The first of these shows the ladder of Prayer and the Sacraments up which, by the virtues which form its successive rungs, a cassocked youth is preparing to climb to heaven, where Christ stands in a mandorla supported by angels.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
No doubt he wished me to shew my gratitude by telling him all my adventures without reserve; but the upshot of it was that we both shewed ourselves true diplomatists, he in lengthening his story, I in shortening mine, while I could not help feeling some enjoyment in baulking the curiosity of my cassocked friend.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Every one is busy piling potatoes in heaps, putting them into sacks, wheel-barrowing the bags into winter storage,-men, women, children, cassocked priests, and nuns surrounded by their chattering flocks.
"The New North"
Agnes Deans Cameron