Holy Cross And Other Tales

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Excerpt from The Holy Cross, and Other Tales In whose name comest thou? Repeated the priestly man. Upon these mountains have we lifted up the cross of our blessed Lord in the name of our sovereign liege, and here have we set down a tabernacle to the glory of the Virgin and of her ever blessed son, our Redeemer and thine, whoso thou mayest be! 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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INDEX THE HOLY CROSS THE ROSE AND THE THRUSH THE PAGAN SEAL-WIFE[1] FLAIL, TRASK, AND BISLAND THE TOUCH IN THE HEART DANIEL AND THE DEVIL METHUSELAH FÉLICE AND PETIT-POULAIN THE RIVER FRANZ ABT MISTRESS MERCILESS THE PLATONIC BASSOON HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES I THE EEL-KING II THE MOON LADY LUTE BAKER AND HIS WIFE EM JOEL'S TALK WITH SANTA CLAUS THE LONESOME LITTLE SHOE