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... Meaux . The immense amount of correspondence and of Mémoires , or contemporary records , is a veritable em- barras des richesses in writing on this period of Church History , and I feel that this sketch , written amid much interruption ...
... Meaux . The immense amount of correspondence and of Mémoires , or contemporary records , is a veritable em- barras des richesses in writing on this period of Church History , and I feel that this sketch , written amid much interruption ...
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... and the assurance of the respect with which I remain , etc. , J. BENIGNE , Évêque de Meaux . " Although it has been already partly quoted in the Life I Correspondence , vol . ii . p . 307 . of Bossuet , it is impossible to write that of.
... and the assurance of the respect with which I remain , etc. , J. BENIGNE , Évêque de Meaux . " Although it has been already partly quoted in the Life I Correspondence , vol . ii . p . 307 . of Bossuet , it is impossible to write that of.
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... father , was a fit and suitable man to examine the son ; and after a long interview with the Prince , the Bishop of Meaux expressed himself as amazed at the extent A RISING STORM . and soundness of his acquirements . 84 FÉNELON .
... father , was a fit and suitable man to examine the son ; and after a long interview with the Prince , the Bishop of Meaux expressed himself as amazed at the extent A RISING STORM . and soundness of his acquirements . 84 FÉNELON .
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... Meaux , giving all her papers , even a manuscript autobiography which she had never shown to Fénelon , into his hands . While he examined these papers carefully , the lady retired to a convent in the Rue Cassette , where , in Jan. 1694 ...
... Meaux , giving all her papers , even a manuscript autobiography which she had never shown to Fénelon , into his hands . While he examined these papers carefully , the lady retired to a convent in the Rue Cassette , where , in Jan. 1694 ...
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... Meaux , ' and live there as a sort of prisoner on parole , pending the sit- tings of the Commission , and there seemed a reason- able hope that the storm disturbing the religious world would die away . The Conferences were held at ...
... Meaux , ' and live there as a sort of prisoner on parole , pending the sit- tings of the Commission , and there seemed a reason- able hope that the storm disturbing the religious world would die away . The Conferences were held at ...
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