Hilarius
Americannoun
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“Gelobt sei Jesu Christ!” cried little Sister Hilarius, coming on me suddenly at a corner, her round face aglow with the sharp air, her arms filled with queer-shaped bundles.
From The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse by Fairless, Michael
He stretched out his hands again entreatingly, and Hilarius was sore perplexed.
From Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Fairless, Michael
“Pardon me, father,” said St. Hilarius, “but since I have become a monk I have never eaten flesh.”
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
The legend of Saint Nicholas had already formed the subject of the Latin Ludus Sancti Nicholai of Hilarius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
"I have heard of such abominable mixtures; indeed, the holy St. Jerome himself relates an instance of similar sorcery, in his life of Hilarius; and these people are said to compound them."
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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