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...form of Roman Catholic confession is this : The penitent, kneeling at the confessor's feet, says : "Pray, Father, bless me, for I have sinned." The priest says : "The Lord be in thy heart and on thy lips, that thou mayest truly and humbly confess thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Penitent: "I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, [tells of sins committed since last confession]. . . . For these and all my other sins which I can not now remember I am heartily sorry ; I purpose amendment...
...birth. Though an infant, she has gained the reputation of being distinctly self-possessed. Therefore when her petite and tearful mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, bent over Princess Elizabeth to say goodbye, last week, the royal infant was concentrating upon an effort to suck her left great toe. . . . "God bless my baby," said Elizabeth of York softly...
...lovely lady had not heard. She was watching the highest of all the flames, the streaking blue wisp like a hand, never reaching ever trying...."Created a book" she went on deftly. "And I am happy to have you all here to look at it, bless it. For you are wise men--and the book is mine. My husband, you see--my husband does not understand. He is not wise; he is only a husband. And he thinks that the book should be at least partly, his...It is not. It is mine, mine and God's." She extended...
...Bless all his fellow citizens, east, west, north, and south, for whom he ever was wisdom, strength, victory, joy, and hope . . . Pour Thy spirit upon all Harvard men throughout the country, throughout the world, as they turn toward this place at this time in reverent, thoughtful, grateful, and lofty memory...
...Bless the Prince of Wales' came to a premature end, and before the intentional humor of the incident had been completely realized, H. R. H. again raised the gassoon to his lips. And this time there emerged the strains of another song that had been sung to him on countless occasions, usually as a complement of the first: 'For he's a jolly good fellow...