Once upon a time a poor pious peasant died, and arrived before the gate of heaven.
Yes, said the fox, that is reasonable, and a pious request.
Andbecause the hermit was so pious, an angel of God, visible to his eyes, went up with him, countedhis steps, and when the work was completed, brought him his food, even as the prophet of oldwas by God's command fed by the raven.
There was once on a time a mother who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was rude andwicked, the second much better, although she had her faults, but the youngest was a pious, goodchild.
She was good and pious, however.
He said, she is too pious and good to do anything of that kind, if she were not dumb, and could defend herself, her innocence would come to light.
It is now long ago, quite two thousand years, since there was a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and they loved each other dearly.
The miller's daughter was a beautiful, pious girl, and lived through the three years in the fear of God and without sin.
Cinderella The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you.
In a cloister there lived a young man named Urbanus, who was pious and studious.
Once you were a good, pious boy.
The rich merchant was a very considerate, good man; his wife, delicate and gentle-born, dressed well, was pious, and, besides, was kind and good to the poor.
When it was finished, and the altar-candles lighted, she stepped up to the altar-table and prayed on her knees to our Lord, that He would grant her, for her pious gift, a life upon the earth as long as her church was standing.
She went with her maid to the old castle where she had been born, and near which the gentle, pious lady, her mother, was lying in the church vault.
Sunday, foreman of the days of the week, appeared in a black silk cloak; pious people thought he was dressed for church in a minister's gown, but the worldly minded saw that he was attired in a domino for merriment and that the flashing carnation he wore in his buttonhole was a little red theater lantern on which it said, "All sold our; see now that you enjoy yourselves!
They came from Rome with a papal decree—a ban, or bull, against the widow who had dared to offend the pious bishop.
" "Above; in heaven," answers the pious man; "it is there we hope to go.
As he offered pious prayers and sang holy songs of praise, she trembled.
Saint Elizabeth, the tutelar saint of the land, the pious princess of Thuringia, whose good deeds have been immortalized in so many places through stories and legends, had greater beauty and more real grace.
Your palace of learning stands beside the deep woodland lake like a great white swan, and near by, like the bright starflower of the woods, there gleams a tiny cottage, whence pious hymns echo throughout the land; words are spoken within, and the peasant listens and learns of Denmark's bygone days.
