The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page vii
... - sartus ; Ainsworth ; Gleig , the worthy and efficient chaplain- general of Her Majesty's Forces ; Sir David , and FRANK MAHONY . PARIS , Nov. 20 , 1859 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . It is much to PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . V11.
... - sartus ; Ainsworth ; Gleig , the worthy and efficient chaplain- general of Her Majesty's Forces ; Sir David , and FRANK MAHONY . PARIS , Nov. 20 , 1859 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . It is much to PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . V11.
Page ix
... present case be delighted ourselves to supply , but that we have profitably studied the fable of La Fontaine entitled " L'ane qui portait les Reliques . " ( liv . v . fab . 14. ) In giving utterance to regret , we do not insinuate that ...
... present case be delighted ourselves to supply , but that we have profitably studied the fable of La Fontaine entitled " L'ane qui portait les Reliques . " ( liv . v . fab . 14. ) In giving utterance to regret , we do not insinuate that ...
Page 1
... all , there was something due to local re- miniscences ; and when the present tenants of the " Gar- B den " recollect that in by - gone days these FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR LENT: HIS DEATH, OBSEQUIES, AND AN ELEGY Illustration.
... all , there was something due to local re- miniscences ; and when the present tenants of the " Gar- B den " recollect that in by - gone days these FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR LENT: HIS DEATH, OBSEQUIES, AND AN ELEGY Illustration.
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... present me a copy of Gray's poems , with the page turned down at " An Elegy on a Cat drowned in a tub of Gold Fishes . " She will perhaps , when asked to sing , select some other aria besides that eternal barcarolle , " O pescator dell ...
... present me a copy of Gray's poems , with the page turned down at " An Elegy on a Cat drowned in a tub of Gold Fishes . " She will perhaps , when asked to sing , select some other aria besides that eternal barcarolle , " O pescator dell ...
Page 16
... present day . The French very justly abhor the gross , carcase - eating propen- sities of John Bull . But as to the keeping of Lent , in an ecclesiastical point of view , I cannot take on myself to vouch , since the ruffianly revolution ...
... present day . The French very justly abhor the gross , carcase - eating propen- sities of John Bull . But as to the keeping of Lent , in an ecclesiastical point of view , I cannot take on myself to vouch , since the ruffianly revolution ...
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