Significantly, Dell launches into a full-throated defence of the truth of all religions (20): which makes one wonder why he converted to Catholicism. Fr Yolland sees that his friend is […]
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Month: March 2024
R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” Pt 3
When Fr Yolland opens the package of all Dell’s worldly belongings he finds: … a neat pile of pyjamas—silk, for he felt them incredulously—a spotless collar, an Indian silk tie, […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 2
When Fr Yolland first glimpses the shadowy figure of Christopher Dell, the latter is striking a pose, and his mouth and chin “seemed tilted in a kind of tragic appeal.” […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentmentalists,” Pt 1
Robert Hugh Benson’s The Sentimentalists, was published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906. Pitman himself (1837-1897) invented Pitman shorthand, and distance education using the English postal […]
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A Maronite Crowning Hymn
Once more, with not only the approval but also with the invaluable benefit of Fr Geoffrey Abdalla’s critiques, suggestions, and editing, a Maronite Crowning Hymn. All may use it.
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