Ancient and modern Malta, as also, the history of the knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Volume 1 |
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Ancient and Modern Malta, as Also, the History of the Knights of St. John of ... Pierre Marie Louis De Boisgelin De Kerdu Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
Ancient and Modern Malta, as Also, the History of the Knights of St. John of ... Aucun aperçu disponible - 2019 |
Ancient and Modern Malta, As Also, the History of the Knights of St. John of ... Pierre Marie Louis De Kerdu Aucun aperçu disponible - 2013 |
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Page 225 - Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels ; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing.
Page 16 - Charles, to attach a value to them. His policy alone would have induced him to profit by such a circumstance ; but his foresight extended still farther, for, fearing these important places might in future be taken from his successors, who, being obliged to attend to the centre of their dominions, or to the opposite confines, might not be able to keep a sufficient force for the defence of Malta and Goza ; and, at the same time, reflecting of what importance such a conquest would be to his enemies,...
Page 225 - God, and so may he come to the heavenly kingdom by the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end.
Page 3 - Greeks were in the end obliged to yield up their power to the Carthaginians. The inhabitants, however, neither abandoned their dwellings nor their goods ; and both the Greek and the Punic languages were equally spoken in Melita. The riches of Carthage flowed to Malta, and rendering its situation still more important, made it an object so interesting to the ambition and cupidity of the Romans, that it engaged their attention in the first Punic war, It was, therefore, plundered by Attilius Regulus,...
Page 35 - ... in another part of the same building : it bears the name of the garrison library, and is of great utility to its numerous readers, by the readiness with which books are obtained, without the least inconvenience. Next to the library is an extensive museum, divided into several rooms, each containing a great variety of interesting objects, such as a large collection of medals, several vases, the antiquities of the island, ancient marbles, &c. The body of the hospital consists of several large airy...
Page 222 - I acknowledge myself as such.' He then kissed the book and returned it to the brother who received him, in token of perfect obedience. He was then invested with the mantle of the Order, in such a manner as that the cross fell on his left breast. A variety of other minor ceremonies followed, and the whole was concluded with a series of appropriate...
Page 223 - Christian name and for the service of the poor. We place this cross on your breast, my brother, that you may love it with all your heart ; and may your right hand ever fight in its defence, and for its preservation...
Page 42 - Cienfuegos, are likewise divided into two zones, namely, one to the east and the other to the west of the harbor of Batabano, divided by an imaginary line drawn from the harbor of Batabano to the mouth of the "Sierra de Casas" River in the Isle of Pines, passing between Malpaez and Boqueron.
Page 119 - Gozo, are evidently only the remains of a large tract of land which extended towards the south south-west, and which, owing in all probability to the solidity of the soil, have resisted the violence that caused the destruction of the country, of which they originally made a part. Innumerable observations made on the spot, confirm this opinion, but at present it will be sufficient to prove the fact by some account of the physical formation of these islands. Malta becomes much narrower at the same...
Page 18 - ... such a conquest would be to his enemies, in the political balance of Europe, he determined to place them in the hands of some Power which would be particularly interested in preserving them, and which, without being able to annoy any other state, would be respected by all. He, in consequence, made choice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which, having been driven from its principal place of residence, had been wandering on the coast of Italy ; and, in the y ear 1530, he established the knights...