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... Jesuit he burned much of his early verse and abandoned the writing of poetry. However, the sinking in 1875 of a German ship carrying five Franciscan nuns, exiles from Germany, inspired him to write one of his most impressive poems “The Wreck of the Deutschland.” Thereafter he produced his best poetry, including “God’s Grandeur,” “The Windhover,” “The Leaden Echo,” and “Th...

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...................... 8 THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST............................................................ 19 THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY ................................................................ 24 HOW THE CHATEAU D?AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT............................................................ 37 THE FALSE COURTESAN ......................

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.................................................. 19 THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY ............................................................... ...otheringay, and have left thereof no single stone. THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY THE A BBEY OF POISSY has been rendered famous by old au- tho... ...amous by old au- thors as a place of pleasure, where the misconduct of the nuns first began, and whence proceeded so many good stories cal- culated to... ...yperbolical emphasis, in these proverbs, jests, jokes, and idle tales. The nuns of the said Poissy were good young ladies, who now this way, now that,... ... which was but natural, because our nature is weak; and although they were nuns, they had their little imperfections. They found themselves barren in ... ...n compelled to turn them from Latin into French. I commence:—At Poissy the nuns were accustomed to, when Mademoiselle, the king’s daughter, their abbe... ...r their secret con- fabulations, little feasts and rejoicings by which the nuns softened the holy captivity of their bodies, and had wept at not being... ...e little; he was about nine years old, and we were playing together….” The nuns hardly being able to restrain their laughter, Sis- ter Ovide went on— ... ...ents situated in this street, where the severe continence of the monks and nuns might have caused the walls to be made so hot that some woman of posit...

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...3 en Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington kaj Whangarei. I. ŜIRJAEV . Nunes (nuns) Adolf August, portugalo, banko cisto. Nask. 8 apr. 1895 en Porto. Gv...

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...by a deed which seemed to be impossible. To open the doors of a convent of nuns by lawful means! The metropolitan or the Pope would scarcely have perm... ..., when as yet he had seen nothing of the convent but its walls, and of the nuns not so much as their robes; while he had merely heard the chanting of ... ...ver hung up by sailors of the port on the columns in the nave. But all the nuns had taken refuge in the organ-loft. And yet, in spite of this first ch... ...oof rang with the sound; he coughed, he talked aloud to himself to let the nuns know, and more particularly to let the organist know that if the troop... ...ially attached to the services of the house by the Archbishop. None of the nuns may leave the convent; though the great Saint, St. Theresa, often left... ...st to Montriveau, who had taken part in that incredible exploit, while the nuns in his eyes were much more redoubtable than Sir Hudson Lowe. T o raise... ... on the other hand, a mysterious, aerial descent which should persuade the nuns that the Devil himself had paid them a visit. They had decided upon th... ...he chinks of the door. M. de Ronquerolles came up at that moment. “All the nuns are in the church,” he said; “they are begin- ning the Office for the ... ...Let us carry her away!” “Quickly” shouted Ronquerolles, “the procession of nuns is leaving the church. You will be caught!” With magical swiftness of ...

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...e many proselytes [Matt. 23:15]; we fill the world with priests, monks, and nuns, and imprison them all in lifelong vows. You will find those who arg...

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... I don’t like your putting yourself in that position.’ ‘Shall we go and walk in the churchyard?’ ‘By all means. You won’t mind my slipping out of it f... ...t’s against regulations for me to call at night, but not to leave a packet. I am ready, Jack!’ Mr. Jasper dissolves his attitude, and they go out toge... ...ck!’ Mr. Jasper dissolves his attitude, and they go out together. CHAPTER III - THE NUNS’ HOUSE CHAPTER III - THE NUNS’ HOUSE CHAPTER III - THE NUNS’ ... ...s Cathedral crypt, and so abounding in vestiges of monastic graves, that the Cloisterham children grow small salad in the dust of abbots and abbesses... ...d, when he ducks from its stage into the infernal regions, among scarlet-beans or oyster-shells, according to the season of the year. In the midst of... ...ring, that the general result has reminded imaginative 21 Charles Dickens strangers of a battered old beau with a large modern eye-glass stuck in his... .... Perhaps this is the reason why it is an article of faith with the servants, handed down from race to race, that the departed Tisher was a hairdresse... .... Porters has undermined the endeavour – than to evoke from the young ladies an unanimous bedchamber cry of ‘O, what a pretending old thing Miss Twink... ...aw my mother-of-pearl button-holder on the work-table in my room?’ is at once solicited for walking leave, and graciously accords it. And soon the you...

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...one, you may perhaps see female prisoners taking exercise like a string of nuns; in the other, schoolboys running at play and their shad- ows keeping ...

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... out.” The gentleman who might have been supposed to be entertaining the two nuns was perhaps conscious of the difficul ties of his function, it being... ...any; they’re in my trunk.” “She draws very—very carefully,” the elder of the nuns remarked, speaking in French. “I’m glad to hear it. Is it you who ha... ...“Ah, when I tell you,” said her father. The girl glanced at the elder of the nuns. “May I, truly, ma m` ere?” “Obey monsieur your father, my child,” s... ...ve given us a good memory of yourself, my daughter. That will last!” “I wish nuns could wear pretty things. I would give you my blue beads,” the child... ...Some one you may see.” She went in and found herself confronted with the two nuns and their pupil, who was coming forward, between them, with a hand i... ...this portion of her charming little person and then stood smiling at the two nuns. They acknowledged her smile with a decent obeisance, but permitted ... ...terrupt the ceremony. Je vous salue, mesdames,” she added, in French, to the nuns, as if to dismiss them. “This lady’s a great friend of ours; you wil... ...sed to have everything she needs.” “I should think she had had enough of the nuns.” “If we’re going to discuss that matter she had better go out of th... ... a CHAPTER 24 213 convent flower myself. I don’t pretend to be good, but the nuns do. Don’t you see what I mean?” she went on, appealing to Isabel. Is...

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...arers, for Advocate and Judge are there, and all Heads of Districts: sober Nuns sisterlike with flaunting Nymphs of the Opera, and females in com- mon... ...he Public, have replaced them, these unhappy persons resort to Convents of Nuns, or other such recep- tacles; and there, on Sabbath, collecting assemb... ...amid laughter of bystanders, with alacrity: broad bottom of Priests; alas, Nuns too reversed, and cotillons retrousses! The National Guard does what i...

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...urates who are ‘learning to be Carpenters, ’ Curates with their new-wedded Nuns: has not the Day of Reason dawned, very swiftly, and become noon? From... ...y desperation, at robbery of its very thimble, fills the gentle heart. Old Nuns shriek shrill discord; demand to be killed forthwith. No help from shr...

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..., said Sir Ontzlake, hereby is a rich abbey of your elders’ foundation, of nuns, but three miles hence. So the king took his leave of all the people, ... ...t part of the night, and on the morn by noon she came to the same abbey of nuns whereas lay King Arthur; and she knowing he was there, she asked where...

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...ordinary wealth of the place -- A startling strategy -- A thrilling episode -- Nuns and monks employed as advance skirmishers -- A slaughter of the pr... ... Inhuman cruelties to prisoners -- Escape of a large treasure ship -- Priests, nuns, women and children held for ransom -- Morgan falls in love with a... ... churches and monasteries, from which they dragged out the monks, priests, and nuns who had remained, trusting that the sanctity of their profession w... ... them from insult, and the astonished garrison beheld long lines of monks and nuns marched away under guard. What did it mean? Nobody could conjectur... ...n the second summons to surrender had been refused, for they saw long files of nuns and priests, bearing ladders on their shoulders, come across the g... ...and having as passengers the bishop, the leading priests and a large number of nuns, and women of the best families, for whose ransom an immense sum ...

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...s at Aigues Mortes; or again, with the steady resolution of the persecuted nuns of Port Royal against signing the condem- nation of the works of Janse... ...cage. This castle af- forded a refuge to many others who were in danger—to nuns driven from their convents, dispossessed clergy, and persons who dread...

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...grudged letting you visit the convent where your mother was, and where the nuns petted the little infant, as they pitied and loved its unhappy parent....

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... a nunnery, and end like her. Shall I wear the diamonds then?—they say the nuns wear their best trinkets the day they take the veil. I will put them a...

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... few churches that were converted into crude medical stations, and run by the nuns who did their best to care for the ill and infirmed. Michael'... ... the armed patrols who terrorized the people, and randomly killed many of the nuns and priests, just to make an example of them in order to keep the...

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...mpcr manet’ idexn, nunc erit una pars fpatii abi’oluei in quaw a+ trwfit, nuns fili~ pars ejus ; & fk ab[olute mutabitur perpetuo. 8 PIJILQS WE...

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...orn stranger. She, therefore, kissed and blessed the little lady. The poor nuns, who were never to have any babies of their own, and were languishing ... ...e pet. The superior thanked the hidalgo for his very splendid present. The nuns thanked him each and all; until the old crocodile actually began to cr... ... to St. Sebastian; from the superior, for sending a future saint; from the nuns, for sending such a love of a plaything; and, finally, from papa, for ... ...ld, if saints were allowed plenty of sweetmeats. But least of all were the nuns disap- pointed. Everything that they had fancied possible in a hu- man... ...zed in racketing, racing, and eternal plots against the peace of the elder nuns. No fox ever kept a hen-roost in such alarm as pussy kept the dormitor... ...as ever, in those years when she was called pussy, she had raced after the nuns of St. Sebastian; jumped upon deck, and told the first lieutenant, whe...

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...arers, for Advocate and Judge are there, and all Heads of Districts: sober Nuns sisterlike with flaunting Nymphs of the Opera, and females in common c... ...he Public, have replaced them, these unhappy persons resort to Convents of Nuns, or other such receptacles; and there, on Sabbath, collecting assembla... ...id laughter of by- standers, with alacrity: broad bottom of Priests; alas, Nuns too reversed, and cotillons retrousses! The National Guard does what i... ...Curates who are ‘learning to be Carpenters,’ Curates with their new-wedded Nuns: has not the Day of Reason dawned, very swiftly, and become noon? From... ...y desperation, at robbery of its very thimble, fills the gentle heart. Old Nuns shriek shrill discord; demand to be killed forth- with. No help from s...

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...e mortuary candles that were all about her, and the white coifs of the two nuns that knelt at her feet with their faces hidden might have been two swa...

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...ut I think our cookery very bad. Mrs. Thrale got into a convent of English nuns; and I talked with her through the grate, and I am very kindly used by...

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...OBABILITY ______ 37 COWARDS _________ 37 VAINGLORIOUSES __ 37 ROMAN TRIUMVIRATE _________________ 37 ABSURDITY ________ 37 RETRO FASHION ___ 37 NUNS ______________ 37 RECOURSE _________ 38 SCATTER-BRAINED _ 38 SILENCE ___________ 38 IMPOTENCE ________ 38 SHADOW __________ 38 ECLIPSE ___________ 38 NEGLECTABLE QUANTITIES ____________ 38 WAR ______________ 38 ...

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... across the room, and disappear. There were two of these noiseless nursing nuns. Their voices were sel- dom heard. For, indeed, what could they have h... ...er ample bosom. And though when she spoke she moved her lips more than the nuns, she never let her voice rise above a peacefully murmuring note. The a...

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...grudged letting you visit the convent where your mother was, and where the nuns petted the little infant, as they pitied and loved its unhappy parent.... ... a nunnery, and end like her. Shall I wear the diamonds then?—they say the nuns wear their best trinkets the day they take the veil. I will put them a...