Sentences with phrase «mediaeval days»

He was a ferocious fanatic, whose object was to destroy all the improvements of modern times, and force society back to the government, customs, and ideas of mediaeval days.

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«He opened it with the key which he had kept on his chain, and its contents began to slide out - a Penguin on Mediaeval Customs, a collection of statistics for exports in 1946, a speech, carefully typed and tabulated, which he had failed to deliver because he hadn't been called, a library book on constitutional government, an unopened letter from an eccentric who used to write to him every day, a few newspaper cuttings, three copies of Hansard, a United Nations report, a grey tie, a clutter of invitations to Mr and Mrs Michael Erskine, and a powder - compact which Jane had once left in the House.»

Head to the nearby village of Asklipion where you will find a beautiful Byzantine church and mediaeval castle ruins — great for a day trip on your holiday to Kiotari.

Countless museums, the cathedral, mediaeval walls and much more, a day trip to Girona from your luxury caravan is a must.

The longlist of remarkable British artworks, dating from mediaeval to the contemporary, is online for ten days for the public to choose from.

I was reminded of the mediaeval «scholares vagantes» (wandering scholars) with Peggy like a modern day tour guide whose itinerary was to have us travel from place to place, teacher to teacher, seeking wisdoms.