The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... death . People absurdly persist in holding him in the light of a living writer : hence a sad waste of wholesome advice , which , if judiciously expended on some reclaimable sinner , would , no doubt , fructify in due season . In his ...
... death . People absurdly persist in holding him in the light of a living writer : hence a sad waste of wholesome advice , which , if judiciously expended on some reclaimable sinner , would , no doubt , fructify in due season . In his ...
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... death is un- ) questionably better . Far off , an author is respected ; dead , he is beloved . Extinctus , amabitur . a We were struck with a practical application of this doc- trine to commercial enterprise , when we last visited Paris ...
... death is un- ) questionably better . Far off , an author is respected ; dead , he is beloved . Extinctus , amabitur . a We were struck with a practical application of this doc- trine to commercial enterprise , when we last visited Paris ...
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Francis Mahony. CONTENTS . PAGE FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR LENT : HIS DEATH , OBSEQUIES , AND AN ELEGY Illustration A PLEA FOR PILGRIMAGES ; SIR WALTER SCOTT'S VISIT TO THE BLARNEY STONE . THE GROVES OF BLARNEY FATHER PROUT'S CAROUSAL 1 ...
Francis Mahony. CONTENTS . PAGE FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR LENT : HIS DEATH , OBSEQUIES , AND AN ELEGY Illustration A PLEA FOR PILGRIMAGES ; SIR WALTER SCOTT'S VISIT TO THE BLARNEY STONE . THE GROVES OF BLARNEY FATHER PROUT'S CAROUSAL 1 ...
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... DEATH , OBSEQUIES , AND AN ELEGY . " Cependant , suivant la chronique , Le Carême , depuis un mois , Sur tout l'univers Catholique Etendait ses sévères lois . " - GRESSET . " Lent sermons abound - fresh preachers are sent At this season ...
... DEATH , OBSEQUIES , AND AN ELEGY . " Cependant , suivant la chronique , Le Carême , depuis un mois , Sur tout l'univers Catholique Etendait ses sévères lois . " - GRESSET . " Lent sermons abound - fresh preachers are sent At this season ...
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... death cast additional ghastli- ness . By the bedside stood the rueful and unearthly form of Father Prout ; and , while the sort of chiaroscuro in which his figure appeared , half shrouded , half revealed , served to impress me with a ...
... death cast additional ghastli- ness . By the bedside stood the rueful and unearthly form of Father Prout ; and , while the sort of chiaroscuro in which his figure appeared , half shrouded , half revealed , served to impress me with a ...
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