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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Catholic World.Volume I.Issues 1-6.by E. Rameur.THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
VOL. I., NO. 1.-
The Catholic World.Volume I.Issues 1-6.by E. Rameur.THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
VOL. I., NO. 1.--APRIL, 1865.From Le Correspondant.THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.BY E. RAMEUR.[The following article will no doubt be interesting to our readers, not
- 101 On regaining the library, I dozed away the remainder of the dark hours in the same commodious arm-chair, and as soon as the bell began to toll for the seven o'clock prayers, I pa.s.sed unnoticed out of the building and regained my lodgings."Been
- 102 The _Breviloquium_ treats on the nature of man, who exists not of himself, nor by emanation from G.o.d, but was called into life out of nothing by the Creator, and lives by no mortal life borrowed from the outer world, but by its own and immortal life, in
- 103 "Entirely alone; but so gay, of a disposition so sweet, that though poorly fed and overworked she never complained. When she pa.s.sed, morning and night, she had always a pleasant word for old Antoine. You will not believe it, but for three days she
- 104 Toil is the law of the ice-clad land--toil, not to wrest from the bosom of the earth her children's sustenance, but to tear from the amphibious creatures, from whom they have learned how to shelter themselves from the cold, and whose skins cover them
- 105 THE AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA AND REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1864.8vo., pp. 838. New York: D. Appleton & Company.The Annual Cyclopedia grows more and more valuable and interesting every year. The present volume is a great improvement upon a
- 106 Septimus Severus had reigned for ten years, as we said above, before he began to persecute. He was undoubtedly an able and vigorous emperor; he could meet his enemies and get rid of his friends, bribe the Praetorians and slaughter his prisoners of war, wi
- 107 V.But, to see the poor darling go limping for miles To read books to sick people!--and just of an age When girls learn the meaning of ribbons and smiles,-- Makes me feel like a squirrel that turns in a cage.The more I push thinking, the more I resolve: I
- 108 The doctrine relies upon Matt, xviii. 20. Here the Catholic acceptation of a realization of the essence of the Church, historically manifested, would appear to be directly excluded. The pa.s.sage adduced makes Christ abide among us, and accordingly makes
- 109 Methinks this was partly ascribable to a certain likeness between the scenes described by the poet and some which take place at this time in our country. In the maiden of high and n.o.ble thoughts, fair, but heedless of her beauty, who stood in the presen
- 110 Here the good man's voice faltered a little, and he made a stop in his discourse; but in a little while said that he had thought it behoved him to set down in writing such matters concerning Sir Thomas's life as he could then call to remembrance
- 111 And so he laughing, and she prettily checking his wanton speech, and such sweet loving looks and playful words pa.s.sing between them as gladdened my heart to see.Some time after, I found one day my Lady Surrey looking somewhat grave and thoughtful. She g
- 112 In this instance, a light swept rapidly over the face of the water, resembling the light in a cabin window, but moving with great rapidity. It pa.s.sed near the boat, and caused much consternation among the boatmen, who viewed it as something supernatural
- 113 In each tower, the bells of silver, Bronze or iron, swayed so proudly, Tolling deep and swinging cheerly, Beating fast and beating loudly.One! Two! Three! Four! ever sounding; Two! Four! One! Three! still repeating; Five! Seven! Six! Eight! hurrying, chas
- 114 There was a pause, and Kate was the next to speak."Not but I must admit that Emon-a-knock is a milder, better boy in some respects than Tom. He has a nicer way with him, Winny, and I think it is easier somehow to like him than to like Tom.""
- 115 "Good morrow kindly, Tom," she replied, wis.h.i.+ng to be civil, and taking it. She knew she was "in for it," as she expressed it to herself; but encouraged "by the hope within her springing," and softened by the antic.i.p.at
- 116 Let Winny alone for that. Women seldom make a bad guess in such a case.Winny's mental and nervous system having both regained their ordinary degree of composure, she left her room, and proceeded through the house upon her usual occupations. She was n
- 117 From this doc.u.ment, the authenticity of which is indisputable, we learn the utter untruthfulness of Young's recital. True, Narcissa was buried at night, and most probably {799} without any religious service, and a considerable sum charged for the p
- 118 Bareges was not then what it has now become. A few thatched cottages and one house with a slated roof were all it could boast. Madame de Maintenon and her sick charge, the little duke, had but one room, meanly furnished, where he slept by her side. The pl
- 119 Never did any lady occupy a more remarkable and in some respects a more enviable position than herself. "There never was a case like it,"says Madame de Sevigne, "and there never will be such a one again."She united the most opposite co
- 120 {826} But this is a grim and statistical ungracious view, not all suited to this Dublin May morning.It is known, then, on this gay Dublin May morning, that the young prince, who in this island has always been looked to with an affectionate interest, has b
- 121 LONDON.A Dublin saunterer of antiquarian propensities pacing the flags in front of Christ church, or elbowing his troublesome way down the narrow defile called Castle street, can scarcely escape a certain sense of awe as he looks on the houses and the pa.
- 122 before the fire, could not be got under 55_s._ after it.Later in time, Little Britain, from Duck-lane to the Pump, became a literary quarter. When Benjamin Franklin first visited London he took lodgings in Little Britain at 3_s_. 6_d_, per week, next door
- 123 Where do we find the difference between this middle theory and the law of M. Tremaux? In nothing but a greater or less importance attributed to the influence of soil; and even this difference is more apparent than real. The _fundamental law_ so understood
- 124 "Don't you see it, ma'am," he said, "growing against the wall? I think it is almost the gem of the whole garden.""Oh, what a beauty!" she exclaimed; "and how well it has grown!""Yes, ma'am,"
- 125 Number 12 brings the work down to the pontificate of Sixtus III., 432. THE MARTYRS MONUMENT. Being the patriotism and political wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as exhibited in his speeches, messages, orders, and proclamations from the presidential canva.s.s of
- 126 The Catholic World.Volume II.by E. Rameur.THE CATHOLIC WORLD. VOL. II., NO. 7.--OCTOBER, 1865.Translated from the German.MALINES AND WuRZBURG.A SKETCH OF THE CATHOLIC CONGRESSES HELD AT MALINES AND WuRZBURG BY ANDREW NIEDERMa.s.sER.CHAPTER I.The Catholic
- 127 "The officialty, being declared competent, and without derogating from the right of the sovereign pontiff, to whom access is for the moment forbidden, proclaims null and void the marriage contracted with the Empress Josephine, the reasons for such de
- 128 It was eleven o'clock when they withdrew; and some of the cardinals had the further imprudence to a.s.sure the ministers that the expressions used by the latter had been faithfully copied.As soon as Consalvi was alone with his colleagues and could sp
- 129 Then at the monarch's feet bowed low The saintly freres who came To ransom slaves, bound by their vow, For Jesu's holy name.And at his footstool wealth untold With lavish hands they pour: "His bride sends thee her gems and gold; Sir Hugh de
- 130 BELL GOSSIP.There are some competent artistic observers who contend that bells were the origin, the cause, the ruling motive, of one of the most important parts of a Christian church--perhaps _the_ most important, in regard to external appearance. The Rev
- 131 {37} From The Month.CONSTANCE SHERWOOD.AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. CHAPTER XIII.One day there was a great deal of company at Mistress Wells's house, which was the only one I then haunted, being as afore said
- 132 "What warrant have you, sir," I answered with burning cheek, "to minister such talk to one who, from the moment she found you thought of marriage, did plainly discountenance your suit?""You were content, then, madam, to be wors.h.
- 133 When we had dined, and I was sitting with my lady in her dainty sitting-room, she at her tambour-frame, and I with a piece of patch-work on my knees which I had brought from London, she began forthwith to question me touching my intended marriage, Mr. Roo
- 134 From The Popular Science Review.MIGRATIONS OF EUROPEAN BIRDS.The migrations of animals--especially those of the feathered tribe--const.i.tute one of the most interesting and improving studies that the admirer of nature can pursue. When naturalists were le
- 135 THE CHILDREN.When the lessons and tasks are all ended, And the school for the day is dismissed, The little ones gather around me To bid me "good night," and be kissed.Oh, the little white arms that encircle My neck in their tender embrace; Oh, t
- 136 "But, Winny jewel, you have hardly answered my question yet. Are you secretly promised, Winny, to any other young man that you're afeard I wouldn't like? that's the plain question. The truth now, Winny,--the truth, Winny!""No
- 137 Here a new light dawned upon Tom. Might he not work a few hundreds out of his father in some way or other for this pretended purchase, and then say that it would not be sold after all; and that he had relodged the money, or lost it, or was robbed--or--or-
- 138 But where is Madame de Stael? In the autumn of 1803 she was exiled by Bonaparte, who feared her talents and disliked her politics. As the daughter of Necker and the friend of limited monarchy, she was particularly obnoxious to one who represented both dem
- 139 Madame Recamier was one of the first to hear of it. She hastened to sit beside the corpse of her revered friend, and mingled her tears with those of his mother and widow. The {95} latter, who had always been attached to her, now became her intimate compan
- 140 [Footnote 20: The Emperor Paul, of Russia, once published a decree requiring that every one who pa.s.sed in front of his palace should wear short breaches and silk stockings, under penalty of a flogging.In the cold weather people took care to avoid the ne
- 141 Pierre Prevost pulled out of his pocket a great leather purse, and detailed, day by day, how much he had made by the sale of his fish.After which, he put down the money upon the corner of the table.All this time the woman was eagerly dotting down the vari
- 142 "I had always made up my mind that Marie should never marry any one who had not quite as much as herself," replied she, "and that was her dear father's wish. However, I am sure you speak truly when you say that they both love one anoth
- 143 I could not bear to hear her weep; but what comfort could I give? At last the devil entered into my heart, {117} and I broke forth in bitter curses at my fate, and what I chose to call her inconstancy."I don't deserve this," said Marie very
- 144 [Ill.u.s.tration: Diagram of preceding discussion.]As these are variable quant.i.ties, the practice of ophthalmoscopy demands a little address, which habit quickly gives. It is for want of understanding this, and from impatience of these preliminary diffi
- 145 MARY HOWITT.From The Reader.THE ANCIENT LAWS OF IRELAND._Ancient Laws of Ireland_. Vol. I. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (London: Longman. Dublin: Thorn.) This is a curious book, throwing some glimmerings of light upon a very remote an
- 146 is the fine for not maintaining him."There are fines for evil words, false reports, slander, nicknames, and satire. The poets were supposed to have the power of turning a man's hair gray by force of satire, or even of killing him. There are also
- 147 It is difficult to write an interesting history. Simple facts of the past stated in dry statistical style, like the reports of an insane asylum or a poor-house, are about as interesting as they, and appear to the general reader to be of about equal import
- 148 There are in America, no less than in other countries, fanatical sectarians who follow their congenial instincts in sounding the alarm-cry whenever the Catholic Church marks out new limits of lawful conquest. In this instance, the state was declared to be
- 149 The cloud on Sir Hammond's brow waxed darker as she spoke. He glanced at me, and methinks perceived my countenance to be as much disturbed as his lady's. A sudden thought, I ween, then pa.s.sed through his mind; and with a terrible oath he swore
- 150 "Oh, but I am mightfully pleased," quoth he, "to see thee, my child, even in this wise, and to hear thee speak like a true daughter of Holy Church. And Lady l'Estrange is then thy friend?""Yea, my dear father; but for G.o.d a
- 151 CHAPTER XVI.One of the first persons I saw in London was Hubert Rookwood, who, when he heard (for being Basil's brother I would not conceal it from him) that my father was in prison at Bridewell, expressed so much concern therein and resentment of my
- 152 As her fall was sudden, so was the change it wrought. With it vanished affections, hopes, womanly feelings, memory of the past; nay, methinks therein I err. Memory did yet abide, but linked with hatred; Satan's memory of heaven. From depths to depths
- 153 "This district," he says, "seemed to be an epitome of all that the humid portions of the Para forest could produce. This endless diversity, the coolness of the air, the varied and strange forms of vegetation, the entire freedom from mosquit
- 154 "Behind (or north) the Himalaya rise in steep confused ma.s.ses.Below, the hill on which I stood, and the ranges as far as the eye can reach east and west, throw spurs on the plains of India. These are very thickly wooded, and enclose broad, dead-fla
- 155 From The Lamp.ALL-HALLOW EVE; OR, THE TEST OF FUTURITY.BY ROBERT CURTIS.CHAPTER XV.Any help which old Murdock was in the habit of getting from his son upon the farm, and it was at no time of much value, either in labor or advice, had latterly dwindled dow
- 156 "You'll have las.h.i.+ns of time, Tom; but the sorra wan but I'll be very lonely; for although, Tom, you do be wandhering from home by day, and stopping out late sometimes by night, sure I know you're not far off, an' I always hea
- 157 "The devil a much she's out there, aunt; but I wish I could make her think otherwise.""Lissen here, Tom; 'a council's no command,' they say, an' my advice is this. Let on when you go back that you could get an illig
- 158 ... Do not all enjoy it equally--rich and poor? ... . . Yea, rather, if I must speak somewhat marvellously, we poor enjoy it more than they... . . The poor more than any enjoy the luxury of the elements." [Footnote 35][Footnote 31: "Homilies on
- 159 We could indeed wish that Mr. Ruskin had more deeply studied peasant life and peasant habits. The meaning of the clouds in Turner^s "Salisbury" and "Stonehenge" would have then been more thoroughly appreciated. Fine and poetical as is
- 160 Art, as cultivated during the first {222} ages of Christianity and during the middle ages, is a subject complete in itself, for we can trace its use, its progress, and decay, as well as the development of the ideas which gave it life. Between Christian an
- 161 Let us not grow languid in our investigations concerning German art during the middle ages, until the last monument has been discovered and the last inscription deciphered. Many years must elapse before we shall arrive at this point. When, in his wanderin
- 162 THE CAPUCHIN OF BRUGES."Three monks sat by a bogwood fire-- Bare were their crowns, and their garments grey, Close sat they by that bogwood fire.Watching the wicket till break of day."Ballad Poetry.Saving the color of their garments, which, inst
- 163 "Hanged!" In a second his burthen was laid on the camp-bed, and the sergeant laid prostrate by a blow that would have almost felled an ox.The guard now interposed; and from them he learned that the party in question had been several times seen t
- 164 From The Month.THE DAUGHTERS OF THE DUC D'AYEN.The stirring events, political and military, which followed on the outbreak of the great French revolution, giving a shock to every inst.i.tution, secular and religious, and leaving their mark on the his
- 165 Writing to Madame de Montagu about a daughter whose end was approaching, she uses these words: "As life ebbs away, her peace and self-possession are perfect... ... I do not despair of helping her pa.s.sage into the bosom of G.o.d after having erst bo
- 166 But possibly the rings are formed of flights of disconnected satellites, so small and so closely packed that, at the immense distance to which Saturn is removed, they appear to form a continuous ma.s.s, while the dark inner ma.s.s may have been recently f
- 167 {275} 4. Abbot Ammonas said: Such be thy thought as that of malefactors in prison. For they are ever asking, "Where is the judge? and when is he coming?" and they bewail themselves at the prospect.5. Holy Epiphanius said: To sinners who repent G
- 168 "'_It is all that is made_.' I marvelled how it might last: for methought it might sodenlie have fallen to naught for litleness."And I was answered in my understanding, _'It lasteth and ever shall: for G.o.d loveth it, And so hath
- 169 CATHOLIC ANECDOTES; OR, THE CATECHISM IN EXAMPLES.The Apostles' Creed, etc. Translated from the French by Mrs. J.Sadlier. 12mo., pp. 236. New York: D. & J Sadlier. 1865.An excellent little book, and should meet with a general circulation.The present
- 170 He re-entered France, already invested with a sort of legendary halo, and was everywhere recognized as the true type of disinterested heroism, intelligent boldness, moral dignity, independence a little haughty, and liberal instincts, which become the armi
- 171 A handful of young men, miserably scanty in numbers, alone responded to an appeal of so magnificent, so seductive an example; and of all the symptoms {302} of the decadence or transformation of European society, there is none more alarming, more humiliati
- 172 The person which delivered this advertis.e.m.e.nt left some ropes with me, by which means I escaped out of the window into the moat with such damage to my hands that I was like to lose the use of them, and perhaps of my life, if these wounds had mortified
- 173 {318} "My dear," the good man answered, "G.o.d knoweth 'tis no easy matter to attain to the courage you speak of. I have myself seen the sweetest, the lovingest, and the most brave creature which ever did breathe give marks of extraord
- 174 "I have no leisure to tarry so much as one minute," Basil said; "but this sweet lady will tell thee what weighty reasons I have for presently remaining concealed; and so farewell, my dear love, and farewell, my good brother. Be, I pray you,
- 175 On popular instruction Monseigneur Dupanloup delivered a discourse, which was the event of the congress, and which has since been read by all Europe. Count Desba.s.sayns de Richemout, of Paris, an orator favorably known in Germany as the spirited advocate
- 176 {344} The Wurzburg professors do honor to every a.s.sembly of scholars and to every Catholic convention.Abbot Haneberg, of Munich, perhaps the most venerable of our German monks, bishop elect of Treves, a linguist who speaks fifteen languages, a first-rat
- 177 Carols, as the name implies, are joyous songs for festive occasions, at one period accompanied with dancing. In an old vocabulary of A.D.1440, _Caral_ is defined as _A Songe;_ in John Palsgrave's work of A.D. 1530, as _Chanson de Noel;_whilst in Angl
- 178 "He neither shall be rocked In silver nor in gold, But in a wooden cradle.That rocks on the mould."He neither shall be christened In white wine nor in red.But with the spring water With which we were christened.'"In the fifteenth pagea
- 179 'O, peace, mother, O, peace, mother, Your weeping doth me grieve, I must suffer this, he said.For Adam and for Eve.'O mother, take you John Evangelist To be your favorite son, And he will comfort you sometimes.Mother, as I have done.'"
- 180 "'The truth, man, thou hast spoken, Of it thou mayst be sure.For I most lose my precious blood For thee and thousands more."'If any one should come this way, And inquire for me alone.Tell them that Jesus pa.s.sed by, As thou thy seed d
- 181 "'Sire, the night is darker now.And the wind blows stronger.Fails my heart, I know not how, I can go no longer.'"'Mark my footsteps, good my page; Tread thou in them boldly; Thou shalt find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood
- 182 It was in fact a federation of civilized states under an absolute monarch; the munic.i.p.al liberties were left so entire that Niebuhr mentions Italian cities, in the immediate neighborhood of Rome itself, which retained all through the times of the empir
- 183 BY THE REV. J. H. NEWMAN, D.D.1. Abbot Antony said: Without temptation there is no entrance possible into the kingdom. Take away temptations, and no one is in the saving way.2. Some one asked blessed a.r.s.enius, "How is it that we, with all our educ
- 184 Winny complied, and called the dog as loud {381} as she could. Poor Bully wanted but the wind of the word, and tore down the lane with his mouth wide open, and his tail describing large circles in the air. He had well-nigh knocked down Tom Murdock as he p
- 185 Tender and true.All my own at last!My blessing for all life through-- In death as life My one loved wife-- Mine--mine at last, All troubles past-- And the future all happiness, deep and vast.My darling tender and true!-------- {386} Translated from Etude
- 186 [Footnote 56: "Toward the sh.o.r.es of France," etc.]One day when I was making ready to brave those perilous roads in company with two Irishmen, there came into our carriage a large gentleman, whose weight would have been formidable to us, had I
- 187 III.Ernest had only to turn the corner of the little street to find the shop of Hoss, the antiquary, who had before bought many a book of him, and to whom he intended to offer the Bible. With a beating heart (for Hoss was a rough, purse-proud man) Ernest
- 188 "But come," said she, "when you are ready we will go to the Christmas market.""May I go, brother?" asked Agnes. "Yes, indeed you may, only come home in time," said he; '"and be so good, dame Margaret, as t
- 189 "Yes, it is he," cried the huntsman, as he entered and offered his hand to his astonished sister. From the arms of his sister he hastened to embrace his manly nephew, while the joyful Agnes, with the Bible in her arms, now ran up to her mother,
- 190 She had a value for everything as it was, as well as for the idea it included. There was a minuteness as well as a largeness about her.These qualities probably belonged to that pellucid simplicity which kept her all her life like a child. This childlike i
- 191 Once I was no more than might be Any season of the year; No kind tapers shone to light me On my way advancing here; No small children rush'd to meet me, Happy human smiles to greet me.True, it was a while ago; But I mind me it was so, Then believe me
- 192 As for us, we are well pleased to see that Mgr. Michael does not seem disposed to follow the footsteps of Cyril Lucar.But another check was reserved for the famous project. The archpriest Joseph Wa.s.silief, chaplain to the Russian emba.s.sy in Paris, aft
- 193 If the propositions of which Spinola was the bearer were warmly supported in Germany, they were no less warmly supported at Rome. The interest which the chief of the Church could not fail to take in the re-establishment of Catholic unity, was greatly enha
- 194 His criticisms affect the form of the Council of Trent rather than the substance of its decisions. It is the competency of the court to which he pleads, rather than its decrees. Aside from the canon of the Scriptures, which, for the Old Testament, he woul
- 195 CHAPTER XIX.My first thought, when Muriel had announced to me the coming of the pursuivants in search of Mistress Ward, was to thank G.o.d she was beyond their reach, and with so much prudence had left us in ignorance of her abode. Then making haste to dr
- 196 "Not for very long," he answered. "In three months I shall have crept out of my wards.h.i.+p. Then, if it please G.o.d, I will return, and so deal with your good uncle that we shall soon after that be married.""Yea," I answer
- 197 "My father hath greatly commended to Sir Philip and me a young gentleman which I understand. Lady Ingoldsby, to be a friend of yours, Mr. Hubert Rookwood, of Euston. He says the gracefulness of his person, his excellent parts, his strong and subtle c
- 198 Then my eyes fell on the loved writing, and read what doth follow: "DEAR HEART AND SWEET WIFE soon to be--G.o.d be praised, we are now safe in port at Calais, but have not lacked dangers in our voyage. But all is well, I ween, that doth end well; and
- 199 "Oh, Basil, methinks we shall be too happy in this fair place; and I do tax myself presently with hardness of heart, that in thy company, and the forecasting of a blissful time to come, I lose the sense of recent sorrows.""G.o.d doth yield
- 200 I cry thee mercy for this malicious surmise, and give thee license, when I shall write in the same strain touching my lord's castle at Arundel to flout me in a like manner. Some do disdainfully style it a huge old fortress; others a very grand and n.