In those days the hermits of the desert lived in huts on the banks of the Nile, where they lived abstemious lives, taking no food till after sunset, and eating nothing but bread with a little salt and hyssop.They lived in temperance and chastity; they wore a hair shirt and a hood, slept on the bare ground after long watching, prayed, sang psalms, and, in short, spent their days in works of penitence. As an atonement for original sin, they refused their body not only all pleasures and satisfactions, but even that care and ...
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In those days the hermits of the desert lived in huts on the banks of the Nile, where they lived abstemious lives, taking no food till after sunset, and eating nothing but bread with a little salt and hyssop.They lived in temperance and chastity; they wore a hair shirt and a hood, slept on the bare ground after long watching, prayed, sang psalms, and, in short, spent their days in works of penitence. As an atonement for original sin, they refused their body not only all pleasures and satisfactions, but even that care and attention which in this age are deemed indispensable. They believed that the diseases of our members purify our souls, and the flesh could put on no adornment more glorious than wounds and ulcers.(jacketless library hardcover)
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Add this copy of Thais to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1923 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 0x0x0; Light blue cloth cover. Blind stamped insignia on the front cover. Decorated end-papers. Uncut fore and bottom edges. 234pp. Sunning along top of covers and to the spine. Binding is loosening, but still overall intact (back hinge starting). Only a few pages contain notes and/or underlining. A few spots of foxing on some pages, but the rest of the text body is free from any. Full refund if not satisfied.
