 | James MacDevitt (bp. of Raphoe.) - 1866 - 276 pages
...marvellously fine penmanship. * Adatmmn. Adamnan, his biographer and eighth successor, has left us this portrait of him : — " Angelic in appearance, eloquent in address, holy in work, \vith talents of the highest order, and consummate prudence, he lived a good soldier of Christ during... | |
 | Saint Adamnan - 1874 - 584 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order, and consummate prudence ; he lived a soldier of Christ during thirty-four years in an island. He never could spend the space of even one... | |
 | 1874 - 584 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, •with talents of the highest order, and consummate prudence ; he lived a soldier of Christ during thirty-four years in an island. He never could spend the space of even one... | |
 | Ossory archaeological society - 1879 - 548 pages
...earth, he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. He was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order, and consummate prudence. . He uever could spend the space even of one hour without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy... | |
 | George Smith - 1884 - 264 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence; he lived during thirty-four years an island soldier. He never could spend the space even of one hour without... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1887 - 546 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence ; he lived during thirty-four years an island soldier. He never could spend the space even of one hour without... | |
 | Alphons Bellesheim - 1887 - 436 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order, and consummate prudence. He lived a soldier of Christ during thirty-four years on an island.1 He never could spend the space even of one... | |
 | Edward Alexander Cooke - 1888 - 192 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence; he lived a soldier of Christ during thirty-four years on an island. He never could spend the space of even one... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie, D.D., LL.D. - 1888 - 404 pages
...he appeared to live like the saints in heaven. For he was angelic in appearance, graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence. . . . He could never spend the space of even one hour without study or prayer, or writing or some other holy... | |
 | 1890 - 870 pages
...frequent gleams of tenderness and kindness. 'Angelic in appearance,' says Adamnan, 'graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence, he lived during thirty-four years an island soldier. He never could spend the space even of one hour without... | |
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He never could spend the space of even one hour without study, or prayer, or writing. or some other holy occupation. So incessantly was he engaged night and day in the unwearied exercise of fasting and watching, that the burden of each of these... 
