 | William Russell - 1802 - 550 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn, no less childish than impious, was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...ass: and the people, instead of the usual response, brayed three times in return*. Letters began to revive in the eleventh century, but made small progress... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 516 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise : and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...he dismissed the people,' brayed three times like .ail ass ; and the people, instead of the usual re* «ponse, We bless the Lord, brayed three times... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 598 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...bless the Lord, brayed three times in the same manner. Du Cange, voc.Jestum, v. iii, p. 424. This ridiculous ceremony was not, like the festival of limis,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 596 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...bless the Lord, brayed three times in the same manner. Du Cange, voc.jestum, v. iii, p. 42-i. This ridiculous ceremony was not, like the festival of fools,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...bless the Lord, brayed three times in the same manner. Du Cange, \oc.festum, v. iii, p. 424. This ridiculous ceremony was not, like the festival of fools,... | |
 | James Townley - 1813 - 230 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn, no less childish than impious, was sung in his praise; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...ass ; and the people, instead of the usual response, brayed three times in return. (133) But in the midst of illiteracy and superstition, justice claims... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places — a hymn, no less childish than impious, was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...ass ; and the people, instead of the usual response, brayed three times in re. turn.* " Every thing sacred in religion," says Mons. Voltaire, when treating... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places — a hymn, no less childish than impious, was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...ass ; and the people, instead of the usual response, brayed three times in re. turn.* " Every thing sacred in religion," says Mons. Voltaire, when treating... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 366 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise ; and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...bless the Lord, brayed three times in the same manner. Du Cange, voc. Festum, v. iii. p. 424. This ridiculous ceremony was not, like the festival of fools,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 534 lehte
...taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise : and when the ceremony was ended, the priest, instead of...bless the Lord, brayed three times in the same manner. Du Cange, voc. Festum, vol. iii. p. 424. This ridiculous ceremony was not, like the festival of fools,... | |
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A young girl richly dressed, with a child in her arms, was set upon an ass superbly caparisoned. The ass was led to the altar in solemn procession. High mass was said with great pomp. The ass was taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish... 
