reliques

Whose coffers groan'd with reliques from the proud,

Ainsi va le Monde 1806

Whose coffers groan'd with reliques from the proud,

Poems, by Mrs. M. Robinson 1791

Whose coffers groan'd with reliques from the proud,

Ainsi va le Monde 1790

Though a cup of cold water from some hand may not be without its reward, yet stick not thou for wine and oil for the wounds of the distressed, and treat the poor as our Saviour did the multitude to the reliques of some baskets.

Letter to a Friend 2007

The visit finished with the grand tour and a closer look at some of our “reliques” - the Shannon Portal, the recipe pyramid…

A Jaiku-born exchange 2007

They broke the furniture into pieces, tore down the pictures, destroyed the reliques, and in their hatred of her Servant forgot all respect to the Saint.

Bastille Day's Gothic Legacy 2005

They broke the furniture into pieces, tore down the pictures, destroyed the reliques, and in their hatred of her Servant forgot all respect to the Saint.

Archive 2005-09-25 2005

Superstitious people are fond of the reliques of saints and holy men, for the same reason, that they seek after types or images, in order to enliven their devotion, and give them a more intimate and strong conception of those exemplary lives, which they desire to imitate.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 2004

Sacramentes haue thei none, nor reliques, nor halowinges of foutes, Aulters, and other necessaries.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

As a succession of popes resided here for the space of seventy years, the city could not fail to be adorned with a great number of magnificent churches and convents, which are richly embellished with painting, sculpture, shrines, reliques, and tombs.

Travels through France and Italy 2004