canoness
Example Sentences
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The Canoness at the almshouse formed the topic of every conversation during the evening, and no three women whispered together ten minutes over their coffee without saying something for or against their interesting new neighbor.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
When, an hour later, I went to the little summerhouse, I found the Canoness already there.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
I don't know why this annoyed me, but I should have preferred to avoid the vicinity of the Canoness.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
He had been buried, according to the directions of his will, in the almshouse church-yard, by the side of the Canoness, amid the sincere grief of the whole community.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
But the Canoness did not relate all the marvels as if she were talking to a child, but as though she expected from Mother Lieschen's wisdom a decisive verdict upon people and things.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
