"Saint joseph" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... arms, at their extremities near the doors, held two very small chapels set back in niches painted blue, like the cupola, containing above two stone altars without ornament, two mediocre statues, one of Saint Joseph, the other ...
— En Route • J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
... least, the Abbe Bulteau says so, although time has dealt harshly with it. Then, in the centre, follows the Nativity; Mary lies on a low bed, beneath, or before, a sort of table or cradle on which lies the Infant, while Saint Joseph stands at the bed's head. Then the angel appears, directing three shepherds to the spot, filling ...
— Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams
... early, and passed Gouloumbo: we slept on the road. Next morning at nine A. M. we stopt at Dramana, in sight of Saint Joseph, the Fort of Galam; we staid there five days. I was forced to stay there so long, on account of a palaver I had with the family of one of my wives, who opposed her going on the voyage with me: I was divorced, and she had to give me what she had received at our marriage, which is the law among us ...
— The Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In The Year 1805 • Mungo Park
... asking the like from him. We couldn't talk to Saint Joseph that way. We want a nice young saint to ...
— Three Plays • Padraic Colum
... cracked tones. He began to weep aloud. He had been restraining his feelings with all the strength of his will since Farr had announced his intentions. His departure was flight. He began to run away down the sidewalk. "Saint Joseph, guard my tongue!" he gasped over and over. "I'll go very fast so that I not say it, for I am only old Pickaroon, and he is fine gentlemans!" He continued ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day |
