prelections

Anna Comnena was wont to make her evening recitations to those who were permitted the honour of hearing prelections of her history.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

“And what of the gallant who assisted at our prelections?” said Agelastes; “your Edward, as Alexius termed him?”

Count Robert of Paris 2008

His aim in one of these prelections was to show how the prophet Jeremiah developed himself by debate and discussion with God.

Men in the Making Ambrose Shepherd

He attaineth the first step of (knowledge of Brahman which is) the object of Brahmacharya by aid of time; the second step, through the preceptor's prelections; the third, by the power of his own understanding; and finally, the fourth, by discussion.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

If the origin of the University of Paris, like that of the greater number of human institutions, was insignificant when viewed in the light of its subsequent growth, the meagreness of the early course of instruction was almost incredible to those who, in an age of richer mental acquisitions, listened to the prelections of its numerous and learned doctors.

The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

Chalmers, who was in the habit of quoting it to his students in the course of his theological prelections.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

The ordinary lectures were the statutable exercises appointed by the Faculty, and delivered by its properly accredited teachers in the hours of the morning, which were sacred to the prelections of the masters.

Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait

Besides those who had the privilege of listening to his prelections from the professorial chair, there are many in the Churches on both sides of the

The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell

He also caused to be transcribed in large letters the book concerning the offices of the abbey, from the Purification of St. Mary to the Feast of Easter; the prelections respecting Easter; Pentecost, and the blessings at the baptismal fonts.

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

The story of Alesius, of the shameless cruelties which drove him from his native land, of the hardships he had to bear in the earlier years of his exile, of the high place he gained in the affections of Melanchthon and Beza, and the great work he was to do by his writings and prelections for the Protestant churches of Germany, is one of the most interesting in the great movement of the age.

The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell