"Sisterhood" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with the little houses of the beguines, or lay sisterhood. There is nothing particular to see, except a man under a tree admiring his daubed canvas, near by a dog sleeps. The sense of peace is profound. Even Antwerp seems a creation of yesterday compared ...
— Promenades of an Impressionist • James Huneker
... garnishing the right arm of the chair. She is gazing abstractedly out at the landing, as if waiting for some one overdue. The face is uncovered; and it is to be said here that, abhorring the custom which bound her Byzantine sisterhood to veils, except when in the retiracy of their chambers, she was at all times brave enough to emphasize the abhorrence by discarding the encumbrance. She was never afraid of the effects of the sun on her complexion, and ...
— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 1 • Lew. Wallace
... the home, the family and the domestic interests of life, to be beloved by every good citizen of the state, the fountain and source of the greatest blessings of domestic life. Ohio can justly claim to be the equal of any other in the sisterhood of states, central in location, rich in resources, the common pathway of all the states, containing over three millions of people as happy in their surroundings as those of any community in the world. We must ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman
... must not show your face, or if you show your face, you must not speak.' 'And have you nuns no further privileges?' said Isabel. 'Are not these large enough?' replied the nun. 'Yes, truly,' said Isabel: 'I speak not as desiring more, but rather wishing a more strict restraint upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.' Again they heard the voice of Lucio, and the nun said: 'He calls again. I pray you answer him.' Isabel then went out to Lucio, and in answer to his salutation, said: 'Peace and Prosperity! Who is it that calls?' Then Lucio, ...
— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles and Mary Lamb
... the virtuous world were not so considerate, nor so charitable. Many neighbours shunned the poor girl, as if contaminated by the crimes which Roger had undoubtedly committed: the more elderly unmarried sisterhood, as we have chronicled already, were overjoyed at the precious opportunity:—"Here was the pert vixen, whom all the young fellows so shamelessly followed, turned out, after all, a murderer's daughter;—they wished her joy of her eyes, ...
— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper
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