"Saint francis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the field and began to preach to the birds which were on the ground; and suddenly those which were in the trees came to him and as many as there were they all stood quietly until Saint Francis had done preaching; and even then they did not depart until such time as he had given them his blessing; and St. Francis, moving among them, touched them with his cape, but not ...
— Masters of the English Novel - A Study Of Principles And Personalities • Richard Burton
... the snow, bareheaded in the rain, Saint Francis wandered up and down the world smiling for the great love that was ...
— The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts • Abbie Farwell Brown
... Saint Francis, the founder of the Franciscan Order, was born at Assisi, a walled town of Umbria, in Italy. His father, Peter Bernardone, or Bernardo, was in France on business when his son was born and named. On his return, or, as some say, ...
— A Short History of Monks and Monasteries • Alfred Wesley Wishart
... the Father, with a surprise so great that I thought at first it related to the wine, "Holy Saint Francis! have you not seen ...
— Devereux, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... who had found them on his way down the hill, and had given the man I know not how many pesos for them. They certainly were worth it, because they were made from the stake at which the martyrs in Japan were burned; and because they had touched the whole body of my most glorious patron saint Francis Xavier, at Goa; these are the reasons why I prize them ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 27 of 55) • Various |
