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Excerpt from Three Dialogues on Pulpit Eloquence
B Listen, then! I will repeat to you what I am able to remember. This was the text I have eaten ashes as it were bread (ps. Cii. How could you find a more ingenious text for Ash Wednesday9 He Showed how, according to this passage, ashes ought to be on this day the food Of our souls; then he interwove in his introduction, in the most ingenious way in the world, the story of Artemisia and the ashes Of her husband. His transition to the Ave Maria* was full of art. Then his division of his subject was happy; you Shall judge Of it. These ashes, he said.
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B Listen, then! I will repeat to you what I am able to remember. This was the text I have eaten ashes as it were bread (ps. Cii. How could you find a more ingenious text for Ash Wednesday9 He Showed how, according to this passage, ashes ought to be on this day the food Of our souls; then he interwove in his introduction, in the most ingenious way in the world, the story of Artemisia and the ashes Of her husband. His transition to the Ave Maria* was full of art. Then his division of his subject was happy; you Shall judge Of it. These ashes, he said.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon
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ISBN - 9780265170366
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 202
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