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Page 43
... took him to the house of a Catholic priest . For four or five weeks Father John received a lesson every day in the creed of Rome ; but his mind misgave him as to what he heard ; and when his vessel left the port he was still without a ...
... took him to the house of a Catholic priest . For four or five weeks Father John received a lesson every day in the creed of Rome ; but his mind misgave him as to what he heard ; and when his vessel left the port he was still without a ...
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... took him out on his voyage . The cod was caught , and Cronstadt reached ; but the return was luckless ; and John was cast away for a third time in his life . A wrecked and broken man , he now made up his mind to quit the sea , and even ...
... took him out on his voyage . The cod was caught , and Cronstadt reached ; but the return was luckless ; and John was cast away for a third time in his life . A wrecked and broken man , he now made up his mind to quit the sea , and even ...
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... took the vows of chastity , became a monk , and began to rise . His fine face , his courtly wit , his graceful bearing , brought him hosts of fair penitents , and these fair penitents made for him high friends at court . He was ...
... took the vows of chastity , became a monk , and began to rise . His fine face , his courtly wit , his graceful bearing , brought him hosts of fair penitents , and these fair penitents made for him high friends at court . He was ...
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... took possession of the Frozen Sea and its clustering isles . In dropping down a main arm of the river , Marfa's two sons were pitched from their boat and drowned . Their bodies being washed on shore and buried in the sand , she caused a ...
... took possession of the Frozen Sea and its clustering isles . In dropping down a main arm of the river , Marfa's two sons were pitched from their boat and drowned . Their bodies being washed on shore and buried in the sand , she caused a ...
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... took his vows in the monastery of Palaostrofsk , near his father's home ; and on reaching the age when he could act for himself , he divided his inheritance among his kin , and taking up his pilgrim's staff departed for the north . At ...
... took his vows in the monastery of Palaostrofsk , near his father's home ; and on reaching the age when he could act for himself , he divided his inheritance among his kin , and taking up his pilgrim's staff departed for the north . At ...
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