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B F.t/lIOf.A ; up, and assemble at their several titles, BO as to disi i subterranean li V..IS 1,. i .ii'ship li:ul to bei'in, from tl. churohea of the eeiu: inlimt, i. be expected, that all would be able to travel -with safety, even on the Sunday, some miles beyond the gate.* A great privilege was, consequently, granted to the faitliful, at such times of trouble, that of preserving the blessed Eucharist in their houses, :md communicating themselves privately in the morning, "before taking othei food," as Tertullian expresses it.t The faithful felt, not as sheep going to the slaughter, not as criminals preparing for execution, but as soldiers arming for fight. Their weapons, their food, their strength, their cour- age, were all to be found in their Lord's table. Even the lukewarm and the timid gathered tree}) spirit from the bread of life. In churches, as yet may be seen in the cemeteries, were chuirs placed for the penitentiaries, before whom the sinner knelt, and confessed his sins, and received absolution. In moments like tins, the penitential code was relaxed, and the terms of public expiation shortened ; and the whole night had been occupied by the zealous clergy in preparing their flocks for, to many, their last public communion on earth. We need not remind our readers, that the office then performed was essentially, and in many details, the same as they daily witness at the Catholic altar. Not only was it considered, as now, to be the Sacrifice of Our Lord's Body and Blood, not only were the oblation, the consecration, the communion alike, but many of the prayers were identical ; so that the Catholic hearing them recited, and still more the priest reciting them, in the same language as the Boman Church of the catacombs epoke, may feel himself in active and living communion with the martyrs who celebrated, and the martyrs who assisted at, those sublime mysteries. On the occasion which we are describing, when the time came for giving the kiss of peace a genuine embrace of brotherly love sobs could be heard, and bursts of tears ; for it was to many a parting salutation. Many a youth clung to his father's neck, scarcely knowing whether that day might not sever them, till they waved their palm-branches together in heaven. And how would mothers press their daughters to their bosom, in the fervor of that new love, which fear of long separation enkindled ! Then came the communion, more solemn than usual, more devout, more hushed to stillness. "The Body of our as he offered him Lord Jesus Christ," said the priest to each, " the sacred food. Amen," replied the receiver, with thrilling accents of faith and love. Then extending in his hand an orarium, or white linen cloth, he received in it a provision of the bread of life, sufficient to last him till some future feast. This was most carefully and reverently folded, and laid in the bosom, wrapped up often in another and more precious poveror even placed in a gold locket. J It was now that, for the first time, poor Syra regretted the loss of her rich embroidered scarf, which would long before have been given to the poor, had she not studiously reserved it for such an occasion, and such a use. Nor had her mistress been able to prevail upon her to accept any objects of value, without a stipulation that she might dispose of them as she liked, that was in charitable gifts. The various assemblies had broken up before the discovery of the violated edict. But they may rather be said to have ad- journed to the cemeteries. The frequent meetings of Torquatus with his two heathen confederates in the baths of Cara- calla had been narrowly watched by the capsarius and his wife, as we have already remarked ; and Victoria had overheard the There was one crnvtery called ad seztiim i'hilippi, which is supposed to hve been situated six miles from Rome ; but many were three miles from the heart of the city. t Ad Uxorem, lib., il. c. 6. i Wlien the Vatican cemetery was explored, in 1571, there wero found in tombs two small square golden box's, with a rinj? at the top of the lid. These very aneient sacred vessels arc considered by Itottari to hrn c |;cnu used for cirryiug the Blessed Eucharist round the neck (/(>>< Hvlilrrraimi, torn. i. fig. 11); and Pel- liola confirms this by many arguments ChriBtiancr Keel. I'olit'U, torn. iii. p. 20). OR T plot, to make an inrond to the cemetery of Callistus on tho day i- puliluMtion. ' Tin- re3 them- 3s advantage of the circumstauee 1,0 inaugurate, by solemn offices, the churches of the ombs, which, after some yearn' disuse, had been put into good repair and order by the/v.v.vo/ r.s-, ],. l(| l,,.,,u repainted, and furnished with all requisites for divine worship. But Corviuus, after getting over his first dismay, and having as speedily as possible another, though not so grand, a copy of the edict affixed, began better to see the dismal probabilities of serious consequences, from the wratli of his imperial master. The Daciau was right : h
that in this division the men under charge and in the other the women, under the care of the led. This division of the sexes at divfeie worship was a matter of jealous discipline in t'.ie early Church. Often these subterranean churches were not devoid of ar- chitectural decoration. The walls, especially near the altar, were plastered anil painted, and half columns, with their banes >>itals, not ungracefully cut out of the sandstone, divided the different parts or ornamented the entrances. In one instance, indeed in the chief basilica yet discovered in the cemetery of Callistus, there is a chamber without any altar, place reserved for the class of public penitents called nndii-ntf.s or hearers, and for the catechumens, not yet initiated by bap- tism. The basilica, in which the Christians were assembled, when Sebastian sent his message, was like the one discovered in the cemeteryof St. Agnes. Each of the two divisions was double, that is, consisted of two large chambers, slightly separated by halfcolumns, in what we may call the women's church, and by the flat pilasters in the men's, one of these surfaces having in it an image a small niche for or lamp. But the most remarkable feature of this basilica is FLAK OF SUBTERRANEAN CHtmcfl IN THE Ck-METEUT os ST. AONKK. A Choi r, or chance), w i th episcopal chiiir (a) and benches for the clergy (bb.) B. Division tor t liftmen, separai'-'l from ill'' choir by two pillars, supporting uii ;irch. C Conid
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Page 40 and 41: PART SECOXD CONFLICT. CHAPTER I. TH
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Page 50 and 51: 44 FMtlul.A OR would be raised a Ch
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Page 56 and 57: 60 1-A VIOLA; OR " "How 1 very inte
Page 58 and 59: 52 FAlilOLA ; OR and mnst I be told
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Page 72 and 73: 66 CHAPTEB XXL THE PRISON. IP a mod
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Page 82 and 83: 76 FA BIOLA; OR Every spendthrift h
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Page 86 and 87: 80 FABIOLA ; OR " Then I fim a mine
Page 88 and 89: then calmly knelt down. With her ow
Page 90 and 91: FA 111OLA ; never been told of the
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Page 94 and 95: 88 FABIOLA ; OR " fulfil the first
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THE AUSTRALIAN DUKE OH THE NEW UTOP
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10 TJTE AUSTRALIAN olt TJIK XK\V I'
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TlIK M'STHM.IAX JU'KK o/t Till-: .Y
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"Well, but what about Werner ? is h
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16 THE AUSTRALIAN DUKE OK THE NEW U
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18 THE M'XTHMJAS DL'KE OR Till-: SK
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20 which deeply interested me. At l
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arch, catching the evening rays, an
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eottagp resiliences for giving a la
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26 THE A VSTRALIAN D UKE OR THE NE
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THE A USTRALIAN DUKE OR THE NEW UTO
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'mnny of whom followed the example
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step became more pressing. Andrew h
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fellow has been found asleep among
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"You're surprised that I know your
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ml did he distinguish, but with the
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\t male hi-ir ! THE .1 r,s77,.l/,/.
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12 out it, font with tenfold vividn
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li THE VISION OF OLD ANDREW THE WEA
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16 THE VISION OF OLD ANDREW THE WEA
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ook bad fallen frsm his hand and wa
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THE TWO VIC had nerer learnt how to
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self. For, he that eateth and drink
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Till-: T\VO Simper cannot help thin
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10 TUI: TWO ,. vinced, and IIP long
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12 Tin: T\VU oil my love nn3 tender
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they snt, and after n moment's sile
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' 16 THE TWO VICTORIES. there he no
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18 THE TWO VICTORIES. vant knocked
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20 THE TWO VICTORIES. And thus he f
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of bis bed, find ho beckoned the ol
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struck him, no ra.itter how nnjnst
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chased for her. Four roars later, w
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28 TUK WoL'SflKl) GRENADIER. The fo
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30 years they had worked iu jewellr
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THE STRAW-CUTTER'S DAUGHTER, CHAPTE
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THE STltA W-CUTTER'S DA UQHTER. 3 s
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" Chanteflenr is my second mother."
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TUK Aw,'. i ir-rr'r7'A71",v eulty q
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"Your reasons ?" asked the farmer.
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conduct. The doctor gave good hopes
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mailing in his hopeless remorse fro
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The Five. Franc Piece. TOWAEDS the
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THE PORTRAIT IN MY UNCLE'S DINING-R
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Till-: roUTHMT IX MY (!N
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7A r MY hond proof, and a firm unhe
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77//v PORTRAIT IN MY UNCLE'S DINING
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THE PORTRAIT IN MY {/ATA A" A" 7>/A
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* ,'iins been carried off,' he said
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Till-: J'OHTHAJT 1\ MY l'.\'ci,K'X
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THE PORTRAIT IN MY UNCLE'S 21 asked
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TilK PORTRAIT IN MY UNCLE'S DININd-
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THE rOHTUMT /A r MY UNCLE'S hp said
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the insult to the lion's mane. Fred
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mire the magnificent panorama which
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the chaplain. "At whatever hour he
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TYBORNE: AND WHO WENT THERE IN THE
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CHAPTEE H. " The rod they tako so c
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Alice's pale cheeks grow paler stil
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" Oh, no ; that is, not the present
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"Well, said Mary, with unwearied sw
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her hands, her eyes fixed on Walter
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he was to serve Father Mordaunt's m
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golden tresses falling on the fair
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How Viscount R giiier first persuad
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TfDOliNE. But," said Blanche, looki
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Lnmb of God that taketh away the si
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same beams fell strnngoly among the
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the duchess herself, her sunny hair
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me the agony of seeing yon again, o
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ishop, with a vast concourse of cle
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" Replace the wood under his feet,"
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priests : but I am no traitor. And
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passages into tho free air. The lad
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than Elizabeth would have desired A
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living in His fear, and dying in Hi
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up that this boon might be granted.
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tibVshpda honso cf business in Engl
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'HIE BLIXD \ OF who could do nothin
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great action in a Christian's life,
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THE NOTARY'S DAUGHTER." CHAPTER I.
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tin . 1 You I know the fact, but I
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. de though I do not shoot much, an
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THE NOTARY'* went into his study wi
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is like, and the sort of society th
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to know that at her age it was only
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young gentleman would make a very g
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as if it had never been, except as
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npt, :i fe-.v words which had been
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to-morrow. He wants the East Farm f
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" Are you speaking quite in earnest
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gr,-at surprise of Vinrent, who was
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nnce to his will. Like many women o
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way, it would be out of our road,"
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would see Denise, that he would pou
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'Then that would put oft the marria
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THE T'S l>.\ I li Kose's room v, :s
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..inied. George looked, as usual, v
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Bboul y, ,i ; and Rose wond- ndrd t
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1 with coM, distant, civility, ami
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Benoite. She was ashamed at fooling
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were thrust Into a waste-paper bask
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"Aunt Mode, don't cry. You will not
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, wife, and he. had rejected HIT. I
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Ised me Hint if I came to the Chape
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quiet stillness of tho olive nnd or
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husband than he would otherwise; ha
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M Lescalle resolved in his own mind
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The secret regarding the authorship
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Peuwarne was smiling. nl how many S
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It was not the first time th:;t Pet
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This was the way in which sympathy
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8 WRECKED AM) SAVKD. mercy of frien
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10 WRECKED A.VD XATKD. Tis(>fu'. Th
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12 D AND " Do yon ever think it all
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14 1 s9 they parted. As Peter came
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If, ni \ o-A i i.i). his nephew con
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WRECKED AJ\'l> JU VED. "I nm Borry,
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\ i m id : i the pretty little ball
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PART III. CHAPTER L Now in her hear
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Wliilc this wns going on in the sit
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" TVs is whnt I would mlvise you to
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I !hat end ns expressions of Mr. li
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30 AND XA "Yes, two." i you remembe
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And whatever favor lie had gained b
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.i.i\n thorn, prenllr, it must ho o
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J1LLVJ) to c:o forth from her body
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the wisdom so often withhold from t
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led : " As the Signora already know
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10 BLIXD A ' tie, which had 'all 'i
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12 ; ' led, and wo it would be a wa
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14 At ; and i coming when the wealt
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16 CHAPTER IV. Ave Mary ! night ts
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i is He will no) even give up his m
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20 but (hoy worn now floating upon
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mpanied by the men from whom ho hiu
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Ilf.fXD AGb Tlu> 's lirow grew dark
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2C "n of that God whoso path sho .
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ipie-d ; upon (1 lint the sea i , ,
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so Jil.iM) illi ynur corporal visio
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ye, I nud romem' request JiLlM> of
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he ran awny. and was supposed to ha
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evelry. Rut these hours of relaxati
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6 TI;I:K TO Tt; for a moment, and t
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8 /; TO TRl'.^T. Then arc you, Kate
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with her waiting-women, and she wil
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Cm put Buoh ready faith in mere rep
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\vork lo ilo fur her at home, they
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un: m TI, Ood'B goodness; and it is
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16 Tlil'l-: Til 77. Ood's goodness;
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18 TUL'K TO and go on to the end yo
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90 TO .77.TN7'. cape, and that of L
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TRUE TO r/, Cuthbert's words had di
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24 mm TO TitrST. erine, for the pre
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Tlil I-! TO TU :;cally from the cen
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cure :i solid Catholic education fo
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As ii is n.it our intention to foll
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autiful nnd so free from care. What
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emarkable feature. The expression o
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fore, that all whom the fever hail
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manifold transgressions. But how fe
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40 TUL'H TO TliL'^T. But be not afr
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i of tin; old Idlers, prevented her
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41 Tin i-: r r KM' >mptroller ants.
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4 TRUE TO 77. As Lady Adelina enter
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manner in which Catherine replied,
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gin.; < were happy IIMCS for Cather
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windows, glad to remain unnoticed w
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la few months after his arrest Mr A
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ward to look on him as a distant co
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.1 Don ' {,'rii'f so as not to heig
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i-y bull i left the dark ' whither
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V i\v we cannot doubt it any lunger
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8 A norm,!-: Italy ought to bo Ital
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10 : x.irr /// me ! How can I belie
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I f.f i' ; but I'd he ]iv nder stil
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II letter to his cousin's. " We hav
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Ifi . Bomb' had admired that very d
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18 A D Ciarihaldiau Wands thoroughl
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20 hour of justice, were it only a
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A DOUBLE tiou half dead by terror,
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A Del n/.l- SACRIFICE. Victor's fat
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26 Ol'BLE And the old purtrd, w i f
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vil'Xl son ; you'll return lo Clod
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scarcely was I left to mysolf than,
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ken-hearted lo.k. 'So my son is not
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34 A DOV1 CHAPTEK XIL CASTEfcFIDABD
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A DOVBLE SACRI1 upon our heels. Des
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" All ! n 1 ! ! my father, indeed,'
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"Goodnight, my dear children. You'v
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12 OVBLE s. ir '//// lo, whore the
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A DOl'BLE SACRIFICE. Ires so much t
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dreadful scone, turned towards Erne
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' i- neighbors or friends is ill, t
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And you'll ho r His holy will, moth
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submission, in her heroic tv instan
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M. i /;//;. inh> the water, and ret
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66 ./.< / "The trial then began. Ma
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58 TUI-: ,vyv>/.')' A r.Mi; v was t
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mind, and only supported the bunion
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fortmiritely, this at length became
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,4 the States of BnrBary. He died t
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groups in fervent worship, scarcely
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that, got in one night, looks, yon
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ti v///: LAM i- "/' '////: w their
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, u:id nor liis companion could tel
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triilinu, perhaps, in the eyes of s
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12 Tin: (.-'>!. !>h:.\ />///; i.v.i
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14 TUB GOLDEN PffKASANf. " Dear Ger
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16 " Adieu, my dear mother," said t
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CHAPTER I. THE YOUTHFUL CAPTIYE. A.
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Seraphica was again alone; she refl
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On one side could be seen fathers a
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costliest robes, and to seek from h
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iO will be time to change the Tow?
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LTDIA. at hearing such words from L
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14 rious mfen, they divided it into
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whole Roman : People in behalf of t
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IS /, Y 1) 1 A. eyes when she saw t
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with the words: "From the camp ; Lu
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23 L TDIA. God, and of the same nat
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at Athens. On the sixth day, the ch
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2(5 bestow " a charity with her own
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L, r she began to look impatiently
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30 /, ) 1)1 A. touched the bier. An
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y that most dignified of nil myster
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"Do so," replied Metella, " in Rome
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L TDIA. ivory sceptre headed with t
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38 L YDIA. or a pair of palm branch
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40 LTBIA. before u* She then placed
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aasoling her companions to the enti
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irith him. Of course the Christians
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' 4ft to he recognized. The haughty
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