Kempis
Americannoun
noun
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Even 15th-century famous spiritual writer German Thomas à Kempis didn’t make it through the process.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2017
“Most certainly he loves to talk music and to play it, which he does a lot,” Mr. von Kempis said.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010
Mr. von Kempis recalls a time when John Paul II was pope, and Cardinal Ratzinger organized a Vatican performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to commemorate some special occasion.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010
On his tomb in The Netherlands is carved a Latin inscription: To the honor, not to the memory of Thomas � Kempis, whose name is more enduring than any monument.
From Time Magazine Archive
One woman has been known to become dæmonomaniac after an intense perusal of the Apocalypse, and another by the constant reading of the works of Thomas à Kempis.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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