The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times: Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and DiversionsPub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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... monk , his compa- nions approached to dissuade him ; but , upon the prayers of St. Faine , and her stuck to the earth like immovable stones , making the sign of the cross , their feet until by repentance they were loosed and went their ...
... monk , his compa- nions approached to dissuade him ; but , upon the prayers of St. Faine , and her stuck to the earth like immovable stones , making the sign of the cross , their feet until by repentance they were loosed and went their ...
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... monk at Corbie in Picardy , died in 827 , aged seventy- three , and wrought miracles , which pro- cured his body to be enshrined with great pomp in 1010 , a history of which solem- nity is written by St. Gerard , who com- posed an ...
... monk at Corbie in Picardy , died in 827 , aged seventy- three , and wrought miracles , which pro- cured his body to be enshrined with great pomp in 1010 , a history of which solem- nity is written by St. Gerard , who com- posed an ...
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... ignorant of the most obvious things in it ; the monks ate but once a day : Simeon joined the community , and ate but once a week . Heliodorus required Simeon to be more private in. 35 36 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 5 . 36 ...
... ignorant of the most obvious things in it ; the monks ate but once a day : Simeon joined the community , and ate but once a week . Heliodorus required Simeon to be more private in. 35 36 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 5 . 36 ...
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... Monks and Nuns of England , " 4to . 1817 ; a most erudite work , wherein he gives an account , from Du Cange , of the Feast of the Star , or Office of the Three Kings , a catholic service performed on this day . " Three priests ...
... Monks and Nuns of England , " 4to . 1817 ; a most erudite work , wherein he gives an account , from Du Cange , of the Feast of the Star , or Office of the Three Kings , a catholic service performed on this day . " Three priests ...
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... monks , dug one grave large enough to hold the whole community , when he received strangers , and had not food enough , he prayed for its miraculous in- crease and had it multiplied accordingly , prophesied while he was dying , died in ...
... monks , dug one grave large enough to hold the whole community , when he received strangers , and had not food enough , he prayed for its miraculous in- crease and had it multiplied accordingly , prophesied while he was dying , died in ...
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