The pastor chief; or, The escape of the Vaudois1844 |
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Angrogna anguish Anima arms army beauty beheld beneath blood Bobi bosom Bouquetin breast captivity castle cause cheer church command concealed courage court danger dared dark death deep dread Duke of Savoy Durand enemy excitement exclaimed exertion eyes faith father favour fear feelings felt France French fresh gazed Grafenried hand heard heart Henri Arnaud hope horrors hour Jean Gras knew lips look Louis Louis XIV Louvois Lucerne Madame de Maintenon Madame de Saony Marchioness Marie Arnaud Marie's Marquis ment mercy mind Mont Viso mountains never night once passed pastor path Perrier persecution Pianezza Piedmont Pignerol Prali prayer prince prisoner promise protection regret religion replied rocks rose safety scene seemed seneschal silence Solara soldiers sorrow sound spirit spot stood strength sufferings tears thee thou thought tion troop Turin valleys Vaudois Victor Amadeus Victorine voice whispered words young
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第 246 頁 - After a few lines describing the life and conversation of such teachers, the poem proceeds, " Such an one is called a Vaudois" (Vaudes). A manuscript treatise of the same date as that of an ancient catechism, which is also dated AD 1100, speaks of the Waldenses as having maintained the same doctrines, " from time immemorial, in continued descent from father to son, even from the times of the Apostles.
第 283 頁 - He made be brought before him all those that were prisoners at Turin, and told them that he was touched with a deep sense of their miseries ; and commanded them, in his presence, to be clothed, and to be furnished with all things necessary. He excused himself that he had handled them so roughly ; and cast all upon the king of France, as the true author of all that had befallen them ; and because the number of the Vaudois was...
第 293 頁 - ... in upon them from every quarter, they called in all detachments, and fell back on a strong position at the foot of the Col de Pis. ' Before we proceed further in this account, it will be proper to give a more minute description of the Balsi, or (as it was called) the castle. It is a lofty and very steep rock, rising by three different terraces, on the top of each of which is a small flat space, in which a sort of barracks had been excavated in the ground. It possesses also three springs. It has...
第 283 頁 - Vauddls that were in prison, as well ministers as others. He sent an act of oblivion to all those that were in arms in the valleys ; and gave to those that were in foreign countries leave to come home, with necessary passports, with orders to all to turn their arms against the French, whom they must look upon as their true persecutors, and the cause of all their miseries. " He made be brought before him all those that were prisoners at Turin, and told them that he was touched with a deep...
第 264 頁 - ... were put in force against them, between the years 1561 and 1686. Extermination was the aim of the oppressors, and they did indeed cruelly waste and destroy life and property; but a little remnant still remained, which their utmost efforts could not subdue. " Blind must he be," observes Mr. Gilly, " who does not discern the finger of God in the preservation of the Vaudois. There is nothing like it in the history of man. The tempest of persecution has raged against them for seven hundred years,...
第 300 頁 - You have but one God and one prince to serve: serve God and your prince faithfully. Till now we have been enemies, henceforth we must be good friends; others have been the cause of your...
第 283 頁 - ... draw them to his own party. And, to this effect, he set at liberty all the Vaudois that were in prison, as well ministers as others: he sent an act of oblivion to all those that were in arms in the valleys; and gave to those that were in foreign countries, leave to come home, with necessary passports, with orders to all to turn their arms against the French, whom they must look upon as their true persecutors, and the cause of all their miseries'.
第 1 頁 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundred fold, who, having learn'd thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
第 246 頁 - Waldenses of that early period entertained of the antiquity of the church. " Now after the Apostles were certain teachers who went on teaching the way of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Some of whom are found at this present day, but they are known to very few." After a few lines describing the life and conversation of such teachers, the poem proceeds, " And such an one is called a Vaudois.
第 281 頁 - ... from a letter sent to the Earl of Aberdeen, by the Rev. Mr Gilly, will show that national treaties are in existence, binding the court of Sardinia to leave the Vaudois in the uninterrupted enjoyment of their religious and civil privileges, and pledging the honour of England to see them maintained. " The fruit of this mediation, on the part of the English government in...