tyrany

Updated: May 3, 2025

"My father," he wrote, "destined me, while yet a little child, for the study of humane letters." He was also destined for the ministry, but, "coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyrany had invaded the Church,...I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence, before the sacred office of speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing."

Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers - From Chaucer to Tennyson