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... PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . " 9 THE information gained during my " affair of outposts , was too serious to be kept to myself a moment beyond that in which I could communicate it to the highest authority in the place . Next morning I ...
... PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . " 9 THE information gained during my " affair of outposts , was too serious to be kept to myself a moment beyond that in which I could communicate it to the highest authority in the place . Next morning I ...
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... collection as ever prostrated * This valley is a perfect contrast to the desolate one of the same name on the French side of the mountains . themselves before a shrine . The field officer on duty PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . 57.
... collection as ever prostrated * This valley is a perfect contrast to the desolate one of the same name on the French side of the mountains . themselves before a shrine . The field officer on duty PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . 57.
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... the empty buckets and one of the pumps I covering the retreat , with the other , ready loaded , in both hands . Just as we gained the private door , at the head of a flight of little steps which PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . 59.
... the empty buckets and one of the pumps I covering the retreat , with the other , ready loaded , in both hands . Just as we gained the private door , at the head of a flight of little steps which PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS . 59.
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... priest , the shrill responses of the boys who " served the mass , ' the tinkling of the bell , which was echoed by the beating on the breasts of the assembly , and even the elevation of the Host , which caused the heads of the crowd to ...
... priest , the shrill responses of the boys who " served the mass , ' the tinkling of the bell , which was echoed by the beating on the breasts of the assembly , and even the elevation of the Host , which caused the heads of the crowd to ...
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... priest quitting the altar and entering the vestry , nor the congregation one by one departing from the church . He only saw the one object of his deep attention , and he did not even observe that her companions had left their places ...
... priest quitting the altar and entering the vestry , nor the congregation one by one departing from the church . He only saw the one object of his deep attention , and he did not even observe that her companions had left their places ...
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