Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Book 7C. Dolman, 1854 |
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... regard to popular instruction , 245 ; opposed to superstition , 249 ; the influence of the religious as general instructors , their sermons and conversations , 253 ; their example , 256 ; their charity , indulgent to sinners , 257 ...
... regard to popular instruction , 245 ; opposed to superstition , 249 ; the influence of the religious as general instructors , their sermons and conversations , 253 ; their example , 256 ; their charity , indulgent to sinners , 257 ...
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... regard to death , 458. First opening to the centre by the fears and repugnance which only faith dispels , 465. The ... regards it as charity to procure ground , 551 ; bodies of the poor respected , 552 ; CONTENTS . vii.
... regard to death , 458. First opening to the centre by the fears and repugnance which only faith dispels , 465. The ... regards it as charity to procure ground , 551 ; bodies of the poor respected , 552 ; CONTENTS . vii.
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... regard to the central truth , in the discovery of which we are all equally concerned . Our task is only to read in passing , as it were , the sign - posts which have been set up on the road of retreat to guide further than the monastery ...
... regard to the central truth , in the discovery of which we are all equally concerned . Our task is only to read in passing , as it were , the sign - posts which have been set up on the road of retreat to guide further than the monastery ...
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... regard to their material objects , it will , perhaps , be pardonable to cite as an instance the words of a Franciscan friar alluding to them . “ These then , " says Antonio de Guevara , " are the bones which God did command not to be ...
... regard to their material objects , it will , perhaps , be pardonable to cite as an instance the words of a Franciscan friar alluding to them . “ These then , " says Antonio de Guevara , " are the bones which God did command not to be ...
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... regard to Marillac , the keeper of the seals ; for this constancy was shown also in giving burial to the victims of oppression in times of violence or despotism , when it was often as dangerous to receive the dead body as the living ...
... regard to Marillac , the keeper of the seals ; for this constancy was shown also in giving burial to the victims of oppression in times of violence or despotism , when it was often as dangerous to receive the dead body as the living ...
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Page 132 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 279 - Who was her father? Who was her mother ? Had she a sister? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full. Home she had none.
Page 575 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
Page 173 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 278 - One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing: Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing. Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully. Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her, All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.
Page 126 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 378 - And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him...
Page 573 - Oh, the grave ! the grave ! It buries every error — covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 133 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 362 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.