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Very devoted, but a "wooden" woman, a "veritable penitential brush."
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHECondemned to be strangled, he heard the sentence without a murmur, and went to his death singing the penitential psalms.
BELGIUMGEORGE W. T. (GEORGE WILLIAM THOMSON) OMONDI ought to add that he has tried to make reparation, and is apparently contrite to the limit of his penitential capacity.
THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEIt was her first openly penitential utterance in his presence, and her cheeks were faintly reddened.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHOn his death-bed the conqueror Henry V was listening to the priests repeating the penitential psalms.
THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC, VOL. 1 AND 2 (OF 2)ANATOLE FRANCEThe atmosphere of that penitential spot had been such as to make her feel faint and dizzy.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETThat last engine of ours threw ashes to a truly penitential extent.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETIt was to determine what amount of prayer and penitential exercises should be the normal practice of the Society.
THE JESUITS, 1534-1921THOMAS J. CAMPBELLHere he passed eight days in the performance of all the humiliating and penitential rites of his religion.
HERNANDO CORTEZJOHN S. C. ABBOTTPenitential prayers in all ages have too often wanted faith in God, and therefore have been too often prayers to avert punishment.
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JUNE 18, 2021
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