ISBN: 123029595X

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[SR: 4685036], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230295954], TheClassics.us, TheClassics.us, Book, [PU: TheClassics.us], TheClassics.us, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...graves wherein the brothers had been laid. Therefore was that ky 1 brother greatly astonished when he saw, in a corner beneath the wall, some white and golden thing that grew to a man's full height. It seemed to him that this must be a flower, and he knew not who had dared to plant it. And being filled with a very ardent curiosity, he drew nearer that he might the better see what it was; for it was the hour of twilight, and already distant things grew dim. But this thing did not vanish away, as he had feared that it might do when he came near; rather did it grow in size, towering above him in great majesty. And he saw that it was a great and pale lily, even such a lily as Saint Gabriel the Archangel bore to Our Lady with his Salutation. And it sprang from the earth that was heaped upon one of the graves; and though its roots were planted in corruption, yet its petals shone with a whiteness that is of Paradise, and letters of fine gold were written on each of its leaves. And the lay brother, seeing it thus, was full of amazement; for the place wherefrom it grew was not that in which the body of the sub-Prior, an holy and a learned man esteemed of all, had been laid; but it was the newest grave in all the cemetery, even that of the ignorant monk. Then, because he was exceeding perplexed by that which he had seen, and further, being unlettered, could not read the words that were on the leaves of the flower, that lay brother went in haste and great fear to the Lord Abbot, and told him of the lily that grew amongst the graves. And the Abbot was much astonished, and he came strait way with many of the monks, The Lttj to see what it might be. But when they were come to that part of the cemetery wherein the lily was, behold, great fear and..., 21, Reference, 11444, Almanacs & Yearbooks, 11448, Atlases & Maps, 2572, Careers, 11626, Catalogs & Directories, 11472, Consumer Guides, 11475, Dictionaries & Thesauruses, 11713, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, 11823, English as a Second Language, 11761, Etiquette, 11773, Foreign Language Study & Reference, 11880, Genealogy, 11902, Quotations, 8975382011, Survival & Emergency Preparedness, 5267710011, Test Preparation, 11970, Words, Language & Grammar, 5267707011, Writing, Research & Publishing Guides, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 12762, Agnosticism, 12764, Atheism, 12279, Buddhism, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 12506, Hinduism, 12522, Islam, 12540, Judaism, 12489, Literature & Fiction, 12621, New Age & Spirituality, 12735, Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts, 12761, Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts, 1873, Religious Art, 12779, Religious Studies, 12689, Supernatural & Paranormal, 12809, Worship & Devotion, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9781230295954

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either pa… Mehr…

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