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Certain portions of that bread and wine were taken into the bishop's hands; and thereafter, with an increasing mysticity and effusion the rite proceeded.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

But mysticity saved him from plain paganism, and the art of the Gothic cathedral grew dear to him.

From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Nevertheless, the simple realism of the Roman ritual by no means meant, for him who could see, the absence of mysticity.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

But the manifestations of modern pessimism were checked by constitutional mysticity.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Flavian had caught, indeed, something of the rhyming cadence, the sonorous organ-music of the medieval Latin, and therewithal something of its unction and mysticity of spirit.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Pater, Walter