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The use of this hood, dating from the earliest days of the prison, was intended to prevent a sense of location and direction and thereby obviate any attempt to escape. Thereafter during all his stay he was not supposed to walk with or talk to or see another prisoner not even to converse with his superiors, unless addressed.
The mansion of Caroline Park, near Edinburgh, dating from the end of the seventeenth century, has in its vicinity a well which is reputed to be inhabited by a Green Lady, who emerges from her watery dwelling at twilight and rings the great bell of the old manor-house.
It turned out to be an inscription in memory of the founder of the abbey, dating from somewhere in the eleven-hundreds. The whole place answered exactly to what I had seen, and the long low parsonage was there also. "I should have liked you to see it inside," said Mrs. , "but I have never met the vicar, though I know his mother-in-law, so we must give it up."
By the Lot a sister determined her answer to an offer of marriage. By the Lot a call to service was given, and by the Lot it was accepted or rejected. If once the Lot had been consulted, the decision was absolute and binding. The prayer had been answered, the Lord had spoken, and the servant must now obey.82 We have now to mention but one more custom, dating from those great days.
There is one corner in San Antonio where you can see a Mission dating back to the early seventeen hundreds, and not a stone's throw away, one of the most famous gambling joints of the wildest days of the wild Southwest the site of the old Silver King, where cowboys and miners from the South used to come in "to clean out" their earnings of a year, sometimes to ride horses over faro tables, or pot-shot rows of champagne.
But other cities and towns of Belgium were not as fortunate as Brussels and Ghent in escaping damage and destruction. Dinant, a town of 8,000 inhabitants, fifteen miles south of Namur, and dating back to the sixth century, was partially destroyed by the Germans in their advance on September 3 and 4. Early reports stated that a number of the most prominent citizens had been executed, including Mr.
The collection is transmitted in a manuscript of the ninth century; the formulae mostly convey the impression of dating from a much earlier period, but the fact that they were copied in the Middle Ages suggests that they were intended for practical application.
Until that time, and dating from a time shortly before the fall of Rome, Europe was in perpetual turmoil owing not only to conflicts between nations, but to conflicts between the Church of Rome and the civil power of the Kings and Emperors, to conflicts among the feudal lords, and to conflicts between the sovereigns and the feudal lords.
I happened to meet him in the train yesterday; he was coming to spend a few days with his relatives. It occurs to me that he's the man to give us a lecture to-morrow evening." The others lent ear, and Mr. Wykes talked at some length of Mr. Denzil Quarrier, with whom he had a slight personal acquaintance dating from a year or two ago.
I am quite indifferent in the matter. I am equally ready, at your entire convenience, to stay or to go. "Mrs. Gallilee's voice sounded nearer, as if she was approaching the door. 'I think we arranged, she said, 'that there was to be a month's notice on either side, when I first engaged you? "'Yes at my suggestion. "'Take your month's notice, if you please. "'Dating from to-morrow?
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