added to which I had a run of ill-luck at play, and was forced to meet my losses by the most shameful sacrifices to the money-lenders, by pawning part of Lady Lyndon's diamonds (that graceless little Rosemont wheedled me out of some of them), and by a thousand other schemes for ...
In 1113 Baldwin forced his wife to enter a convent and married Adelaide of Saona, countess dowager of Sicily. He died without an heir and was succeeded byBaldwin of Bourcq, a cousin whom he had named count of Edessa in 1100. This article was most recently revised and updated byEncyclopaed...
despite great danger, they corresponded secretly. Anne’s hatred pursued Mary so relentlessly that Mary feared execution, but, having hermother’s courageand all her father’s stubbornness, she would not admit to the illegitimacy of her birth. Nor would she enter a convent when ordered to do...
That day, however, it was hard to imagine anyone but ourselves in that remote location. We reached the island on a small ferry boat accompanied only by the skipper and an elderly nun traveling back to the convent on another island,Frauenchiemsee. ...
And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa’s stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent. As danger circles,...
This was a paper copy that i believe I got as part ofA Box Of Stories. As part of my extensive TBR, it falls under my#BeatTheBacklogreading challenge The story is narrated by Nus-Nus, the tall black slave to Sultan Ismail, who we find out later is also a Eunuch. He is the main...
October 2nd 2024 I am on a ship to see the Northern Lights. Sadly, the weather has not cooperated. Clouds make it difficult for the lights to be seen. On the 2nd, the clouds broke for a small period of time, and I was able to shoot these. It is very important to know that […...
Truth cannot be forced by repeating the same things and over again. Truth is something that changes day by day, that alters itself to fit a current reality.” Truth is a wonderful thing, for those who find it, for those who have the courage to speak it.“ She wrote in 2015;I was ...
When Sr. Nicolina “overbooked” the convent, she brought us up to sleep in the nun’s quarters. She was a true Italian mother – she made sure we had daily Mass and tipped us off on all the Holy sites and where to climb in prayer on my knees in petition for my future husband,...
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