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William Wetmore Story. tuous , and unselfish . Above all , they practised hospitality from the very first , devoting them- selves to good offices for the poor , and adminis- tering all their means to the succour of the mis- erable and ...
William Wetmore Story. tuous , and unselfish . Above all , they practised hospitality from the very first , devoting them- selves to good offices for the poor , and adminis- tering all their means to the succour of the mis- erable and ...
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... hospitality . In process of time the monastery grew rich with the many dona- tions of the pious , and was enlarged , and in- creased in influence and in numbers . A hos- pital was then established for the sick , and for the poor , where ...
... hospitality . In process of time the monastery grew rich with the many dona- tions of the pious , and was enlarged , and in- creased in influence and in numbers . A hos- pital was then established for the sick , and for the poor , where ...
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... hospitality they gave free lodging and food to all honest travellers or visitors for three days . The fifth part of all their revenues they devoted to the hospital . The laws of their order not permitting women to enter the monastery ...
... hospitality they gave free lodging and food to all honest travellers or visitors for three days . The fifth part of all their revenues they devoted to the hospital . The laws of their order not permitting women to enter the monastery ...
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... hospitality . Here , among others , came Milton , in the flower of his youth , to gaze on this magnificent panorama , to store his mind with images and pictures - that long remained vivid when the outer windows of his sight were closed ...
... hospitality . Here , among others , came Milton , in the flower of his youth , to gaze on this magnificent panorama , to store his mind with images and pictures - that long remained vivid when the outer windows of his sight were closed ...
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... hospitality . But in the beginning of the present century a sad change came over its fortunes . The first bolt of doom fell upon it when Napoleon in 1810 swept away with a rude conquering hand the right of ecclesiastical property ...
... hospitality . But in the beginning of the present century a sad change came over its fortunes . The first bolt of doom fell upon it when Napoleon in 1810 swept away with a rude conquering hand the right of ecclesiastical property ...
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