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Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 248

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de Blieux, our townseems far away from any scene in which the great ones ofearth took part. Although I know that it is true, it oftenseems to me a legend that the gay and gallant Francis I,rushing to a mad war, stopped on his way to injure us; andthat four hundred years ago a band of Huguenots… … Aix. 223 The Cure smiled, and shook his white head. Thatis a story which the peasants tell,—an old tradition of theland. It may be true, since priests arc mortal men anddoubtless dealt with sinners. He smiled indulgently.Through the many years I have been here, T have oftenwondered a1)()ut all…

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