Translation for "solitaries" to finnish
Solitaries
noun
Translation examples
noun
Seeing from afar, on the river, the triangular sail which was bringing them to him, Paphnutius could not prevent himself from thinking that God had made him an example to all solitary monks. The two abbots, when they saw him, did not conceal their surprise; and, having consulted together, they agreed in condemning such an extraordinary penance, and exhorted Paphnutius to come down. “Such a mode of life is contrary to all usage,” they said; “it is peculiar, and against all rules.”
Erottaen jo kaukaa virran kalvossa kolmikulmaisen purjeen, joka heitä kuljetti häntä kohden, ei Paphnutius voinut kieltää itseltään iloa ajatella, että Jumala oli tehnyt hänestä kaikkien erakkojen esikuvan. Hänet nähtyään eivät molemmat pyhät miehet ollenkaan salanneet hämmästystään. Mutta keskusteltuaan hetkisen keskenään tulivat he yksimielisiksi siitä, että noin oudo
We must carry the reader back to the beginning of the thirtieth year of the fourth century after the birth of the Saviour, and away to the mountains of Sinai on whose sacred ground solitary anchorites have for some few years been dwelling--men weary of the world, and vowed to penitence, but as yet without connection or rule among themselves. Near the spring in the little ravine of which we have spoken grows a many-branched feathery palm, but it does not shelter it from the piercing rays of the sun of those latitudes; it seems only to protect the roots of the tree itself; still the feathered boughs are strong enough to support a small thread-bare blue cloth, which projects like a penthouse, screening the face of a girl who lies dreaming, stretched at full-length on the glowing stones, while a few yellowish mountain-goats spring from stone to stone in search of pasture as gaily as though they found the midday heat pleasant and exhilarating.
Me viemme lukijan alulle neljännen vuosisadan neljättä kymmentä Vapahtajan syntymän jälkeen ja Sinain vuorelle, jonka pyhälle maalle muutamia vuosia takaperin oli asettunut yksityisiä parannusta haluavia, maailmaan kyllästyneitä erakkoja, ollen vielä ilman yhteyttä ja järjestystä. Siinä notkelmassa olevan lähteen vieressä, josta jo puhuimme, kasvaa monihaarainen töyhtöpalmu, mutta se ei suojele
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