Edith Sydney. A TaleBurns, Oates, & Company, 1868 - 381 pages |
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... Holy Sacrifice , and commonly spoke of it as " an old Popish hole ; " he cared nothing for the mag- nificent library , stored with many of the most valuable books in the world . What were they to him ? he was neither a scholar nor a ...
... Holy Sacrifice , and commonly spoke of it as " an old Popish hole ; " he cared nothing for the mag- nificent library , stored with many of the most valuable books in the world . What were they to him ? he was neither a scholar nor a ...
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... holy monk of Fiesole , " to a man whose whole interest was centred in his horses and hounds , and whose chief boast was that he possessed the finest hunters and the purest breed of dogs in the kingdom ? And yet Sir Charles had qualities ...
... holy monk of Fiesole , " to a man whose whole interest was centred in his horses and hounds , and whose chief boast was that he possessed the finest hunters and the purest breed of dogs in the kingdom ? And yet Sir Charles had qualities ...
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... Holy Week and Easter if you want to see how Rome can throw dust into the Protestants . " eyes of us poor Edith was certainly in a perverse mood that day ; ordinarily such words would only have amused her ; but there was something about ...
... Holy Week and Easter if you want to see how Rome can throw dust into the Protestants . " eyes of us poor Edith was certainly in a perverse mood that day ; ordinarily such words would only have amused her ; but there was something about ...
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... offence had been committed . It was in short left , where they not long after left the doctrine of Holy Baptism , " an open question ; " and from that دو day forward persons might with perfect legal impunity commit 92 EDITH SYDNEY .
... offence had been committed . It was in short left , where they not long after left the doctrine of Holy Baptism , " an open question ; " and from that دو day forward persons might with perfect legal impunity commit 92 EDITH SYDNEY .
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... holy , Catholic , and Apostolic Church " stared her in the face . She looked steadily at them ; then turning to Mr. Bruce she said , " Of course I know there was only one Church when this creed was written ; but only a Catholic can ...
... holy , Catholic , and Apostolic Church " stared her in the face . She looked steadily at them ; then turning to Mr. Bruce she said , " Of course I know there was only one Church when this creed was written ; but only a Catholic can ...
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afraid Agnes's Anglican answer asked Miss Brooke astonishment aunt believe Bentick better Bruce calf calmly Captain Maynard Catholic certainly child Church of England Church of Rome Clare Hall Compline confession cousin Crowland dear Edith looked Edwyn Hamilton English Eugénie de Guérin exclaimed Edith eyes faith Father Joseph feeling Fernley gave gilt give grace hand hear heard heart Holy hope hour Jesuit knew Lady Sydney laughed living Mary mean mind Miss Lyle Miss Sydney morning morocco nature never pain Père Mérot perhaps person poor Poor Clare Portman Street pray prayers priest question quietly racter replied Agnes replied Edith Sacrament seemed Sir Charles smile Soeur Sœur Rosalie soul speak spoke Stanley started strong suddenly suppose sure tell Thank thing thought tion to-morrow tone truth turned Vincent of Paul voice waiting walk wish words دو
Popular passages
Page 39 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls— the World.
Page 365 - ... to do their duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call them.
Page 295 - WISH not, dear friends, my pain away, — Wish me a wise and thankful heart, With God, in all my griefs, to stay, Nor from his loved correction start. The dearest offering he can crave His portion in our souls to prove, What is it to the gift he gave.
Page 147 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 114 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 61 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 97 - Through the dim struggling crowd and weary strife, Brings kindred spirits nigh whom we would pray Might live with us, and by our death-bed stay. Do these, our chosen ones, sink down at last Into the common grave of visions past? Ah ! there are few men in the world can say They had a dream which they do not dream still ; Few fountains in the heart which cease to play, When those whose touch evoked them at their will Sit there no more : and I my dreams fulfil When to high Heaven my tongue still nightly...