, and at night before supper we shall cough as hard as we can. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Nor yet her eyes full shining / of tears at all were free, Until upon the morrow / forth to matins issued she. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original We must ourselves our sickles bring, And, while the larks their matins sing, Begin the work; and, on this plan, Get in our harvest as we can.' Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes It was possible to go to St. Andrew’s matins at ten o’clock before the drawing class, and to St. Kenelm’s at five, after the music was over. Modern Broods It has a sweet, solemnizing effect on our thoughts—a sort of mental matins—and through the day's business it accompanies us as with hidden music. The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII At matins and vespers, the churches were all open, and the people, particularly the women, went regularly to prayers. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea Male slaves were worked side by side in the fields with their masters and the female slaves in neat attire went with their mistresses to matins and vespers. A Century of Negro Migration At this moment the evening bell ringing for the matins of the Purification was heard. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Now to begett an active Complement that, like a matins sung By virgins, may enchant her amorous ear. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 They then sang matins very reverently, put on all their ornaments, and prepared the censer and incense. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Me other joys invite, The horn sonorous calls, the pack awaked Their matins chant, nor brook my long delay. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan Now, by the Mary matins, Peg, thou hast got the merriest wooer in all womanshire. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Morning after morning he dragged himself from his bed and hurried across the dusky quadrangle to take his part in the mutilated matins with which the college authorities see fit to usher in the day. Hyacinth In my boyhood, an early morning-walk was one of my favorite recreations, and never can I forget those delightful matins that awaited me at every turn. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 Her favourite volumes were Thomas à Kempis, in Stanhope's Translation; and a Roman Catholic Prayer Book, with the matins and complines regularly set down,—terms which I was at that time too young to understand. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The sound of deep voices chanting the matins came to him through the open doors of the Cathedral of the Seo. The Velvet Glove Then the bells for matins ring, And the grey friars past it go, Into church in double row, And it hears the chaunts they sing. Poems They sounded close at hand, discordant matins sung by a mob of angry children. Dragon's blood I should be chanting prime or matins at this very hour but for this tongue o' mine, God bless it! Beltane the Smith The priests, who were preparing to celebrate matins in the choir of the church, hastened to the spot; but not before the assassins had effected their escape. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 The beggars were leisurely making their way to the cathedral doors, too lazy to make an earlier start, philosophically reflecting that the charitable are as likely to give after matins as before. The Velvet Glove They found it just as the church bell was ringing for matins, a sound that must have seemed very like home to these members of an episcopal household. A Book of Golden Deeds The family got up a choir among themselves and sang all the Easter matins and mass. Letters of Anton Chekhov All this time Otterbourne had only one Sunday service, alternately matins or evensong, and the church bell was rung as soon as the clergyman could be espied riding down the lane. John Keble's Parishes So the good Father Jose said matins and prime, mass and vespers, in the heart of sin and heathenism, taking no heed to himself, but looking only to the welfare of the Holy Church. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers They went to that office of the night which is called matins in those churches in which it is said at midnight, as is still the custom at Notre Dame, in Paris. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi The best monks are the worst, and those who sing "Pervigilium Veneris" in place of matins are less dangerous than such as reason, preach, and plot. The Eve of the French Revolution He whispered to me that in the winter the monks of St. Bernard sometimes say matins overnight. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler The consecration took place on the 30th of July 1838, and immediately after daily matins were commenced. John Keble's Parishes Don Sancho was his name; And he was saying matins at the breaking of the day. The Lay of the Cid Dumfries was only a few miles distant, and they might reach its convent before the first matins. The Scottish Chiefs When the monks had done singing their matins, they heard the child crying, and they bore him before the Lord Abbot. Old French Romances It thus happened one morning that a strange woman, who had come quietly into church to pray, attracted his attention as he passed out after matins. In Kedar's Tents A translation of the English Prayer Book comprising matins and evensong, litany, baptism of adults, certain psalms and hymns, catechism, Holy Communion with Sunday collects. Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands In San Pedro to say matins the Abbot good will be; He will say mass in our behalf to the Holy Trinity. The Lay of the Cid Broken from my matins by a sudden noise, I beheld a deer rush down the precipice, and fall headlong. The Scottish Chiefs While perplexing himself to think what that could mean, the cathedral bells rang for vespers, and then, contrary to custom, rang again for matins. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal Then I listened suddenly, And soon I heard the bell to matins ring, And up I rose, no longer would I lie. English Literature for Boys and Girls Sometimes she wakened Lisa early at daybreak, dressed her hurriedly, and took her in secret to matins. A House of Gentlefolk And the bells are rung for matins with all the haste they may. The Lay of the Cid You are as pat with your answers as a clerk at matins. If I Were King To which I intend no slight when I find the incense that arises at matins sweeter even than that of evensong. Pagan Papers AT matins they so very often met, Some awkward indications caused regret. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete The blithe birds sung their matins amid the branches that hung their leafy drapery around and above Irene's windows, in seeming echoes to the songs love was singing in her heart. After the Storm On Sunday morning the good prelate lay wakeful at the hour of matins, and with quavering voice chanted to himself the psalm of the office from which his weakness held him apart. Veranilda The office of matins and lauds, for the three last days in Holy Week. Dramatic Romances But let us take up the thread of our discourse, or, as we used to say in old times, “begin it again and mend it, for it is neither mass nor matins.” Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society The parting clasp of the hand had a world of meaning in it, and Nuttie openly said that she hoped to tell him after matins at St. Michael's how the boy was. Nuttie's Father This morn, the very morn I arrived in London, I learnt how your matins were now spent. Sybil, or the Two Nations By the light of his little lamp, he and Deodatus conversed together, no longer as master and servant, but as loving friends, until the bell called them to matins. Veranilda The office of matins and lauds, for the three last days in Holy Week. Dramatic Romances Between matins and now hast thou forgotten this morning's outrage? The Decameron, Volume I Then he remembered that just before leaving home he had heard sung at matins, after the prayer for the President, a beautiful song called "Passing Souls." The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after Like a saint lives Donna Clara, First at matins, last at vespers, Half her fortune she expendeth Buying masses for the needy. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations When matins and lauds were over, many of the monks embraced and tenderly took leave of the departing guest. Veranilda Welcome kneelings and bowings, welcome matins and complines, welcome bell, book, and candle, so that Mr. Slope's dirty surplices and ceremonial Sabbaths be held in due execration! Barchester Towers I paced the chamber, a hundred thoughts crowding my mind, but overriding them all the conjecture of how far it might be from matins, and how soon we might be discovered by the monks. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Well, it may pass; but henceforth say thy matins In thine own room. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 The MS. has "The lively lark my matins rung," and "sung" in the rhyme. The Lady of the Lake They arose, moreover, for prayer at midnight, and for matins before dawn. Veranilda This goblet was that which my husband, Sir Nele Loring, won after the intaking of Belgrade when he and his comrades held the lists from matins to vespers against the flower of the French chivalry. Sir Nigel I took a little water and a parched pea after matins. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh The good chaplain still chants his vespers at morn, and snuffles his matins at even-song. Burlesques After this line the MS. has the couplet, "Invisible in fleecy cloud, The lark sent down her matins loud," which reappears in altered form below. The Lady of the Lake For her the morning choir shall sing Its matins from the branches high, And every minstrel voice of spring, That trills beneath the April sky, Shall greet her with its earliest cry. The Professor at the Breakfast-Table By ten o'clock at night all preparations were made and it was agreed that the ringing of the bell of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois for matins was to be the signal for the massacre. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series The merry lark her matins sings aloft; The thrush replies; the mavis descant plays; The ouzel shrills; the ruddock warbles soft; So goodly all agree, with sweet consent, To this day's merriment. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 So the good Father Jose said matins and prime, mass and vespers, in the heart of Sin and Heathenism, taking no heed to himself, but looking only to the welfare of the Holy Church. Legends and Tales The lark was wont my matins ring, The sable rook my vespers sing; These towers, although a king's they be, Have not a hall of joy for me. The Lady of the Lake The cantor is to lead all the monks of the choir at matins, high mass, vespers, and on all other occasions. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino She loved to go to church for the early matins, but as it was not fit that she should go out alone at that hour, she besought Madame Marguerite to go with her. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death Morning light came on—the church bell rang out matins—the white hills were tipped with rosy light. The Heir of Redclyffe Welcome kneelings and bowings, welcome matins and complines, welcome bell, book, and candle, so that Mr Slope's dirty surplices and ceremonial Sabbaths be held in due execration! Barchester Towers It was very well I did so, for just afterwards Cheri's matins and vespers waxed fainter and fainter, and finally ceased altogether. Gala-days The letting of blood was to last three days; after the third day the patients were to return to matins again, and on the fourth they were to receive absolution. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino The stanzas which follow contain a paraphrase of the matins for Trinity Sunday, allegorically setting forth the doctrine that love is the all-controlling influence in the government of the universe. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Two whippings at Erfurt, from the Archbishop, there had been; and a third was just going on there, one morning, when Conrad, travelling that way, accidentally stept in to matins. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 Suddenly he hears the bell ringing to matins, but its sound, chiming in with his melancholy fancies, seems to him like a voice exhorting him to write his story. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Live a saintly life all day, prayers and matins and all that, and the subconscious mind hikes you out of bed at night to steal undermuslins! The Man in Lower Ten They were away from mankind in the shelter of the woods, the birds gayly carolling their matins above them. Other Things Being Equal In the morning he had to go to church to matins. The Schoolmistress, and other stories "Heaven grant," said an old Nun, who conducted him through a long and winding passage, "that thou mayst bring comfort to the sick sister: she has pined for thee grievously since matins." Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes "Day breaks," said he; "I must prepare for matins." The Cloister and the Hearth Gray mists were rolling, rising, vanishing; The woodlands glistened with their jewelled crowns; Far off the mellow bells began to ring For matins in the half-awakened towns. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow And upon the Assumption Day, when mass and matins were done, there were heralds with trumpets commanded to blow to the field. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 When all the birds have matins said, And sung their thankful hymns: 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in,— Whenas a thousand virgins on this day, Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick Their nobles, devoted to gluttony and voluptuousness, never visited the church, but the matins and the mass were read over to them by a hurrying priest in their bedchambers, before they rose, themselves not listening. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science They were excellent persons of the kind that talk about matins and vespers, and attend both. The Pool in the Desert He bade place him stealthily against the door, that she might find him when she went forth before the break of day to matins, which Lady Kriemhild full seldom missed through sleep. The Nibelungenlied Her bright eyes never grew dry, till on the morn she went to matins. The Nibelungenlied |
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