A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the congregational nunnery. — Maria Monk
Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the convent — Maria Monk
I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. — Maria Monk
Great dislike to the bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me — Maria Monk
I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility. — Maria Monk
I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us — Maria Monk
I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. — Maria Monk
My parents were both from scotland, but had been resident in lower canada some time before their marriage — Maria Monk
Priests, she insisted, could not sin. It was a thing impossible. Everything that they did, and wished, was of course right. — Maria Monk
Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been — Maria Monk
On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others — Maria Monk
So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is. — Maria Monk
She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. — Maria Monk
The bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a — Maria Monk
Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves — Maria Monk
Some of the priests from the seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time. — Maria Monk
The only recreation there allowed, however, is that of the mind, and of this there is but little. — Maria Monk
We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own.. — Maria Monk
We were kept at work, and permitted to speak with each other only on such subjects as related to the convent — Maria Monk