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Updated: May 25, 2025

The temptation was great; the smell was savory. The priest made a strong internal defence, but the garrison was forced at last to capitulate. "Eh!" said he, as he took his seat, "in fatto è il costume generale di non mangiare prima di dire la messa e di prendere l'ostia.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860