The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... has left us no document to prove that the early Spartans kept certain days of abstinence ; but their black broth . of which the ingredients have puzzled the learned , must have been a fitting substitute for the 16 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... has left us no document to prove that the early Spartans kept certain days of abstinence ; but their black broth . of which the ingredients have puzzled the learned , must have been a fitting substitute for the 16 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
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Francis Mahony. learned , must have been a fitting substitute for the soupe maigre of our Lent , since it required a hard run on the banks of the Eurotas to make it somewhat palatable . At all events , their great lawgiver was an eminent ...
Francis Mahony. learned , must have been a fitting substitute for the soupe maigre of our Lent , since it required a hard run on the banks of the Eurotas to make it somewhat palatable . At all events , their great lawgiver was an eminent ...
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... learned Vallancey will have it , that our consanguinity is with the Jews . I might elucidate the colonel's discovery , by shewing how the pig in Ireland plays the part of the scape - goat of the Israelites : he is a sacred thing , gets ...
... learned Vallancey will have it , that our consanguinity is with the Jews . I might elucidate the colonel's discovery , by shewing how the pig in Ireland plays the part of the scape - goat of the Israelites : he is a sacred thing , gets ...
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... learned of the order , Father Magrath , one , like Prout , of the old school , who had studied at Florence , and is still a correspondent of many learned Societies abroad . That elegy I have subjoined , as a record of Prout's genuine ...
... learned of the order , Father Magrath , one , like Prout , of the old school , who had studied at Florence , and is still a correspondent of many learned Societies abroad . That elegy I have subjoined , as a record of Prout's genuine ...
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... learned lumber which haunts our nightly visions ! Already , in imagination , it is within our grasp ; our greedy hand hastily its lid " Unlocks , And all Arcadia breathes from yonder box ! " In this prolific age , when the most ...
... learned lumber which haunts our nightly visions ! Already , in imagination , it is within our grasp ; our greedy hand hastily its lid " Unlocks , And all Arcadia breathes from yonder box ! " In this prolific age , when the most ...
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