| A Cathedral Courtship Contributor(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544101619 ISBN-13: 9781544101613 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.11 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Excerpt was worse than pretty I made a memorandum of her during service, as she sat under the dark carved-oak canopy, with this Latin inscription over her head: Carlton cum Dolby Letania IX Solidorum Super Flumina Confitebor tibi Duc probati There ought to be a law against a woman's making a picture of herself, unless she is willing to allow an artist to 'fix her' properly in his gallery of types. A black-and-white sketch doesn't give any definite idea of this charmer's charms, but sometime I'll fill it in--hair, sweet little hat, gown, and eyes, all in golden brown, a cape of tawny sable slipping off her arm, a knot of yellow primroses in her girdle, carved-oak background, and the afternoon sun coming through a stained-glass window. Great Jove She had a most curious effect on me, that girl I can't explain it--very curious, altogether new, and rather pleasant. When one of the choir-boys sang 'Oh for the wings of a dove ' a tear rolled out of one of her lovely eyes and down her smooth brown che |