She had put a stop to the lessons, and the reason she had assigned for this insulting step was that Paula had dictated to her pupil long sentences out of her Orthodox Greek prayerbook.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
On the table was lying a little leather book, stamped with gold,-her prayerbook.
"Richard Carvel, Volume 5"
Winston Churchill
The old bookseller smiled cruelly as he replaced the prayerbook in the drawer, the key of which he turned, and turning toward the two young girls, whose delicate beauty, heightened by their fine toilettes, contrasted so delightfully with the sordid surroundings, he enveloped them with a glance so malicious that they shuddered and instinctively drew nearer one another.
"Cosmopolis, Complete"
Paul Bourget Last Updated: March 3, 2009