He did not believe that a girl of seventeen, luxuriously brought up and petted like "a bird of the Indies," could really desire to embrace the Austerities and abnegations of a conventual life.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
Admission to full communion was preceded by Austerities and ordeals which were made the subject of exaggeration and slander.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
I would tell him of the almost incredible Austerities of certain mystics to refine the body, and it was really a sensation to hear him exclaim in his French way: "Can it be possible?
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort