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1833
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From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
all
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From this reading Vigils were kept over it all night.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
arches
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
back
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
BLESSING
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
carried
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
CEREMONIES
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
chapel
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
consecrated
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
CURIOUS
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
deposited
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
disposed
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
DUKE
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
EASTER
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
EXPECTED
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
eye
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
FESTA
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
FLORENCE
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
FLORENTINES
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
Friday
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From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
GRAND
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
HIGH
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
holy
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From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
HOSPITALITY
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
HOST
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
hours
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
ILLUMINATION
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Vigils were kept over it all night.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
kept
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From this reading Vigils were kept over it all night.
lamps
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
lights
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
lost
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
lying
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
MARRIAGE
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
MASS
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
morning
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
multiply
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
night
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From this reading Vigils were kept over it all night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
OVERprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
Paoline
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
PEOPLE
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
place
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
POPE
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
PROCESSION
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
receding
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
RETURN
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
ROME
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From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
RURAL
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
Sistine
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
solemn
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
SUNDAY
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
taken
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
thousand
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
twenty-four
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
VIGILS
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From this reading VIGILS OVER THE HOST--CEREMONIES OF EASTER SUNDAY--THE PROCESSION--HIGH MASS--THE POPE BLESSING THE PEOPLE--CURIOUS ILLUMINATION--RETURN TO FLORENCE--RURAL FESTA--HOSPITALITY OF THE FLORENTINES--EXPECTED MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
week
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From this reading ROME, 1833.--This is Friday of the holy week.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Vigils were kept over it all night.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
windows
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From this reading The Paoline chapel has no windows, and the lights are so disposed as to multiply its receding arches till the eye is lost in them.
yesterday
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From this reading The host, which was deposited yesterday amid its thousand lamps in the Paoline chapel, was taken from its place this morning, in solemn procession, and carried back to the Sistine, after lying in the consecrated place twenty-four hours.
