| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1836 - 400 sayfa
...April, l?34. "NB This abbot had -very little of the spirit of a religious man. He was passionately fond of field sports, was very conceited and foppish in...state, and, moreover, was overcharged with debts. ' Monastcrium quod solcbat abundare divitiis et honore, erat et est oneribus dcbitorum usque at MCCC.... | |
| William Harding - 1845 - 428 sayfa
...This abbot had very little the spirit of a religious man. He was passionately fond of field-sports, was very conceited and foppish in his dress, and a...neglect of repairs, the monastery was falling into a delapidated state and moreover was overcharged with debts. ' Monasterium quod solebat abundare divitiis... | |
| Rachel Evans - 1846 - 338 sayfa
...of field sports, (probably often favouring with his presence the hunting seats of Morwel and Leigh,) was very conceited and foppish in his dress, and a...spend-thrift. During his government discipline seems banished from the convent ; the ancient refectory was neglected, the monks choosing to enjoy secret... | |
| Rachel Evans - 1846 - 346 sayfa
...of field sports, (probably often favouring with his presence the hunting seats of Morwel and Leigh,) was very conceited and foppish in his dress, and a...spend-thrift. During his government discipline seems banished from the convent; the ancient refectory was neglected, the monks choosing to enjoy secret... | |
| William Henry Kearley Wright - 1889 - 318 sayfa
...Tavistock, 1334. This Abbot had very little of the spirit of a religious man. He was passionately fond of field sports, was very conceited and foppish in his dress and a most incurable spendthrift. In the Thes. Ecchs., 177o, it is mentioned :— First fruits f Okehampton. V. (All Saints) with Okehampton... | |
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