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Word: holinessâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...mortal women was spoiled for him. When he grew up, it is true, he married four times, lived a life of extreme if elegant debauchery and committed crimes too numerous to note. But in spite of all that, he maintained the romantic faith of a child in beauty and holiness???the beauty of Melior, of Acaire?the holiness of Holy St. Hoprig, his patron in Heaven. And then, on the eve of his fifth marriage, he encountered Janicot, a sedate and uncanny personage with curious feet and many damnable names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Place* | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

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