Word: convention
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...convent cloisters cover...
...would be idle to enumerate the many advantages of this system of ethics. In brief, by means of it a man may realize the glorious rule of the convent of the Thelemites in Rabelais...
...humorous touches in it which we cannot satisfactorily explain. For instance, we find on page twelve an apparent reference to our modern games with forfeits. "A student who fails to do this forfeits her right to washing for the week." Was that a joke practised in the school or convent where we are led to think that this work originated? Certainly, if anything more than a joke, it points to a drought or a peculiar state of civilization. In another place we see evidence of the influence of some ancient Lister: "Valuables may at any time be deposited with...
...built this convent with pious zest...
From the ruined convent Marienburg...