Word: blessing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...nothing else, being snatched from the rioters by four burly detectives. Howis of glee must attend the non-partisan when he reads that this formally attired herd docilely returned to their pews, no longer menaced by the black sheep, sand "Fight the Good Fight" and then shouted "God bless Bishop Manning!" The Church Militant...
Placing the 3-lb. golden circlet of sapphires, rubies and diamonds upon the Emperor's woolly head, he continued, "Gird the sword upon thy loins, yet rule in Peace! May the Lord God, supreme ruler of men, bless and glorify thy reign, and may He ever keep thee and thy consort in His bosom...
...fishmonger's band blared "God Bless The Prince of Wales." Out of twinkling limousines stepped the Heir of Britain and his top-hatted retinue. Fastidiously they inspected the oozy, odorous docks, mounted a pot-bellied Yarmouth drifter, stood for a moment on the brink of a hold in which squirmed some 50,000 herrings alive...
...since Gregory IX came with the pomp & majesty of his Papal Court to sanctify the bones of the ecstatic little man who was born Francis Bernardone and to bless the foundation of the church of St. Francis rising over his grave, has little hillside Assisi been thrilled as it was last week. The stiff coattails of the bearded, bustling proprietor of the Hotel Subasio flapped with excitement, mayor and corporation excitedly talked plans for two days. Even the Franciscan brothers in the monastery, the Poor Clares in their convent, read their offices with a certain worldly detachment. For Princess Giovanna...
...favors in Paris restaurants and when motoring stops in obscure villages, puts the toys down in the road near a group of children, then drives off. Says she: "I get on a train. I look out of the window and if I see a little house going up, I bless it and the people who are building it. Maybe if I ever met them I'd want to kick them in the afterpiece...