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...ot yet converted. These conversions could be attributed to the Christian nuns and priests who often came and consoled these AIDS 380 patients. 7 ...

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... neglect of their own children; by believing that God, and the Holy orders of Nuns and Priests of the sacred, most holy Catholic Church are looking ... ... it? No. Why? Because their hardship is not voluntary. If the monks and nuns of the church lived voluntarily without any support or help from t...

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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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... deck, in chair of state, The Abbess of Saint Hilda placed, With five fair nuns, the galley graced. II. ’T was sweet to see these holy maids, Like bir... ...he loved to see her maids obey; Yet nothing stern was she in cell, And the nuns loved their Abbess well. Sad was this voyage to the dame; Summoned to ... ...us Northumberland; Towns, towers, and halls successive rise, And catch the nuns’ delighted eyes. Monkwearmouth soon behind them lay, And Tynemouth’s p... ... According chorus rose: Down to the haven of the isle The monks and nuns in order file, From Cuthbert’s cloisters grim; Banner, and cross, a... ...n, That their saint’s honour is their own. 46 Marmion XIII. Then Whitby’s nuns exulting told, How to their house three barons bold Must menial ser... ... bowyer band, He came to waste Northumberland. XVI. But fain Saint Hilda’s nuns would learn If, on a rock, by Lindisfarne, Saint Cuthbert sits, and to... ...storm And night were closing round. But this, as tale of idle fame, The nuns of Lindisfarne disclaim. 49 Sir Walter Scott XVII. While round the fi... ...one on her face the Abbess fell, And fast and fast her beads did tell; Her nuns came, startled by the yell, And found her there alone. She marked n... ... By Eustace governed fair, A troop escorting Hilda’s dame, With all her nuns and Clare. No audience had Lord Marmion sought; Ever he feared to a...

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...noured in all the reli- gious houses for her devotion and beneficence. The nuns were only too happy to undertake to receive the demoiselle Grisell Dac... ... where the curtain was drawn back while mass was said by the Chaplain, the nuns kneeling in their order and making their responses. It was a low-browe... ...to her arms, though em- braces were against the strict rule of Benedictine nuns, and soothe and coax her to believe that by one at least she was not h... ... well then. Let me see again, sister! Where’s a mirror?” “Ah! my child, we nuns are not allowed the use of worldly things like mirrors; I never saw on... ...ry, or medicine. Some secrets there were not imparted beyond the professed nuns, and only to the more trustworthy of them, so that each sisterhood mig... ...them, and likewise all the neighbouring clergy, and the monks, friars, and nuns, over- flowing the chapel, while peasants and beggars for whom there w... ...walls. There was the “Month’s Mind” still to come, and then the chapter of nuns intended to proceed to the election of their new Abbess, unanimously a... ...e next appointment to this as well as to certain other wealthy abbeys. The nuns in much distress appealed to the Bishop, but he could do nothing for t... ...alixtus, very noble, and of Spanish birth, as the Commissioner assured the nuns; but they had never heard of her before, and were not at all grati- fi...

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... and wed us one of these days,’ returned Jean, ‘unless we vow ourselves as nuns, and I have no mind for that.’ ‘Nor would a convent always guard us,’ ... ...all nave of the little chapel, beyond which a screen shut off the choir of nuns. After this the ladies were received into the refectory to break their... ...ir. It was a surprise to be conducted, not to the refectory, where all the nuns took their meal together, but to a small room opening into the cloiste... ...en’s was so much influenced by the wealth and display of the city that the nuns, many of whom were these great merchants’ daughters, would have been s... ...s of Scotland. There was great commotion. Mother Margaret summoned all her nuns and drew them up in state, and Sister Mabel, who carried the tidings t... ... The convent bell rang for nones, and the King joined the devotions of the nuns, though he was not admitted within the choir; and just as these were o... ...ed, she asked leave to send Sister Mabel to fetch a selection of the older nuns given to needlework and embroidery to enjoy the exhibition, though it ... ... at themselves in the little hand- mirrors held up to them by the admiring nuns, and demanded every one’s opinion. Jean insisted that Annis should ha... ... with its calm services might well seem to her like the better part. These nuns indeed did not strike her as models of devo- tion, and there was somet...

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... Hob; ‘but I’ve heard tell, my Lady Prioress heeds her hawks more than her nuns! But be she who she may, we’ll have her home, and Mother Doll shall se... ...ESS TING PRIORESS TING PRIORESS Yet nothing stern was she in cell, And the nuns loved their abbess well. —Scott. THE DAYS of the Wars of the Roses wer... ...holastica, to keep the estab- lishment in order, and deal with the younger nuns and lay Sisters. Being not entirely out of reach of a raid from the Sc... ... and Hal scarcely knew anything till he was aware of two or three shrouded nuns, as it seemed, standing by their ponies, of merchantmen or carters try... ...holy dame, the—’ ‘The Prioress Selby of Greystone,’ interrupted one of the nuns, coming forward with a hawk on her wrist. ‘Sir Giles of Musgrave, I am... ...ver attached itself to her name, and she let Mother Scholastica manage the nuns, and regulate the de- votions, while Greystone was known as a place wh... ...as the life of the party, with her droll descrip- tions of the ways of the nuns who received her, while the males of the party had to be content with ... ...who sat next to the young daughter of the house in the seat of honour. The nuns, Master Lorimer, and one of the archers, who was a Border squire, besi... ... smells, and she naughtily added in a whisper the weary talk of these good nuns, who had never flown a hawk or chased a deer in their lives, and thoug...

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...ave seen on high Running among the clouds a Wood-nymph’s race? Unhappy Nuns, whose common breath’s a sigh Which they would stifle, move at such ... ...hink of the Leech-gatherer on the lonely moor.” SONNETS PREFATORY SONNET Nuns fret not at their Convent’s narrow room; And Hermits are contented w... ...t be living at this hour: 54 N No mortal object did these eyes behold 43 Nuns fret not at their Convent’s narrow room; 37 64 Poems in Two V olumes...

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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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... he came into a forest and into a great valley, where they saw an abbey of nuns; and there was a squire ready and opened the gates, and so they entere... ...n the meanwhile that they thus stood talking together, therein came twelve nuns that brought with them Galahad, the which was passing fair and well ma...

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...refore, despite of fruitless chastity, Love-lacking vestals and sef-loving nuns, That on the earth would breed a scarcity And barren dearth of daughte...

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...refore, despite of fruitless chastity, Love-lacking vestals and sef-loving nuns, That on the earth would breed a scarcity And barren dearth of daughte...

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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 23 Le Morte Darthur – Book IV knowin...

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...oxes, and a thousand dainties, such as liqueurs and jams, made by the holy nuns at his Abbey. “Ah, ah!” said he, with his deep voice, “I haven’t time ... ...ain. Thus the people on his lands were good and orderly, like fresh veiled nuns, and peaceful since he protected them from the robbers and vagabonds w... ... for the greater surety of her reli- gion she was placed in the convent of nuns near Chardonneret, where she took the vow of sanctity. The said ceremo... ...eneschal, “these are devilries and temptations against which the monks and nuns know how to defend themselves. If you will gain salvation, go and conf... ... The ducats looked bright and beautiful. There they lay all in a row, like nuns going to vespers. Spread out upon the table they would have made a don...

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...ot be; for remember Thomas Holland said your arrow would frighten the good nuns of St. Ursula in their garden.” “It must be mine,” persisted Harry—”fo... ...for that of Agnes too. Where is Agnes?” “In the Convent of the Benedictine nuns,” said Edward. “But in your ear, Arthur, what say you to our plan that... ...go to the Convent, and I feared she would become one of those black-veiled nuns, and I should never see her more.” “Where is my uncle?” asked Arthur, ... ...hink of Fulk ere you decide!” As he spoke, the whole train of black-veiled nuns came sweeping into the parlour, whence Agnes hastily es- caped to coll... ...on, but allowed her dress to be arranged, took leave of the abbess and her nuns, and shortly found herself, she scarcely knew how, mounted on her palf...

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...ther introduced into an extraordinarily tidy little parlor, where two good nuns sit at work. One of these came out with me, and showed me over the pla... ...r the uneven ground. The only important feature is a convent of cloistered nuns, who have a large garden (al- ways within the walls) behind their hous... ... or down at simply, from the battlements of the citadel. One or two of the nuns were passing in and out of the house; they wore gray robes, with a bri... ...ing at the station,—was the one hour of the day (that of the dinner of the nuns; the picture is in their refectory) dur- ing which the treasure could ...

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...mmandment of God. Oh, what a high price would all; Carthusians, monks, and nuns pay , if in all their religious doings they could bring into God’ s pr... ...may be pure. From this you see how this popish rabble, priests, monks, and nuns, resist God’s order and commandment, inasmuch as they despise and forb... ...hat she is told that is considered nothing; for else what should monks and nuns seek in their cloisters? But see, is not that a cursed presumption of ...

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...ed in remembrance of Saint Julius the Mar tyr, and held a convent of holy nuns for the fairer service of God. The second church was dedicate to Saint... ... the queen was crowned in her chamber, and brought to that convent of holy nuns for the conclusion of the rite. The press was so great that the queen ... ...her thought. The queen fled to Caerleon. There she entered in a convent of nuns, and took the veil. All her life’s days were hidden in this ab 137 W...

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...troyed by the Danes had been one of the double founda- tions for monks and nuns. Entering the building, the brother and sister hastily crossed a sort ... ...they stickle for birth and dower with the haughtiest. I never honoured any nuns so much as the humble Sisters of St. Begga, who never ask for sixteen ... ...y Abbess of Fontainebleau at least, or a very St. Hilda, to rule monks and nuns alike?’ ‘Because they have fixed on each other. Malcolm needs a woman ... ...et a bonnie lassie ware hersel’ and her tocher on stone walls and dour old nuns.’ ‘Has she wedded the Master of Albany, then?’ asked Malcolm, conceali... ...an-at-arms laughed. ‘Why, at the first hostelry, ye can guess what sort of nuns were ready to meet her! I promise ye she skirled, and ca’ed Heaven and...

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...ful day of the funeral. I was taken early to the convent, where, among the nuns be- hind the grille, I might assist at these last rites. Thickly veile... ... but very strong, so I carried her easily to a cham- ber, which one of the nuns opened for us, and laid her on the bed. She clung to me, and when some... ...ould just remember. Here she had spent all the happy days of her life. The nuns ere not strict, and they must have been very ignorant, for they had ta... ...gether in the corridors and gardens, and played all sorts of tricks on the nuns. Sometimes Cecile told me some of these, and very unedifying they were... ...adopted Frenchwoman ought to know it, and Cecile knew not at all; nay, the nuns had scarcely taught her 62 Stray Pearls anything, even about religion... ...tly beings he had ever seen. She had one married daugh- ter, and two more, nuns at Port Royal, and she was with them in heart, the element of Augustin...