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Romance of the French abbeys (1905)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 116

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to us (translating as heread into the vulgar tongue) the history ofthe metamorphosis of my far-away ancestor,how— He was driven from the sons of men, andhis heart was made like the beasts. Hisdwelling was with the wild, and his body waswet with the dew of heaven till his hairs werelike eagles… … CHAPTER IV THE VISION OF SAINT BERNARD THIBAULT the Firebrand, doughty knightthough he was, felt his knees knock to-gether with sudden fear as he stood withoutthe door of his wifes oratory and heard herpassionate ravings as she knelt before theimage of the Crucified. Unscrupulous in most matters,…

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