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MilesChristi

#1365
February 28, 2017, 02:27:17 PM
City of God...I'm on book 7
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Bernadette

#1366
February 28, 2017, 03:21:52 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on February 28, 2017, 02:27:17 PM
City of God...I'm on book 7

Ooooh. This is piled on the "to read" shelf, in my brain. It's a big shelf, and that book is buried under many, many other books. But this might have moved it a little closer to the top of the pile.  :lol:
My Lord and my God.

maryslittlegarden

#1367
February 28, 2017, 05:53:20 PM
Quote from: Bernadette on February 28, 2017, 02:09:42 PM
Isn't it on Youtube?
Yeah, but I like my library. 

Forgot how much I like the prose in this book. 
For a Child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace

red solo cup

#1368
March 02, 2017, 05:22:29 AM
Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants and Islam Screwed My Generation by Lauren Southern.
non impediti ratione cogitationis

Bernadette

#1369
March 04, 2017, 02:45:48 PM Last Edit: March 04, 2017, 06:38:15 PM by Bernadette
That Russian social history book, The Domostroi. I just bought it, and I'm really hoping that it's going to be like a Russian, primary-source version of How to Be a Victorian. I'm particularly interested in things like the "split" houses, and room construction, and food. And education. And the whole matchmaking thing.  ;D

Edit:  :lol: It totally wasn't like this.
My Lord and my God.

maryslittlegarden

#1370
March 04, 2017, 04:31:53 PM
Finished Bridesead Revisited and am on to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 
For a Child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace

Christina_S

#1371
March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
"You cannot be a half-saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all." ~St. Therese of Lisieux

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MilesChristi

#1372
March 04, 2017, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
For thé first time?
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Boccaccio

#1373
March 04, 2017, 07:42:12 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)

Mark Twain was a Freemason, keep that in mind when you read Connecticut Yankee. Might make the experience richer.

Christina_S

#1374
March 04, 2017, 09:29:36 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on March 04, 2017, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
For thé first time?
Indeed, yes.
"You cannot be a half-saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all." ~St. Therese of Lisieux

Check out the blog that I run with my husband! https://theromanticcatholic.wordpress.com/
Latest posts: Why "Be Yourself" is Bad Advice
Fascination with Novelty
The Wedding Garment of Faith

MilesChristi

#1375
March 04, 2017, 10:31:07 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 09:29:36 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on March 04, 2017, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
For thé first time?
Indeed, yes.

You'll love it, or you'll never be allowed in polite Catholic society again
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Bernadette

#1376
March 04, 2017, 10:50:01 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 09:29:36 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on March 04, 2017, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
For thé first time?
Indeed, yes.

Don't forget to try the miniseries! I actually watched the miniseries before reading the book, and don't regret it in the slightest. :)
My Lord and my God.

Bernadette

#1377
March 04, 2017, 11:49:46 PM
The Broad Highway, by Jeffery Farnol. It's my favorite of all of his books that I've read so far. So excellent. So unusual!.  :thumbsup:
My Lord and my God.

Bernadette

#1378
March 07, 2017, 10:07:18 PM
Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Via Librivox:

https://librivox.org/oldtown-fireside-stories-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/

These are so much fun! The reader is particularly talented. There's a novel, Oldtown Folks, with the same characters, but I prefer this collection of stories, myself.
My Lord and my God.

Clare

#1379
March 08, 2017, 05:17:41 AM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 09:29:36 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on March 04, 2017, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: Christina_S on March 04, 2017, 05:02:59 PM
Just starting Brideshead Revisited.   ;)
For thé first time?
Indeed, yes.
I've never read it, but I'd like to have done so; then I could read it again and say that I was revisiting Brideshead Revisited.

Maybe one day!
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