Letters to Persons in Religion
Translated by Henry Benedict Mackey
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LETTER I. To THE FlLLES-DlEU AT PARIS.
Letters previous to tbe ffounbfnd of tbe Hesitation.
To THE FlLLES-DlEU AT PARIS.
From Sales, 22d November 1602.
MY VERY REVEREND LADIES AND DEAR SISTERS — I have conceived so great a confidence in your charity that I seem no longer to require a preface or introduction when I speak to you, whether absent, as I am now obliged to do, or present, in case God should ever so dispose as to give me the blessing of seeing you again. In everything I love simplicity and candour; I believe that you love them too; and I beseech you to continue to do so, because this is very becoming to your profession. I consider that the white tunics you wear are a sign thereof. I will say simply to you, then, what has led me to write to you all together.
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- The words
- Henry Benedict Mackey's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 8 places
- The scanning library's bookplate (Trinity College) (3 blocks)
- The series half-title (“LIBRARY OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES. IV.— LETTERS TO PERSONS IN RELIGION.”) (4 blocks)
- Pictures and their captions
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- The scanning library's date stamp (“HAR 1 9 1991”) (3 blocks)
- The index
- The printer's imprint (“BURNS AND OATES, LIMITED, LONDON.”)
- The scanning library's slip and shelf mark (“BX 2179 F8L513 1909”) (6 blocks)
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- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- A stray scan fragment (“Una”) before a date line, not text of the book