The continent in 1835, sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France1836 |
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... guide , who seemed intelligent , and not very well affected towards the priests , informed us , while in this church , that they are frequently very exorbitant in their charges for masses for the dead ; and that the expense of the ...
... guide , who seemed intelligent , and not very well affected towards the priests , informed us , while in this church , that they are frequently very exorbitant in their charges for masses for the dead ; and that the expense of the ...
Page 52
... guide who conducted some of us on a former visit to this field of blood , then crowned with the fruits of harvest , said that he made one of about four thousand persons who were em- ployed , for a whole week , in burying the slain ! It ...
... guide who conducted some of us on a former visit to this field of blood , then crowned with the fruits of harvest , said that he made one of about four thousand persons who were em- ployed , for a whole week , in burying the slain ! It ...
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... guide who led us to the church said that he had formerly re- ceived the application ; -though quite a youth , the poor fellow , seemed perfectly priest - ridden ; and when he told us some strange stories about miracles and relics , we ...
... guide who led us to the church said that he had formerly re- ceived the application ; -though quite a youth , the poor fellow , seemed perfectly priest - ridden ; and when he told us some strange stories about miracles and relics , we ...
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... guide , some of these remains are centuries old . He pointed to one , who , as he said , was the last who had died , whom he well knew , and who had been the gardener of the 1 monastery . The bodies were in different stages of decay ...
... guide , some of these remains are centuries old . He pointed to one , who , as he said , was the last who had died , whom he well knew , and who had been the gardener of the 1 monastery . The bodies were in different stages of decay ...
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... guide , we immediately set out to explore the place ; and the first object was the castle , situated above the town , the re- sidence of some of the Baden family . The apart- ments are very plain , and the unadorned Margrave- Gallery ...
... guide , we immediately set out to explore the place ; and the first object was the castle , situated above the town , the re- sidence of some of the Baden family . The apart- ments are very plain , and the unadorned Margrave- Gallery ...
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