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It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done. "Richelieu" "In fact," said Aramis, "it is an absolution according to rule." "That paper must be torn to pieces," said d'Artagnan, who fancied he read in it his sentence of death. "On the contrary," said Athos, "it must be preserved carefully.

"Ha!" said the Cardinal, "Rienzi's faults then are forgotten in Rome, and there is felt for him the same enthusiasm in that city as in the rest of Italy?" "Alas! It is so." "It is well, I have thought of this: Rienzi can accompany my progress " "My son! the rebel, the heretic " "By your Holiness's absolution will become quiet subject and orthodox Catholic," said Albornoz.

Laval, on the other hand, had chosen his side in this controversy long before Frontenac came to Canada, and he was not one to change his convictions lightly. As he saw it, the sale of brandy to the Indians was a sin, punishable by excommunication; and so determined was he that the penalty should be enforced that he would allow the right of absolution to no one but himself.

The priest could not refuse him absolution, if he said that honour obliged him to fight; for this was in accordance with the ancient laws of chivalry. As for me I only addressed these words to God: "Lord, if my enemy kill me, I shall be damned; deign, therefore, to preserve me from death. Amen."

It is true that the first two measures were contrary to the spirit rather than the letter of his promise, and that he never sought to avail himself of the dangerous power granted him by the papal absolution, yet these three facts, says Bishop Stubbs, "remain on record as illustrations of Edward's chief weakness, the legal captiousness, which was the one drawback on his greatness."

He moved his hand slightly. The sister saw his lips tremble. She bent low. "Who seeks confession, absolution?" he whispered. "I am a priest." "You are wounded, dying, father." "How can I die better than shriving a fellow sinner?" That was true. The heroic woman turned to the man who still kept up his monotonous appeal. "The man next to you," she said, "dying like you, is a priest."

"Well let a sincere repentance spring up in your heart for the sins you have just admitted, and for those which you may have forgotten; commune with yourself, humble yourself in the presence of the great act you have just accomplished. I will give you absolution. Go in peace."

I always confess to the same priest, and he has no difficulty in giving me absolution, for I only tell him what I like." "And for the rest you absolve yourself?" "I confess to God, who alone can know my thoughts and judge the degree of merit or of demerit to be attached to my actions."

If not a principal, you have been a party to crime; and never shall you have absolution until you have made a full confession." Her heart swelled with emotion, she attempted to speak, and burst into tears. "These are harbingers of good," observed I; "I am now convinced that my supposition was correct: pour out your soul in tribulation, and receive that comfort which I am empowered to bestow.

Pardon you may have for whatever fault you please. Tell me plainly what is your wish." "Husband, my offence is so black, that you had better give me absolution before I tell you the sin. A long time ago, by reason of lightness and malice, I spoke evil of my neighbour, whenas she bore two sons at a birth. I fell afterwards into the very pit that I had digged.