 He had no relish for amusements of any kind. He endeavoured to conform, in his manner of living, to all the rigour of monastic austerity. He desired no other society than that of monks, and was almost continually employed with them in chanting the hymns...  A Book of Ballads on German History - Page 136by Wilhelm Wagner - 1877 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1840 - 670 pages
...An illiberal and 1 1 ! n¡< i superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements ot any kind. He endeavoured to conform, in his manner...he gave himself the discipline in secret with such seventy, that the whip of cords which he employed as the instrument of his punishment, was found after... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1848 - 672 pages
...contemporaries. An illiberal and .nniii superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements ot any kind. He endeavoured to conform, in his manner...monastic austerity. He desired no other society than that o. monks, and was almost continually employed with them in chanting the hymns of the Missal. As an... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1856 - 656 pages
...contemporaries. An illiberal and :i|iiid superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements ot any kind. He endeavoured to conform, in his manner...living, to all the rigour of monastic austerity. He desiied no other society than that o« monks, and was almost continually employed with them in chanting... | |
 | William Robertson - 1857 - 600 pages
...distinguished Charles among his contemporaries. An illiberal and timid superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements of any kind. He endeavoured...chanting the hymns of the missal. As an expiation for his 8ins, he gave himself the discipline in secret with such severity, that the whip of cords which he... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1864 - 648 pages
...distinguished Charles among; his contemporaries. An illiberal and iimid superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements of any kind. He endeavoured to conform, in his manner of living, to al1 the rigour of monastic austerity. He desired no other society than that o* monks, and was almost... | |
 | James Stevenson Blackwood - 1881 - 132 pages
...The barren sequel let Plazencia tell." " An illiberal and timid superstition depressed his spirit, he had no relish for amusements of any kind. He endeavoured...his manner of living to all the rigour of monastic severity. He desired no other society than that of monks, and was almost continually employed with... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1884 - 726 pages
...distinguished Charles among his contemporaries. An illiberal and timid superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements of any kind. He endeavoured...himself the discipline in secret with such severity tliat the whip of cords which he employed as the instrument of his punishment was found, after his... | |
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