| 单词 | monkish |
| 例句 | I thanked him for his kindness and followed him into the heart of the living room, a clean and monkish space that hardly looked lived in. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The minute he disappeared, I whipped into the bathroom and, concealed behind the dirty, aluminum-colored Venetian blind, watched Irwin's monkish face appear in the door crack. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z During that final year in Atlanta, Chris had lived off campus in a monkish room furnished with little more than a thin mattress on the floor, milk crates, and a table. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a quality of monkish purity to Savall’s approach, yet none of the exaggerated reverence one sometimes finds in contemplation of ancient masterworks. Jordi Savall wakes an early-music instrument from a long sleep 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z There are monkish ones on spiritual missions and academic ones with a musicological bent. It's nice to have L.A. Phil 'family' like Yuja Wang, Salonen 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z For the past 20 years, she’s lived about an hour outside of Paris on the way to Normandy, maintaining a monkish existence that suits her. Leslie Winer’s Music Was a Mystery in 1990. She Still Likes It That Way. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z There are restaurants that focus fastidious foodies by compelling them to eat in the dark, but not, yet, ones that enjoin monkish silence. A quiet word about silence at breakfast 2013-01-08T16:30:02Z Not very monkish stuff, this, unless you take a very dim view of Catholicism. Review: ‘The Glory of the World,’ About Thomas Merton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z They’re something you sample, not something you monkishly devote yourself to. Fleeting Game Says Investing Is Rigged 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z She is monkish when she’s working, abiding by a simple rule: Bring your A game, no matter what. Laurie Metcalf, the First Lady of American Theater 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s a monkish existence, but I like it there. Apology to my former student 2012-08-27T01:00:00Z Unlike typical residencies – remote and monkish, where residents focus on their “work” with all the seriousness that word implies, here it’s more about what happens when both sides meet. Hurricane Irene, one year later 2012-08-27T16:42:00Z Too much wallowing in luxury made him want to be back home in his monkish apartment. Bill Cunningham, Style Maven, Leaves Behind a Memoir and It’s ‘a Real Dilly’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Many musicians live a life of monkish order, focusing on the discipline of music. Martha Argerich is a legend of the classical music world. But she doesn’t act like one. 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Both he and she disapproved of the monkish streak in me; in their eyes it showed a certain lack of vitality and curiosity — very bad in a would-be writer! T Magazine: Suddenly Susan 2011-02-25T17:39:23Z There is a pernicious, but widely held, belief that turning over a new leaf always involves turning our worlds upside down, that living a happy, well-adjusted life entails acts of monkish discipline or heroic strength. Need a New Self-Help Guru? Try Aristotle 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Barnes unwittingly throws down a challenge to literary novelists to write good sex rather than monkishly abstain from the subject. Good sex in literature: why is it so hard to find? 2013-03-06T08:00:00Z It’s a little more ornate than earlier incarnations, still hinting at monkish humility, but with a little bit of dashing mystery thrown in for good measure. Director reveals new details of Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But this small gem in Italy’s heel is far from a haven of monkish abstemiousness. 36 Hours in Lecce, Italy 2013-08-08T19:58:46Z They spend most of their days in monkish toil, with occasional breaks for Nintendo 64 games. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Rick Owens marches to his own beat — and that drummed in a new lightness to gauzy coats, jackets and monkish robes. Louis Vuitton Follows Sports Trend in Men’s Paris Show 2012-06-28T18:03:39Z Newly out at 38, Devil believed a monkish life would be her future. Tiny Love Stories: ‘At the Halloween Party, Anxious to Go Home’ 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z It all had the monkish purity of form, rigor and lack of extraneous froufrou that defined Balenciaga in the first place, powered by the pull-the-walls-down forward momentum that marks Mr. Gvasalia’s work. Falling for Couture’s Gravitational Pull 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z For the monkish Mr. Samuelsson, a good kitchen has always been, he says, “my laboratory, my studio, my church.” ‘Yes, Chef,’ by Marcus Samuelsson 2012-06-26T12:37:23Z It builds on the puzzling, changing identifications of works that are transmitted via the scholarly hands of the monkish middle ages, or those dug up from the sands of Egypt. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z She also controlled the way she was photographed as carefully as a Hollywood studio, creating a seamless merging of nature-based art and a somewhat monkish persona. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Adhering to the monkish program proved too difficult, but it did clue him into the pleasures of macrobiotic rice crispy treats. A Cookbook of Artists’ Creative Summer Desserts 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z As did Jobs himself, who refined his own west coast hippie image down to a monkish brand identity: black polo neck; faded, beltless Levis; white trainers; round glasses. Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Bearded, gentle and monkish in appearance, he writes music of direct, unabashed and often openly religious spirituality. Arvo Pärt, sounding the depth of still waters After he’s finished, he’ll crash monkishly on a mattress in the living room. The (un)holy gospel of Suga Free 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z His voice carries along a line of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and facial hoods. AP PHOTOS: Easter week still a ritual in more secular Spain 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The ceremonies see brotherhoods of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and hoods carrying or escorting the magnificent carriages through ancient streets of cities and towns nationwide. Spain: Easter procession events a ‘yearlong’ operation 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The cloister of a dozen monkish editorial staffers he inherited from his brilliant predecessor, Meg Greenfield, grew to more than 80 multimedia thinkers by the time of his death. Opinion | Fred Hiatt led with wisdom, wit and a transfixing whisper 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The women shimmered in sequins and the men wore monkish mullets — short in the front, long in the back, shaved around the ears. In the Land of the Godfather Comes a Ban on Them 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z I made one decision about a secret romantic life, but when the scene was dropped, I kind of went back to Luke’s monkish ways. Behind the scenes with the cast of 'The Handmaid's Tale' 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas’s switch from monkish silence to gregarious engagement is a byproduct of the pandemic, during which the court has heard arguments by telephone. Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z There are secret doors, magic spells and the familiar sight of rich old jerks in monkish robes conducting quasi-religious rites in the pursuit of unimagined power and some decadent idea of purity. Review: 'Lovecraft Country' is a middle finger to a century of racist sci-fi 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z A range of emotional vectors can be inferred, from turbulent and roiled to monkish and unruffled. Appreciation: How artist Peter Alexander caught clouds in a box and used color to profound effect 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Bender had a monkish devotion to his work, and to Trump, who became his sole client. Meet the shadowy accountants who do Trump’s taxes and help him seem richer than he is 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But the 66-year-old financier turns monkish when probed about the source of wealth. Jeffrey Epstein called billionaire, 'man of nearly infinite means' — but is it true? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Mueller and his staff seemed monkish and enigmatic, choosing to speak only in court appearances and highly detailed indictments of Russian intelligence operatives or some of the president’s advisers. Mueller Reveals Trump’s Efforts to Thwart Russian Inquiry in Highly Anticipated Report 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z A humanoid billy goat in a monkish cassock bleats a satanic sermon to a gasping congregation of witches. Goya's Black Paintings: ‘Some people can hardly even look at them’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z This blend of fierce capitalism and monkish renunciation is aimed at making India a “world economic power and world spiritual power by 2050.” The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z For a long time, she was convinced that producing her best work required a monkish commitment to abstemiousness and isolation. Ottessa Moshfegh’s Otherworldly Fiction 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The intensity of the performance leads her to what she describes as a “monkish existence” during runs. Rattling the cage: 250 views of America's school-to-prison pipeline 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z His late prose has the command, rhythm and simplicity of greatness: words written and rewritten in almost monkish seclusion. ‘I did the best I could with what I had…’: writers on the Philip Roth they knew 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z These roles came with a lot of self-sacrifice and certainly a monkish devotion, since they effectively ended my dating prospects at the time, though a curly mullet didn’t help either. The Remote Control, Out of Control: Why à la Carte TV Is Too Much for a Trekkie 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Every day from roughly 10 until 1, Pullman sits at his desk in a monkish study at the top of the house and produces three pages, longhand. Philip Pullman Returns to His Fantasy World 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z His style—ascetic and almost monkish, as an acquaintance puts it—differs sharply from that of his compatriot. The bosses of two famous French firms struggle to keep customers 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Slightly heavier than before, with a monkish haircut, and carrying all that baggage and attention, he set about his business racking up goals. Ronaldo’s redemption: recalling the Brazil striker’s World Cup fairytale 15 years on | Amy Lawrence 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Neither Hallmark platitudes of generosity nor monkish anti-materialism make sense except in the way hippie communes made sense in 1969, as a protest against social injustice. Can we redeem “civic virtue” in the age of Donald Trump? John Adams might have understood what just happened 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z He was always perfect casting for a venerated master, given his monkish temperament and lifestyle. Bill Cunningham obituary 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It is my talisman for midlife – an exultant and joyous paean to the unsung joys of regal solitude and monkish self-sufficiency. Top 10 books about middle age 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z From within these family bonds, radicalization seems like something other than a monkish, individual experience. Terrorists in the Family 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Maintaining a decade-long vow of silence takes monkish dedication and a certain stamina, and Justice Thomas has no modern competition. It’s Been 10 Years. Would Clarence Thomas Like to Add Anything? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z This monkish script speaks of endless hours of solitary devotion. Pierre Boulez’s Revolutionary Career 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Once upon a time, presidents left office and led monkish lives. The selling of the post-presidency 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z If the elder Cuomo was a deep reader with a monkish hair-shirt streak, Andrew was an intellectual skimmer who loved cars, hoops, girls and cigarettes. ‘The Contender’ is a biography of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s less so in the scene where the monkish Ragnar looks down upon the city from a nearby hill. 'Vikings' Season 3, Episode 7 Review: The Madness Of King Floki 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z As connectomics has gained traction, though, there are the first hints that it may be of interest to more than just monkish academics. Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z While many sought to escape Williamsburg back then, Mr. Mende stayed, living a monkish life in a studio apartment on South Second Street lined with stacks of books – “literary wainscoting,” Ms. Conny called it. Book Behind Pulp Fiction Contest Hides a Respectable Past 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson viewed the Old World as a redundant Ruritania where brave souls were weighed down by the ‘monkish trammels of priests and kings.’ This Thanksgiving Let’s Finally Stop the Nonsense About the Puritans and Pilgrims 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z She offered to work for the both of them, so that he could devote himself to writing with monkish intensity. Richard Ford: Heart of the Country He was sheepish when stepping on to the track, a dark Jamaican hoodie providing monkish anonymity, but the world’s most famous athlete’s disguise lasted only seconds before he was recognised. Usain Bolt makes Glasgow smile again as Jamaica reach 4x100m relay final 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Former students describe a monkish lifestyle of memorizing the Koran and studying the sayings of the Prophet Mohammad. Analysis: Yemen fighting risks deepening sectarian divisions 2013-11-13T09:47:13Z But he but feels his monkish pursuit has made him more patient, confident and loving. New Yorker writes King James Bible 2013-05-06T16:26:45Z There were no placards and pitchforks from Outraged of Middle England, just sustained spasms of noise and appreciation, even on those stretches out east where there is often time for monkish contemplation. If Mo is the show then why shouldn't he drink from the Farah faucet? 2013-04-21T19:45:55Z Yet if he doesn't want to talk about the difficult issues facing Britain's biggest retailer he may end up in a vow of monkish silence, because they are backing up. The decline of the Tesco empire 2013-04-17T18:42:43Z It seems very unlikely that such a monkish figure would ever want to enter the bear-pit of Italian politics. Mario Monti and Italy: after the carnival, the meagre diet of Lent 2012-07-30T20:59:01Z "Hence, fellow!" said the porter's representative, in a surly tone; "nor think to impose on me with your monkish tales." Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Of fretfulness, satiety, monkish abnegation, and so on, there is not a trace to be detected in the feature of Liszt's interesting and characteristic head. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Over the phone, he sounds almost monkish in his pursuit of Olympic success. Column: Gold-chaser Farah escapes Olympic buzz 2012-05-09T17:49:16Z The sequel of the story, as it is told by the monkish writer, is, I think, of a very high order of artistic merit. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It was a small number of monkish communities whose care of those narrow channels prevented their ever drying up altogether. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z At his death, in 1241, he left liberal bequests to the Church, and especially to his ancestral Cistercian Abbey of Bolbonne, in which he died in monkish habit, after duly receiving the sacraments. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z My ideas of a genuine monkish life suffered a rude shock. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z He also said that, while agent misconduct occasionally occurs, in his experience most agents who are on assignment but off duty lead a “monkish” existence focused mainly on working out, eating and sleeping. Secret Service Agents Face Questioning on Misconduct 2012-04-14T16:41:08Z One thing is certain: No man can study the character of Jesus and his teachings, his own life and the career of his immediate disciples, without admitting the monkish character of their religion. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The pilgrim’s hat, borne by one of the figures, is a further reminder of the Fable, and the monkish garb is of course in keeping. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z As one lingers there one can understand, indeed one can scarcely help understanding, the very peculiar charm which must often attach to the monkish life. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The place is well worthy a visit, for the farm-house contains a room, called the Prior’s Room, still decorated with monkish frescoes of a singular kind. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z A religious girl, who never paraded religion, and whose religion never made her monkish and unlovely, but was the joy and inspiration of her life. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z If you have any orders in the monkish direction--no? Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It was a long monkish habit with a cowl, made of coarse brown stuff, and it covered him from head to foot. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z Its language has not that deep mysterious, or monkish quality, as it has been aptly called, of other Coccyzi. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Too often the monkish writers measured excellence by the value of gifts to churches and monasteries, and Canute had learned the value of donations properly timed and placed. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Upon the raft of anatomy and surgery, with some clinical aid from Salerno, positive medicine crossed the gulf between Byzantine compilations, monkish leechcraft, Arab starcraft62 and alchemy, and the scientific era of Harvey44. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z But the monkish chroniclers had an unhappy habit of spoiling their stories by excessive and impossible embroidery. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z There her eye had caught a polished sheet of brass, recording in monkish Latin the virtues of that member of the old family who had founded this "Capella extra muros," as ancient deeds style it. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Previous to this event Scotland possessed only a rough, tumultuous physical life; her politics—dissensions and executions; her religion—a puerile superstition;—her literature—ballads and monkish legends; her joy—hunting, fighting, and drinking! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Clearly those who accept the ancient notion of monkish laziness will never understand the Middle Ages. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Egypt, India, etc., from time immemorial, the classic lands of monkish laziness. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Bodmin means the Monks' Town, and even though it has the enormous barracks built in the usual style, just outside, it still keeps something of the monkish atmosphere. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z This persecution was far exceeded in severity by that in the Valley of Luzerne, excited by the monkish missionaries in 1476. L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z The monkish historians of the period speak with horror of these sacrilegious excesses. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Of course the subject had to be illuminated by monkish tales and death-bed repentances. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z And, at that, they regarded the works commanded by God of little account, esteeming their self-chosen, monkish practices of the highest importance. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z The princess had scattered a bouquet of the most costly roses on the protruding forehead and monkish beard of the novelist. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z They were attired, over their monkish array, in a fine shirt trimmed with lace. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z "Nothing but a scratch, excellency, which I received from his reverence, who, for all his monkish cowl, wields a good weapon." The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Their power similar to that of the temporal barons during the feudal monkish ages, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z An "express" bullet was sent whistling past his monkish cranium; slowly the great wings unfolded, and the vulture flapped heavily down the ravine. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The visitor to Gloucester Cathedral will have noticed its exquisite cloisters, and have seen the screens or “carols” where the monkish scribe sat diligently to copy his chronicle, or the artist to illuminate its page. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z I was brought up to take the monkish view of love. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Fastened simply with her wooden skewers, she had one blanket draped about her as a skirt, and another covered her shoulders, with a high peak behind her neck, like a monkish cloak. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The Latin itself is indifferent enough, and bespeaks the acquisition of the tongue by Alfric and his follower from the earlier monkish authors, rather than from classical models. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z Many of the studies of monkish figures are very fine. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z However much we may dissociate legend with truth, we cannot always ignore it, mingled though it may be with monkish ignorance and superstition. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Google did not have a specific comment about the monkish South Carolina city turning it down, but the company is on record in its opposition to government censorship on the Internet. South Carolina Town Turned Down Free Google Wi-Fi Fearing Kids Getting Access To Porn 2011-10-19T14:31:44Z This being so, it is natural that we should find his character described in the blackest terms by the monkish chroniclers of the succeeding century. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The classics, unlike the canonical scriptures, have been subjected to the purifying process of rigid criticism, and the monkish corruptions which once perverted the meaning, are in a great measure eradicated from modern editions. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z This name it probably acquired from having belonged p. 602in times of old to some monkish establishment. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z In regard to the wonderful legends of the early Church, he remarked that they were "monkish fables written in the dark ages for the ignorant people." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Le Duc to die of envy, and her monkish lover to gnaw his fingers with vexation. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z He fancied that he had to deal with a mere monkish quarrel; at one time he even imagined that a little money would set the difficulty at rest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z It is certain that the parallel term calumnia was so used in monkish Latin. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-29T02:00:13.910Z Turn even to those ages that are called by eminence dark—the time of monkish austerity and priestly sway. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z It gave birth to the ascetic, contemplative, monkish life, which is the most logical outgrowth of the Christian principle. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Oh Albert! worldly considerations, monkish inventions, and superstitious reveries set apart;—reason called forth, truth developed, probabilities canvassed,—say! is it not clear that death is an end to all? an abyss eternal? a conclusion? The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Several new monkish orders were instituted during this century, mostly for teaching the young and tending the sick, but some also expressly for the promoting of theological science. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z We are not the wiser for this obviously monkish invention. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z As the monkish spirit grew darker, the face of Mary beamed more brightly. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Barefoot, and clad in monkish cowls, we must traverse Europe, preaching the vanity of all earthly good, and inculcating resignation. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The relief of the Christians is expressed in the simple comment of the monkish annalist: "In 1002 died Almanzor, and was buried in hell." The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z While the Picpus society, as well as the other seminaries and monkish orders, sent forth crowds of missionaries, other societies devoted themselves to collecting money and engaging in prayer. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Here the last sun-worshippers bowed before the Rising of God; here Columba and his hymning priests laboured and brooded; and here Oran or his kin dreamed beneath the monkish cowl that pagan dream of his. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z I am not sure that I can ask you to believe all this story, for it is only a monkish legend. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z Did aging Rome submit to monkish flagellations in order to discover exquisite pleasure in torture itself, voluptuous bliss in pain? The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Beneath that leafy screen, Cedric flung off the monkish gown and hood, dropped the basket on the ground, and stood gazing at it gloomily. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Ecclesiastical tithes were abolished, all monkish orders suspended, the cloisters closed, ecclesiastical goods declared national property, and the papal nuncio sent over the frontier. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Behind the wainscoting of this room was a recess, in which a part of the old monkish library was hidden at the time of the Reformation. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Altogether it was a kind of monkish attire. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z With celibacy disappeared also monkish obscenities and vices. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z It cannot be said that the Latin prose of which he was capable does credit to his University, and even monkish Latinity was seldom worse than that in which his few surviving letters are couched. William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster 2011-08-05T02:00:50.197Z All the greater was the number of monkish saints with which he enriched the heavenly firmament. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z We have hardly yet emancipated ourselves from the morbid and monkish theology of the Romish Church. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z These three figures--so unlike each other--followed their monkish guide through the cold, damp, musty corridors of the vast building. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z It needed a body steeled from youth through chastity and monkish discipline to bear the labour and vexations of such an office. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Many of us, I guess, could take a perverse pleasure in living a monkish life in the stands, which would become a sanctuary from the hustle-bustle of the city outside. The Spin 2011-07-19T12:37:35Z In regard to home mission work, the Protestant church long lagged behind the Catholic, which had wrought vigorously through its monkish orders. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z And as for dreams, They are all vain, and bred of convent fare— Sickly disease engendered in the mind By monkish legends and low superstition, Unworthy ladies of your rank. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z Italy is my nation; the Deep Dell is my dwelling-place, and—but no! never shall monkish cant pollute the lips to baleful imprecation attuned for ever. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z A cloister extends from the church to the priory-house; where the tourist, as he paces the refectory, or great dining-room, may speculate on monkish carousals, where blue-eyed nuns, were jovially toasted, and secret confessions anticipated. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z And is that Word which says thou shalt not look Upon another's wife a monkish lie? A Night in Avignon 2011-07-07T02:00:27.090Z Dom Pedro, who had meanwhile vacated the Brazilian throne, as regent again suppressed all monkish orders, seized the property of the church, and abolished ecclesiastical tithes, but died in the same year. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z His head was as bald as an egg, with the exception of a ring of jet-black hair like a monkish tonsure. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z I am deep in all out-of-the-way books, whether of the monkish times or of the Puritanical era. A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2011-06-08T02:00:18.910Z The moderate opinion here, as in most other cases, is the best: this views it as founded on authentic documents, although distorted by monkish superstition and tricks, and a taste for the marvellous. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z The monkish morality which sat loosely about them was, however, rigid in its ceremonial discipline. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Here I have no books—no old monkish records to assist me—everything must be hunted out upon the spot. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z In its doorway, beneath a monkish inscription, well-nigh obliterated, stood a dwarf, or hunchback, who, jingling a bunch of great keys, ill-humoredly regarded the approaching trio. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Mrs. Mowbray went back to the Reformation, and Henry the Eighth, and the monkish orders; and the historical discussion grew into length. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z The monkish hit at the wife is amusing, and might have been supposed to have originated with those determined misogynists, as the gallant Welshmen lay all the blame on the man. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z It bears the seal of the monkish taste, being equally pious and fabulous. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Moreover, his monkish training admirably fitted him for the more clerkly duties that fell to him, and by his diligence, intelligence, and courage he was held in high esteem by the fiery old knight. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z There is a little glen in the neighborhood, called by the old monkish name of Holywell.” Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z How is it possible for those Englishmen—Swinnerton and Bennett, for instance—to put forth in a few months whole novels in the monkish hand of an illuminated missal? Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z His ordinary costume was changed for a loose white monkish gown. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z The rest of his works are translations of fabulous histories, and those spurious writings of the monkish ages ascribed by ignorant transcribers to some ancient sage. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He rudely pushed me aside with an oath, bidding me say my prayers to the devil, for he would soon have me and my monkish crew. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I have no intention of going inside that monkish den. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Such was the commencement in Italy of the anchorite or monkish system, which had long existed in the East, and which soon spread over the western part of Christendom. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z The thick and coarse stuffs of the monkish dresses, so absolutely opposed to the thin and gauzy web of antique material, suggested simplicity of division as well as weight of fall. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z I shall venture to give a pair of literary anecdotes of monkish writers. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Witness the merry horned demons of monkish MSS., and the cheerful oddities, so far aloof from fantastic horror, of our English gurgoyles and stall-work, the straddling and padding forms of Bunyan. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z As Mrs. Mitchell could not be persuaded to enter "an Episcopal monkish institution" of which she disapproved so vigorously, she went back alone to Nutwood and busied herself with household preparations for winter. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Edward was a weak and superstitious, but well-intentioned prince, who acquired the love of his subjects by his monkish sanctity and care in the administration of justice. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Then I am instructed what to believe of their monkish pictures and the decrees of the Councils of Chalcedon and Nicaea. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Plagiarism is the common sin of the monkish chronicler, to which he was often driven by repeating a mouldy tale a hundred times told; but his furtive pen extended to the capital crime of felony. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He wore a mantle made of wolves' skins over his monkish garb; a leathern pouch at his side, and he carried a spear in his right hand. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z You always trusted and respected me, even in what you deemed foolish monkish extremes, and yet—and yet——" "Sit down, and pull yourself together. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Several versions of this metrical riddle are common in the North of England, and an ingenious antiquary has suggested that it is a parody on the old monkish songs! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z O'Moore examined it well, and at last concluded it must have been some old monkish chronicle, and that the blank pages were left for commentaries on it. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Woe to the sovereign who would have clipt their wings! then “tongues talked and pens wrote” monkish. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The new style gripped the imaginations of all the western nations, and wherever sufficient funds were obtainable the monkish architects were enthusiastically producing designs which were steadily carried out in stone. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z Most of these men spoke of priestcraft and the monkish system with the utmost abhorrence, and said that they should prefer death to submitting again to the yoke which had formerly galled their necks. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Although science for its own sake could not interest so monkish a nature, yet science might be useful in buttressing the faith, or in removing objections to it. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The monkish life, whatever they may say, is not at all to be envied. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z As time never pressed on the monkish secretary, his notabilia runs on very miscellaneously. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z From there the maelstrom took England down, as Capello compounded the problem of low confidence by imposing a monkish routine on the squad, and stuck stubbornly to his inflexible 4-4-2 formation. Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons 2011-03-20T00:07:04Z They are as strictly a brotherhood of bachelors as were the Fratres Ignorantiæ, or any other monkish order of the olden times. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z His monkish appearance created much merriment, in which the stage manager and Jim himself joined. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z “Genius,” says Lombroso, “is conscious of itself, appreciates itself, and certainly has no monkish humility.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The primitive fathers, the later schoolmen, the monkish chroniclers, all alike composed in Latin; all legal instruments, even marriage-contracts, were drawn in Latin: and even the language of Christian prayer was that of abolished paganism. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z From under his Gothic arch, in his monkish shade, Tom could have stood, he fancied, for ever, gazing as friar has seldom gazed upon his pictured saint, on the supernatural portrait which his enthusiasm worshipped. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Buddha himself set his face against ascetic extravagances, but many of his disciples followed a monkish life of great severity. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Quite as much as the passion of life, the Roman Catholic faith and monkish renunciation are nowhere so deeply and firmly rooted as in this Belgium, where sensual pleasure is so noisy in its excess. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z Their course of education differs little from that of other Abyssinian youths, than whom they are even more under monkish influence. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z It has become an arduous inquiry whether Milton has not drawn largely from the obscurity of this monkish Ennius? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z As the book is chiefly a compilation from old monkish chronicles, the tale was probably very old even when Higden included it in the Polycronicon. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z There is an old monkish rhyme which tells us that Brussels rejoices in noble men, Antwerp in money, Ghent in halters, Bruges in pretty girls, Louvain in learned men, and Malines in fools. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z The young priest stood on one of the tombstones, with the broad sleeve of his monkish habiliment over his face. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z The austerities practised by this fraternity, “in order to obtain righteousness before God,” are perhaps as severe as any recorded in monkish annals. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The legendary voyages of the monkish chroniclers, their maritime expeditions, opening with the fabulous Arthur, hardly exceeded the simplicity of our first discoverers. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is an easy thing to show peculiarities in the course of the story which are essentially monkish. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z The diocese grew out of the monkish community which had settled here in the sixth century, when the prelate Suavis became its first bishop. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z There is nothing monkish about Ellicomb, nor is his asceticism overdone. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z The virtues of Edward were monkish rather than kingly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Is there such a dearth of printed reading, that the monkish times must be revived, and ladies books be in manuscript? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z In surgery, hair is removed from the back of a patient's head – where it continues to grow even on monkishly bald men – by one of two techniques. Hair apparent: how transplants are beating baldness 2011-01-05T08:00:07Z So in the monkish tale of the five saints, who sleep in the cave of Caio, reappears the legend of Arthur’s sleeping warriors under Craig-y-Ddinas. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The design of this shows Apple's usual monkish devotion to detail. Faster Forward: MacBook Air review 2010-11-16T20:05:00Z The team wanted monkish isolation, the media wanted access to players — but in the build-up to the Algeria game the first team was closed off, with only reserve players put up for interview. World Cup 2010: Slovenia may shed their 'underdog' tag against England 2010-06-19T23:06:00Z Robiul's found his line here, keeping Strauss honest like Tanky in the Flying Squad, and the skipper shows monkish patience to leave alone. Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-05-27T09:34:00Z The monkish representations of the wounds were depicted in countless rosaries and Books of Hours. A Cursory History of Swearing This stone may probably be considered as the monkish parallel for the magic stones which confer on their possessor invisibility, as we find them in the romances of enchantment. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Such is the story of the raid, so far as we can reconstruct it from monkish Latin sources. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn It will be realized from the above enumeration of works written in each century that Armenian literature was purely monkish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The natives were treated with great liberality by their monkish rulers. The Story of Malta The doctrine gained additional credit when transferred from the hands of monkish authors and embraced by popular and captivating pens. A Cursory History of Swearing According to the monkish legend, this pestiferous beast was of vast size, and by its deadly breath had destroyed two districts. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It was originally a monkish privilege extended to English ecclesiastics in criminal processes in secular courts. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days But since the 12th century, or even earlier, the higher clergy, i.e. patriarchs and bishops, have taken monkish vows and worn the cowl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" This morning his monkish reticence fell from him; he came out of his shell, and proved an agreeable companion with a great power to charm. Glories of Spain There is Tacitus, ever willing to sacrifice decency to antithesis, and Ausonius, whose ribald verses are like monkish recreation; yet he had withal a pretty currency of honest silver Latin, Christian though he was. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Even the Latin of the earlier Humanitarians reminds us of the subtle vapidness of monkish language, almost as much as of the artistic phrases of ancient rhetoricians. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The constraint within their closed walls was almost monkish. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. It was a monkish poem by some unknown Cremonese of the seventeenth century. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Where the regal will clashed with the monkish, the king went on his knees and gave way. Glories of Spain He was arrayed in an old dressing-gown, with a rope tied monkishly about his loins. A Yankee from the West A Novel His sincerity is abundantly evident, and his piety is admitted even by John Bale2, hostile as he was to monkish writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" There was still much useless scholastic pedantry, and what was then admired as elegant Latin, has somewhat of a monkish flavour. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Is that permit included in your monkish articles of association? The Firebrand But what a distance lies between this monkish nightmare and this artistic revelation! Underground Man However, stories of the same cast are frequent in the monkish historians. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Life is not sacrifice: it is a morbid, monkish idea. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance In those days everything was monkish," replied Inness; "architecture, knowledge, and religion. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Miss Peyton, scarce noticing the monkish refectory, runs to the stairs and mounts them eagerly, Sir James following her in a more leisurely fashion. Faith and Unfaith A number of Latin and Norse loan-words occur in them, and there can be little doubt that the monkish scribes consciously thrust the supernatural element into the background. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" These pious and innocent sectaries, of whom the very monkish historians speak well, appear to have nearly resembled the modern Moravians. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 He sighed a second time, as he added, "Indeed, I know not very well what, after all, is at the end—certainly not their monkish dreams of hell, purgatory, paradise!" The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The monkish figure bowed low over the wet fingers, and respectfully withdrew. International Short Stories American The monkish costume commanded respect even from royalty, and Don Pedro reined in his horse. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The revelations of monkish life by Boccaccio, Cintio, Arlotto, and a hundred other good Catholics, were a thousand times more damaging than the Epistolæ, because they were the unconscious betrayals of friends. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Those monkish annalists are poor authorities upon any point where their language is to be delicately measured. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The only learning which they patronised was the mummeries of monkish superstition and priestly adulation. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Though a handsome and well-formed man, and not altogether unfit for martial exercises, he delighted in pastimes rather befitting a monkish scholar than a soldier. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Perhaps he thought it would redound to the credit of the emperor, that he should have been willing to exchange the splendors of a throne for a life of monkish mortification. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Castilians, so called from one of their ancient kings, named Brix, or Brigus, whom the monkish writers call the grandson of Noah. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem This congregation of Cluny, then, was the first great monkish order in the West, and others soon followed it. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation Saint Pachomius was the first to form monkish foundations in the East. Women of Early Christianity At the early date of which we write, however, there is little or no information to be had about the peasantry; the monkish chroniclers mention them but rarely, and then unsympathetically. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) I hear, too, that you are very ignorant of the history of Rome, which you appear to have learned at second-hand from some monkish book in dog-Latin. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Were it not for the manors, the Middle Ages would lack almost altogether poetry and literature other than that of the monkish chroniclers. Women of England But when the monkish life was no longer new, monks neglected its rules, just as those before them had neglected the rules which holy Scripture and the Church had laid down for all Christians. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation This cruel deed, however, did not remain unavenged, for Eudocia did not interfere when Saturninus, in a monkish riot, or at the hands of hired murderers, lost his life. Women of Early Christianity When the monkish chroniclers are so very cold in their descriptions of personal charms, we are left to the poets. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Each had its point of interest, or monkish legend—the palace of a duke, a bit of crumbling Roman wall rising from the water—something to invest it with a charm. An American Girl Abroad In some of the monkish accounts of a place of future torments, a burning crown is appropriated to those who deprived any lawful monarch of his kingdom. Folk-lore of Shakespeare He was a man of genius and judgment, but yet beclouded by prejudices which were sacred to him, and which were probably owing to his monkish education in his early life. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Such was the old-time monkish estimate and endorsement of its virtues. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Robert's superstitious fears were worked on by his monkish advisers, particularly Abbo, Abbot of Fleury, "who incessantly reprimanded the king, in public and in, private." Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) He succeeded Pantaenus as president of the monkish university at Alexandria. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning What the old monkish legend that it represented is, I hardly know. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation And this monkish temper we may, I suppose, best understand by considering the aspect under which mountains are represented in the Monk's book. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The ecclesiastical foundation in Germany is properly attributable to monkish influences. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine So far we might be reading in a monkish chronicle; now we come on a fresh note, at once modern and Polynesian. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The judges, lay and monkish, agreeing in this one matter, and having no fear of each other’s overlooking, seem to have quietly passed over this contempt of outward forms. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages One year it is said they had the courage to leave out this farrago, with the hieroglyphics originally stolen by Lilly from monkish manuscripts, and from Lilly stolen by Moore. Old and New London Volume I Good-bye, Mr. Luttrell; I wish you wouldn't don that monkish dress of yours. Under False Pretences A Novel At one of the entrances is a bronze wolf, placed there to keep in memory a monkish legend which passes current at Aix-la-Chapelle to this day. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine What had I to do with a monkish frock and a whitewashed cell? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Nay, even the monkish lords of Saint Claude asked for a layman, honest Boguet, to sit in judgment on their own people, who were much given to witchcraft. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The visit of St. Paul to England in the time of Boadicea's war, and that of Joseph of Arimathea, are mere monkish legends. Old and New London Volume I From the "Dies Ir�" there rings forth grand poetry even in monkish Latin. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition At the rudder sits a pale man, Clad in black and monkish robes. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Such is Dryden’s use of the word might—the mere sign of a tense—in his pretended ridicule of the monkish practice of rising to sing psalms in the night. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The monkish precepts of early Christianity could only suit men of the temper of those who first embraced it. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices In later days monkish historians, whom Milton afterwards followed, ignored these poor early relations of ours and invented, as a more fitting ancestor of Englishmen, Brute, a fugitive nephew of Æneas of Troy. Old and New London Volume I Every day the doctrine of the unscripturalness of clerical dominion gained ground, and penetrated even among the brethren of the convent, a part of whom threw off their monkish garments. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Sowles motioned to a monkish aide at a desk, who scribbled furiously in a drab notebook. Telempathy In those early days it was carpetless and contained almost a monkish minimum of furniture. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" How I should rebel at the office, repugn under the Ulster coat, and repudiate your monkish humours thus unjustly and suddenly thrust upon poor, infidel me! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Having mounted a hundred stairs, the adventurer is in a comfortable hall, above which are the dining room, once a monkish refectory, and an ancient church, now used as a private chapel. Memoirs of Life and Literature “He said the truth, too,” added the penitent librarian, “for in my monkish fashion I adore the Princess.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The peculiar superiority of his system is in its exquisite setting forth of Chastity under the figure of Britomart; not monkish chastity, but that of the purest Love. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), —The escape from action in an artificial absence of all events in life, which often sinks to a veritable brutalizing of man, is the distinguishing feature of all monkish pedagogics. Pedagogics as a System He had become rigorous in his taste in neckties and only grays and blacks and browns adorned the almost monkish severity of his garb. In the Heart of a Fool Near the wall stood a fragment of sculptured stone—a monkish relic—once, perhaps, the base of a cross. Shirley The Lapchas are a set of vigorous barbarians, about one half of whom had been deluded by the monkish austerities, and superior learning of the Lamas. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha And although at a later period the rapacity, dissoluteness, and tyranny of the monkish orders led to revolt, by that time the imagination of all had been thoroughly impressed with the value of religion. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Within education we can distinguish three epochs: the monkish, the chivalric, and that education which is to fit one for civil life. Pedagogics as a System Solemn and priestly, or at least monkish, it certainly is. Under the Maples But it was helplessly and thoroughly personal, and it was no more philosophized than a monkish chronicle of the Middle Ages. The Quality of Mercy Martha was dressed in an ample habit of black woollen cloth, girded her waist with the band of a monkish order, to which was suspended a rosary of huge black counters. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. He nodded as he continued: “I sometimes feel the way the monkish fraternity did at Oxford when they claimed ‘they banished God and admitted women.’ The Gorgeous Girl The independence of individuality, as opposed to monkish abstraction, more or less degenerates into the crude form of soldier and pirate life. Pedagogics as a System But his pristine energy was worn down by long suffering and sorrow; the monkish menace crushed him. Italy, the Magic Land But they were the realization of a dream which had often passed through the monkish heart—the embodiment, of a wish which had often brought tears into the eyes of genuine enthusiasts. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Curious eleemosynary phases of our monkish system, these modern times reveal. The Book of Khalid Yet we should make a grave mistake if we were to regard Holbein as cut off by this reaction from all affinities with the monkish ideals of the Cologne school. Holbein Such an indifference towards nature and history produces the education which we have called monkish. Pedagogics as a System His supposed burial, whether in St. Paul's or at Westminster, belongs to monkish legendary lore, and cannot be discussed as serious history. Memorials of Old London Volume I He wore long black robes, loose and rather monkish in their fashion. Robin Hood In like manner, the pencil of Cervantes has given a far more distinct and a richer portraiture of life in Spain in the sixteenth century than can be gathered from a library of monkish chronicles. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I It was only when he could not get what he wanted that he had curious returns of monkish reasoning. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome In and for itself the object of the monkish vow—property, the family, and will—is not immoral. Pedagogics as a System It was still the ancestral Anglo-Saxon crown which glittered on Edgar's head, but, if we may so say, its splendour had at the same time received a monkish and hierarchic colouring. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Friar Tuck had produced some old monkish gowns from under a bench. Robin Hood "Oh, sir," said Ellen, laughing, "I know better than that; I know it was only a monkish trick." The Wide, Wide World In the evenings she and the young people went wandering by moonlight through the cloisters, exploring the monkish cells and chapels. Famous Women: George Sand In contradistinction to the monkish education, Chivalry placed an infinite value on individuality, and this it expressed in its extreme sensibility to the feeling of honor. Pedagogics as a System All these monkish settlements—not only on the Napo, but on the other tributaries of the Amazon—were at one time in a state of considerable prosperity. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Their preaching was singularly unsuccessful, if the monkish writers are to be trusted. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford The boy's room was furnished in the manner of the curate's chamber—which, indeed, was severe and chaste enough: for the curate practiced certain monkish austerities not common to the clergy of this day. The Mother The Latin editions of part of these works have been modified by the corrections which the monkish editors confess that they applied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The Roundheads dour, with their pitiless creed, had failed to destroy its fragrant sanctity, which lingered in those foot-worn aisles like the memory of incense, the echo of a monkish prayer. The Orchard of Tears Precious manuscripts of the Greek classics had their original writing wiped off to make room for monkish homilies. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions According to the monkish chroniclers, not one survived. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Ari's books, written not in monkish Latin, but in a good vigorous vernacular, were a mine of information from which all subsequent Icelandic historians were accustomed to draw such treasures as they needed. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest As might have been expected, the monkish dreamer, unusually liberal as he was in his views, had but a slighting opinion of women. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Into a tall, gaunt tower we plunged, down a winding staircase, and suddenly we came into a vast hall, stately with tapestries and innumerable monkish carvings—and all brightly lighted with electricity! Humorous Ghost Stories This monkish turn of mind had increased upon the king since his return from the Crusades. Richard I Makers of History The tale is valuable as a picture of Celtic saintdom; no monkish fabulists would have told such stories of Latin saints. The Cornwall Coast The king ordered ten thousand masses to be said here for the repose of his soul; and intended that the monkish establishment should remain for ever to attend to them. A Red Wallflower No physical error can be more profound, no moral error more dangerous, than that involved in the monkish doctrine of the opposition of body to soul. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing He needs no dungeon keeps and monkish cells to play about in—not he! Humorous Ghost Stories We saw the old monkish inscriptions, and we sailed over the lake to Parnasset—the sweetest evening I remember. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The grave at Glastonbury, it must be owned with regret, is now generally understood to be a monkish fable. The Cornwall Coast The park itself has not been submitted to the attentions of the landscape gardener: it is natural and unspoiled as in monkish times. The Dukeries Surely, for a monkish song, their melody is most odd; yet monks they are, for all are clothed in gray, like Father Anselm, and a rope round the waist of each. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale The old monkish chronicles tell us that the battle lasted seven days. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History While the sovereigns of England, France, and Russia have been communing with the higher world, our college presidents have their heads and eyes covered with the cowl of monkish superstition and ignorance. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 This, however, can not make it improbable, for these chronologies are really no more reasonable than the monkish fancies used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to explain these civilizations. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology The poor prior quailed, despaired, and hastily bolted, leaving an old and an angry monkish comrade to face the situation with a small company of lay brothers. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Altogether the library gave evidence of a refined taste, and was a cross between a monkish cell and a sybarite's bower. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story At last, a little before Luther's public appearance, a conflict occurred between the "poets," as the humanists were fond of calling themselves, and the "barbarians," as they called the theologians and monkish writers. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The word is very ancient, and has come down to us through the monkish vocabulary of the cloister. Royal Palaces and Parks of France This furnished excellent material for the hagiologists of that age; but, like every thing else peculiar to these monkish romancers, it betrayed great lack of knowledge. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology If ever monk could obtain heaven by his monkish works, I should certainly have been entitled to it.... The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The Queen had such austerity mingled with her graciousness and such grace with her severity, says her monkish biographer, loving an antithesis, that all feared and respected her presence. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets Some of the classical scholars were for doing away with theology altogether, as a vain, monkish study which only obscured the great truths of religion. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe But midst the mouldering relics of the dead In shapes fantastic, which the brethren rear, Profaned by heretic’s unhallowed tread, The monkish skeletons erect appear. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I Among those who use reason in their inquiries sufficiently to be incapable of accepting the absurdities of monkish fancy, this hypothesis has found more favor than any other. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology The remains of monkish buildings cumber the ground outside of London walls as well as within. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Hitherto the written language had been the monkish Latin; now the poets began to use their own tongues. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture They permitted a man to be both at once; the knight might wear a monkish cowl over his coat of mail. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Here he assumed the monkish dress with three hundred of his minions, abandoning to the boyars the government of the empire, but keeping the military power in his own hands. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Such a monkish notion I should not have expected from one who has so long toyed with philosophy; but in this ye are all alike, fools and wise men. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Luther, according to the scandal of his monkish enemies, was a brat of that hellish breed; nor was Pearl the only child to whom this inauspicious origin was assigned, among the New England Puritans. The Scarlet Letter It is in all likelihood one of those wild and monkish legends that may be fitted or applied to any situation, according to the whim of the narrator. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The Greek tragedy, the monkish legend, the knightly romance, each has ruled its own period. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 That monkish hatred of the body which figures so prominently in the works of certain early devotional writers is wholly without support in the Word of God. The Pursuit of God Clothed in his monkish garb, his face furrowed and seamed; the lustre of his eyes dimmed by the tears of centuries—there stood Albertus. War and the Weird Here and there a lone missionary attempted to wheedle the simple natives into a belief in his monkish religion, or when able to do so forced it upon them, by fire and sword! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon His monkish garb was a passport to their obedience; and the friar was received on board with great reverence and respect. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Yet it has shown shrewdness in Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, its prosperity proving that the Spaniard can be a thrifty mortal whether he wears a monkish cowl or a military uniform. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Thus far, he had allowed the outcry which Luther had raised against indulgences to take its course, and even disregarded the theses, which he supposed originated in a monkish squabble. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Incredible to you in the nature of things, wise reader, and too palpably a gloss of monkish folly on the older story? Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens He inclines to the monkish view of women, but he describes good and noble women. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Our information is largely derived from ecclesiastical historians and, later on, from monkish chronicles, which as a rule are meagre in a surprising degree. The Story of Eclipses After her first angry resistance of Savonarola had passed away, she had lost all remembrance of the old dread lest any influence should drag her within the circle of fanaticism and sour monkish piety. Romola How very singular that the countrymen of the grand Bentham should set any value upon that old monkish book. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure “Be sure you don’t get mixed up and describe monkish fichus and gold leaf on the bias, or you’ll be everlastingly disgraced in the office.” Jewel Weed He did not claim to have invented it, for he knew of the monkish acrostics; but for six months he had amused his friends with his revival before he showed them to Mark Lemon. The History of "Punch" Now this is not the cold speculation of age, or monkish austerity. The Young Man's Guide The vision was an ordinary monkish vision, bred of fasting and fanatical ideas. Romola In monkish days, I suppose, I should have gone into a cloister. David Malcolm It will be remembered that Martin Luther, in his monkish days, heard voices, and was in communication with both angels and devils. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 “I thought he had a rather monkish air about him,” he said aloud. Unwise Child She was “a woman devout above all others” in the eyes of the monkish chroniclers. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time For a monkish chronicler, it was natural to estimate the progress of affairs by the number of abbeys founded; the virtue of men by the sum-total of donations to the clergy. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works It is pitiable to see well-meaning Protestant writers, even in our own day, repeating after each other the old monkish calumnies, and never so much as pausing to inquire, Are these things so? A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The commercial aspect of ecclesiastical cures, however, was discovered by other than priestly or monkish eyes, and different forms began to be presented. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing So little did his writings show any knowledge of antiquity, that I strongly suspect, if required to name one of the monkish doctors, he would have answered—Aristotle. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I He is described by the monkish chroniclers as “very handsome and very courteous, most dissolute of life, and extremely remiss in all matters of religion.” The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time In many cases the secular clergy were turned out of their livings to make room for members of the regular monkish orders. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See In no monkish chronicle, unless written by a Bonus Homo, will the name of Earl Edmund be found recorded without some word of condemnation. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The former sometimes appeared in monkish garb and brayed responses to the intonations of the priests, while the latter, arrayed in fantastic costumes, seems to have been the prototype of clown in the pantomime. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers Siddhattha, spare thy monkish rant, Far better than thy cowardly submission, Far nobler and befitting it would be, To draw the sword and die a hero's death. The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes It would have been interesting to note how monkish reporters would clothe, or rather veil, their account of proceedings in suitable language. From a Terrace in Prague It is not surprising that a prince impatient even of wholesome rebuke was enraged at this monkish tirade. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 I come from France, where I have been entreating—and vainly entreating—succor from yet another monkish king, the pious Lewis of that realm. Chivalry The Magyars seem to have applied to Bosnia that label which the monkish mediæval map-makers applied to the remoter peoples: "Here dwell very evil men." The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 He kept himself free from monkish evils in habits and conduct, and as he preached the loftiest morality by word as by life, the people honored holiness in him. Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm But simplicity of narrative constitute the greatest and sometimes the only charm in the composition of the monkish chroniclers. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages The Imperial family, it is said, have no affection for the monkish orders; indeed, the feeling of dislike is mutual. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar The monkish orders of Mexico have remained unchanged from the time of their first establishment. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Our experience is like that of the monkish builders, according to many an old legend, who found every morning that yesterday's work had been pulled down in the darkness by demon hands. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. He hated the old monkish teaching and desired literary freedom, but he could not forgive the excesses of this thorough-going reformer. Heroes of Modern Europe We here catch a glimpse of the quiet life of a monkish student, who labored with this monotonous regularity to amass his little library. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages My monkish life did me yeoman service when it proved necessary to comfort Vasantasenā, so untimely wearied, and to lead her on her way. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika This digging has destroyed the old monkish fiction to reinstate the truly Indian idea of the dead, and of the necessity of mounds for their burial. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited I took off my hat, that they might see I wore no monkish tonsure, and drank. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Saxulf, who had superintended the building of the abbey, was the first abbot whose name is mentioned in the monkish chronicles as its ruler. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents As may be supposed, the monkish librarians often became great bibliophiles, for being in constant communication with choice manuscripts, they soon acquired a great mania for them. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Vine-leaves and bunches of grapes 18 decorate some of the more ancient columns inside the church, and grotesque mediæval monsters, such as monkish architects habitually delighted in, entwine themselves around the capitals of others. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines To the descendants of the Pilgrims the very name smacked of incense, stole, and monkish jargon. Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 He had no monkish theories about the necessity of abstinence; but he was temperate from habit and principle. Short Studies on Great Subjects It is likely that of Peterburgh escaped the fury of the king's soldiers, for we do not read of any outrage being committed upon it at that time in the monkish records. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents To write the literary history of its old monastery would spread over more pages than this volume contains, so many learned and bookish abbots are mentioned in its monkish annals. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages There was a monkish legend that about the middle of the 7th century this pair of saints set out in search of a suitable site for the future monastery. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The Commissioners found nineteen books in the library, and rumours of monkish debauchery without the walls. Highways and Byways in Sussex In the lives of the saints, in the monkish histories, there are many parallel cases. Short Studies on Great Subjects The architectural character of the building at this period cannot be strictly ascertained; but, from the accounts given of it by monkish writers, it is supposed to have been of the pure Saxon style. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents The west of England was honored by many a monkish bibliophile in the middle ages. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages The friars of a monastery took pity on them and hid them in a tower, disguised with monkish cowls. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Here one may see the old monkish fish stews, so useful on Fridays, in perfection. Highways and Byways in Sussex Curiously enough, the tale I had heard at the ruined castle tallied in the main with the monkish documents here preserved. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Are not some drawings, some statues, some coins, all monkish manuscripts, and some books, rarities? Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Alas! memoirs of bad monks and worldly abbots are sometimes found blotting the holy pages of the monkish annals. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Above all, no jobbing, no sinecure, no monkish stalls for lazy idlers. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. He had birth, breeding, abilities; why must he wrap himself in monkish sackcloth, in monkish celibacy? Jane Journeys On He wore a monkish habit and on his head was a huge shovel-shaped hat, the sort affected by Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques It would be idle to multiply instances of this sort from the monkish writers. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Thank God such cases are not very frequent; and the reader of monkish annals will not find many instances of such cold and unfeeling cruelty to distress his studies or to arouse his indignation. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages If science, true science, yields to it, learning will very soon vanish from the face of the earth again, and nothing but monkish lore and the dark ages return. Canada and the Canadians Volume I In support of England's claim, monkish writers assert that the virtue was inherent in our kings as early as the days of Edward the Confessor. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Of course the usual explanation offered is that monastic education did not permit the study of the nude, and hence the monkish ignorance of figure drawing. Illuminated Manuscripts After dinner they "buffooned about the house" in a set of monkish dresses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The affair was quite an event, and seems to have caused much sensation among them at the time; and is mentioned to show with what esteem Thomas was regarded by his monkish brethren. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages This seems very credible, and the old monkish chronicler who was responsible for the Registrum Primum and its rugged Latin, may have had authentic proof of the truth of his assertion. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See The doctrine of the creation of the world only six or seven thousand years ago is a product of monkish ignorance of the original language of the Bible. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity It was a monkish legend that the devil could take the shape of any bird or beast, except those of the dove and the lamb. Illuminated Manuscripts A strange light is thrown by this upon monkish morals of the day; one would have thought no abbot would ever have been supposed possible of committing such offences. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey I wish the monkish annalist had recorded the life of this early bibliomaniac, but unfortunately we know little of him. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Indignation was rife, and monkish versifiers and chroniclers protested in lines more or less uncomplimentary, and more or less forcible, their loathing of such sin of simony. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See Every one that has perused the ancient monkish writers know that, however barbarous their own style, they are full of allusions to the Latin classics, especially the poets. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. There are three things, said an old monkish chronicler, which often make me sad. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Well, you have done credit to us, boy, and your monkish reading and writing has not harmed you, as I was afraid it would. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower Thus it stood till that period, so dark and unpropitious for monkish ascendency, when Protestant fury ran wild, and destruction thundered upon the heads of those poor old monks! Bibliomania in the Middle Ages The monkish appearance of the population was no less novel, while his own appearance caused the gownsmen to retaliate his curiosity. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 Probably the later monkish establishment of the Three Holy Bournes had taken the place of a similarly named heathen sanctuary where the three Sisters of Fate were once adored. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda The monkish severity of a morbid and erroneous theology, darkening the present and prescribing pain in it to brighten the future and increase its pleasures, legitimates an earnest reaction. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life No, no, my lad, you have plenty to learn before you come to be a man, without bothering your head with this monkish stuff. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower But is it not distressing to find that this talented author, so superior in other respects to the crude compilers of monkish history, cannot rise above the superstition of the age? Bibliomania in the Middle Ages René of Anjou, her unfortunate successor, found a solace for exile in his books, and showed in a Burgundian prison that he could paint a vellum as cleverly as a monkish scribe. The Great Book-Collectors To be good by doing good was an idea the monkish mind had not grasped. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers But he was severe to himself, an ascetic nicknamed for his monkish narrowness "Friar Wooden-shoe" by the Roman populace. The Age of the Reformation Roger was dressed in the usual monkish attire of the time, a long loose gown with a cape, and a head covering resembling a small turban. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower The monkish pens he found moving too slow, and yielding less fruit than formerly. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages It claims to be an everlasting protest against priestly tyranny, and monkish authority, and abject spiritual servitude in the laity. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 "Of course it is; the whole thing is a fraud," the monkish young man was saying angrily. Last Enemy Then, tearing his monkish robe to shreds, each deprived himself of a garment to dress him becomingly. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond I naturally replied that I was grateful for his lordship's intercession; and that, outside monkish offices, there was nothing I would not do to merit his kindness. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower There is a curious illumination of this monkish bibliophile in the Cotton manuscript. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages "Oh, Sir," said Ellen, laughing, "I know better than that; I know it was only a monkish trick." The Wide, Wide World Senator Hanway's monkish brow went often puckered of a most uncanonical frown as he thought upon that sardonic Destiny which had thrust this Governor Obstinate forward to become a stumbling block in his way. The President A novel The train swept away, leaving the monkish messenger alone, the king's disdainful laugh still in his ears. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The young Bernard was a fair child, and his history, as seen from the perspective of his monkish historian, shows that even in his earliest youth he was predestined for saintship. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches But besides all this, they robbed them of that which those poor monkish bibliophiles loved more than all. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Besides, before the invention of printing had been perfected and brought into common service, the multiplication of books was principally the work of monkish pens. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes He retained his monkish garb till he entered the mountain district, where he fell in with his two companions, and they proceeded, as we have seen, to the quarters of their king. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History Doubtless, what they deemed the womanish or monkish tastes of their young monarch were objects of scorn and ridicule to those hardy thanes, upon whom ignorance lay like a thick garment. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality To Hutten, who cared nothing for doctrinal points, it had no significance; the more monkish strifes the better—"the sooner would the enemies eat each other up." The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches To one who has spent much time in reading the lives and writings of the monkish theologians, how refreshing is such a character as that of Ælfric's. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages This would be to exclude ourselves from an acquaintance with all past time, except in monkish fiction and the feudal barbarism of the Goths of the north. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc It puts me in mind of a fable which I read in a monkish author. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Lud Hurdebras is supposed to have been the eighth king from Brute, whom the Bards, and after them, the monkish historians, report to have been the first monarch of Britain. The Children's Portion These, which are intended for human wraps and not as saddle-bags, are only sewn up at one end, so as to form something very like the old monkish hood. Spanish Life in Town and Country Surprise and wonder almost surpass the admiration we feel at beholding this proud testimonial of monkish industry and early bibliomania. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages There was a reference, in the chapter dealing with Graywater, so a certain monkish manuscript said to repose in the national collection and to contain a plan of these passages and stairways. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor For behind them the evening sky had dulled to a deep and solemn wash of blood red, across which lay one lonely bar of black cloud, solid as spilled ink on a monkish page. The Black Douglas Anyone who well considers what marriage is will deem it no less grievous than a monkish life. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) There was further no monkish reform that was not wrought by his hand, so that people called him the "father of true monasticism." The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) Heedless of the danger of the expedition, but looking forward only to the consummation of his fond design, he started on his missionary enterprise, accompanied by one or two of his monkish brethren. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages In opposition to the monkish ideal of a contemplative life which had hitherto obtained, a new ideal, the ideal of the courtier's life, was upheld; ecclesiastical saintliness was contrasted with knightly honour. The Evolution of Love A set of monkish dresses, which had been provided, with all the proper apparatus of crosses, beads, tonsures, &c. often gave a variety to our appearance, and to our pursuits. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals The supposed value of these relics was the cause of the night raid on the tomb—a practice not uncommon in the days of monkish supremacy. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Doctor Burroughs is a scholar, rejoicing in the possession of an old, illuminated missal, which he showed us, adorned with brilliant miniatures and other pictures by some monkish hand. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The registers of Evesham Monastery, near Worcester, speak of several monkish bibliophiles, and the bookish anecdotes relating to them are sufficiently interesting to demand some attention here. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Indeed, it is the product of the mediaeval, monkish mind. On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms Let us first take the parable of the Desolate Island, one of those adapted by the monkish compilers of European mediæval tales, to which reference has been made in the preceding sections: Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers I suppose that it would have been no relief from the difficulties of his hypothesis to say that it was a gradual, unconsciously formed deposit of the monkish mind! The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Cassiodorus, especially active in promoting the spiritual phase of monkish retreat, made the intellectual life also his concern. Horace and His Influence The questions mooted he referred to a mere monkish jealousy—an unsober gust of passion which would soon blow over. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties I had believed that the last retreat of monkish darkness, bigotry, and abhorrence of those advances of the mind which had carried the other States a century ahead of them. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 It is a method of supporting colleges of which they have no idea, though they practise it for the support of their lazy monkish institutions. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 None ever carried into practice more fully the old monkish maxim Labor est orare. Elizabeth Fry For the matter of the poem, the wild voyage of the mad monkish lover with the dead Bride of Heaven, it strikes, of course, on the common reef of the Romantic—the ridiculous. The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras Thrown into the centre of human society, Christianity very easily consented to receive rich men into her bosom, just as Buddhism, exclusively monkish in its origin, soon began, as conversions multiplied, to admit the laity. The Life of Jesus It was written in monkish Latin at any time between the eighth and ninth centuries, and is connected with later versions of the Nibelungenlied, which contains numerous allusions to it. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Why do we quote all these old monkish and neoplatonic legends? Lost Leaders What a change from the classic subjects or monkish legends which occupied the pencils of David and his greater predecessors, Le Sueur and Poussin! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 It is not such a rare occurrence that a monk forgets the one or the other of the minutiae of the daily monkish routine. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Although the monkish historians, affected with the partiality of their character, and with the sense of recent injuries, expressed themselves with passion concerning him, we have no other guides to follow. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The sainthood of St. Ursula is distinctly doubtful, and the number of her retinue, eleven thousand, has been proved to be an error in monkish calligraphy. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine A grand procession marked the day of the Duke's admission into the monkish fraternity. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One His tragedy of the Revenge is monkish and scholastic. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution He willingly bowed to "the gentle yoke of Christ"—thus ran the monkish ritual—which the life of an eremite among eremites was to impose on him. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The greater part of the schools were conducted by Jesuits and other monkish orders, and nothing taught therein but bad Latin. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Coaches, on their first invention, offered a fruitful source of declamation, as an inordinate luxury, particularly among the ascetics of monkish Spain. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Latin would have fared as badly, had not his interest in Matthew Paris and other monkish chroniclers "kept up a kind of familiarity with the language even in its rudest state." A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century If you have any orders in the monkish direction—no? Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Home and Church had cooperated in deepening the impressions of the sanctity of the monkish life in him. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Then there are the specially skilled hands who in their monkish seclusion work at the instruments wherewith scientific wonders are wrought. Side Lights Such, I think, is very nearly the state of the question between the ancient founders of monkish superstition and the superstition of the pretended philosophers of the hour. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Can any of your correspondents inform me of any similar instance of longevity being recorded in monkish chronicles? Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 It was now growing rapidly dark, and the more distant objects in the room were wrapped in obscurity; but Alizon's gaze rested on the two monkish figures supporting the wardrobe. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Above the vast and magnificent portal of this gate arose a window of the same order, whose pointed arches still exhibited fragments of stained glass, once the pride of monkish devotion. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Lonely castles, secret passages, gloomy churches, and monkish superstitions,—all were adapted to the tale of unknown dangers and fearful predicaments which Mrs. Radcliffe had to tell. A History of English Prose Fiction The monkish chroniclers, from whom we are obliged to glean a narrative of this memorable campaign, bear full evidence to the terror which the Saracen invasion inspired, and to the agony of that great struggle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 The knowledge displayed by my unknown visitor of the history of that old monkish corner of England was truly amazing. The Green Eyes of Bâst A mere glance was all she was allowed, but it sufficed to show her the large oak chest, though the monkish robe lately suspended above it, and which had particularly attracted her attention, was gone. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest One night, about the hour of vespers, two men, habited in monkish apparel, came to the cell of the Hermit of the Rock. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The supernatural element is stronger perhaps in the story of the Saint Gr�al than in any other romance, and the monkish inspiration of the work is everywhere manifest. A History of English Prose Fiction These old monkish poems are somewhat wearisome as continuous reading, but their monotonous enthusiasm about the conquest of desire is leavened by a sincere and observant love of nature. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 We must cultivate conscience until we have too much of it, and become monkish, savage and misanthropic. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal Slowly then did a long procession of monkish forms, robed in white, glide along the aisles, and gather round the altar. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Erasmus enjoyed Lucian as a corrective of monkish superstition, though he himself was essentially Christian. The Life of Froude The structure of these monasteries shows clearly that the monkish system of the Buddhists is far too ancient to have been copied from the Christians. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology This is the portion so deplorably slurred by these old monkish writers. The Sword Maker The traditions of his philosophy pointed towards withdrawal from the world and from outward occupations—towards the monkish ideal, in a word; but the modern spirit was already astir within him. Christian Mysticism "Two years after your immurement in the cell, the food having been for some time untouched, the wall was opened, and upon the pallet was found a decayed carcase in mouldering, monkish vestments." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest |
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