Lorette: The History of Louise, Daughter of a Canadian Nun; Exhibiting the Interior of Female ConventsWm. A. Mercein, 1833 - 244 páginas |
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... hands , beating her bosom , and agoni- zed in the extremity of despair . Perceiving her perilous situation , Diganu and Chretien with all possible ex- pedition hastened to the spot ; but as they approached the projection , she was ...
... hands , beating her bosom , and agoni- zed in the extremity of despair . Perceiving her perilous situation , Diganu and Chretien with all possible ex- pedition hastened to the spot ; but as they approached the projection , she was ...
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... ; your soft and white hands ; and your excellent understand- ing , with your other capacities , prove ; that you have not been and are not qualified to be a household drudge . " I have stated - replied Louise - the only terms 18.
... ; your soft and white hands ; and your excellent understand- ing , with your other capacities , prove ; that you have not been and are not qualified to be a household drudge . " I have stated - replied Louise - the only terms 18.
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... blessing of our lives . " Here Chretien interposed- " When Diganu confided his intention to me , I expressed to him - and here he took their right hands and joined them within his own -as I now do to you both , my most 25.
... blessing of our lives . " Here Chretien interposed- " When Diganu confided his intention to me , I expressed to him - and here he took their right hands and joined them within his own -as I now do to you both , my most 25.
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... hands . " This preliminary being satisfactorily adjusted ; it now became essential to prepare Chretien for the pro- posed interview with the Surgeon . Louise imparted no additional information . It was her unalterable pur- pose , never ...
... hands . " This preliminary being satisfactorily adjusted ; it now became essential to prepare Chretien for the pro- posed interview with the Surgeon . Louise imparted no additional information . It was her unalterable pur- pose , never ...
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... hand , she leaned herhead on his shoulder- " you must not look at me - she remarked - while I tell you my short but sorrowful history . Our relative situation re- quires this sacrifice of my feelings in honour and duty to you ; and the ...
... hand , she leaned herhead on his shoulder- " you must not look at me - she remarked - while I tell you my short but sorrowful history . Our relative situation re- quires this sacrifice of my feelings in honour and duty to you ; and the ...
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acquainted affection agitated appeared ascertain assured avowed believe Bible Bishop blessed brother carriole cere ceremony character Chre Christian Church comfort companion confession confidence conscience consola convent convinced countenance cross Cure dear death declared Diganu and Chretien discovered Divine Divine grace doctrines dread earthly emotion escape evil excommunication faith Father feelings felt female friends grace Guise hear heard heart heresy heretic holy hope inquired instantly intercourse Jacques Cartier knew letter live Lord Lorette louis d'ors Louise Louise's Marguerite Marguerite's marriage ment mercy mind Montreal mother mystery ness never night Nunnery Nuns opinions pardon pause peace perceived person perusal pray prayer present Pretre Pretre's promise proposed Quebec racter received rejoice religion remarked replied residence Rohoirsic Sacristan Scriptures sincere sins sister sorrow soul speedily spirit squaws Superieure suppose Surgeon Therese answered thing Three Rivers tion trust truth unfolded unto uttered venial sin wicked woman wretched
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Página 240 - I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Página 129 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Página 229 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Página 200 - While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Página 200 - And forgettest the Lord thy maker, That hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth ; And hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, As if he were ready to destroy ? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Página 240 - O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Página 177 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator• of the new covenant.
Página 149 - Care flees before his footsteps, straying. At daybreak, o'er the purple heath ; He plucks the wild flowers round him playing, And binds their beauty in a wreath. More dear to him the fields and mountains, When with his friend abroad he roves, Rests in the shade near sunny fountains. Or talks by moonlight...
Página 122 - Yea, in soul my friend and brother still ? Heaven received thee, and on earth none other Can the void in my lorn bosom fill. Where is she, whose looks were love and gladness ? — Love and gladness I no longer see ! She is gone ; and, since that hour of sadness, Nature seems her sepulchre to me. Where am I ? — life's current faintly flowing Brings the welcome warning of release ; Struck with death, ah ! whither am I going ? All is well, — my spirit parts in peace.
Página 93 - That thou wilt hail my second birth, When death shall reunite us, Where worlds no more can sever Parent and child for ever. THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS WELL, thou art gone, and I am left : But oh ! how cold and dark to me This world, of every charm bereft, Where all was beautiful with thee ! Though I have seen thy form depart For ever from my widow'd eye, I hold thee in mine inmost heart ; There, there at least, thou canst not die. Farewell on earth : Heaven claim'd its own , Yet, when from me thy...