Probably in the monastic and conventual life of the severer orders there was an approximation to a punctual observance of the hours as they successively arrived.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Her brother never came near her; he chose to be offended at her rejection of his friend, and when the old marchioness saw her, she scolded her half the time for refusing the Count, and the rest she spent in praising the holiness and pure joys of a conventual existence.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
It possesses in all over 160 of these, those illustrating conventual life in the second part of the book being much the most interesting.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard