Patrick, the patron and tutelary faint of Ireland, was born about the middle of the fourth century. In his Life I find it recorded that he daily rehearfed the whole pfalter, with a great number of prayers, and that he mortified himfelf by " faying every... A Tour in Ireland in 1775 - Page 39by Richard Twiss - 1776 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
| English essays - 1776 - 772 pages
...efpeci»lly thof« of the plebeian females. « Saint Patrick, the patron and tutelary faint of Ireland, was born about the middle of the fourth century. In...mortified himfelf by " faying every night fifty pfalms in water." He is faid to have been canonized for having illuflrated the Trinity by the comparifon of a... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 414 pages
...legs, especially those of the plebeian females. St. Patrick is wull known to be the tutelary saint of Ireland*. He was born about the middle of the fourth century : and it is said he daily rehearsed the Psalter, with a great number of prayers, while, by way of mortification,... | |
| English essays - 1776 - 782 pages
...hjs head, pjtr0n ,„, t(ltt|aiy faint of Ireland, was born about the middle of the fourth cenluiy. In his Life I find it recorded that he daily rehearfed the whole pOlter, with a great number of prayers, and night fifty pfalms in water." He is faid have been canonized... | |
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