"Immaculate conception" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is a good Catholic who believes in everything the Church teaches—in the Divinity of our Lord, the Immaculate Conception, and the Pope's indulgences. And why should he be disbelieving in that which has been prophesied for generations about the ...
— The Lake • George Moore
... Church at Cambria City, a short distance west of Johnstown, is almost a complete wreck. Rather a singular coincidence in connection with the destruction of the above is that the Immaculate Conception, that stood in the northwest corner of the lecture rooms, stands just as it was when last seen. The figure, which is wax, was not even scratched, and the clothes, which are made of white silk and deep duchess lace, ...
— The Johnstown Horror • James Herbert Walker
... door, but no one answered. After knocking again in vain, the boy decided to enter. He pushed open the door, and found himself in a golden salon, luxuriously furnished with gold and silver chairs. On the silver wall hung an image of the Immaculate Conception. The two children knelt down in front of the image and prayed. Then they went to the dining-room, where they found a golden table with exquisite ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler
... hand, and Socialism on the other, have stultified France. Everything moves between the Immaculate Conception and the dinner pails ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert
... and his accounts of Italian life were fascinating, as one would expect after reading his novels. Another new acquaintance was Mr. Mayall, an English microscopist; he gave me accounts of his visit to the Louvre with Herbert Spencer, who, after looking steadily at the "Immaculate Conception" of Murillo, said "I cannot like a painted figure that has no visible ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White
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