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The jubilee1 of the Mountain Madonna fell on the feast of thePurification. It was mid-November, but with a sky of June. The autumnrains had ceased for the moment, and fields and orchards3 glistened4 witha late verdure.
Never had the faithful gathered in such numbers to do honour to thewonder-working Virgin5. A widespread resistance to the influences of freethought and Jansenism was pouring fresh life into the old formulas ofdevotion. Though many motives6 combined to strengthen this movement, itwas still mainly a simple expression of loyalty7 to old ideals, aninstinctive rallying around a threatened cause. It is the honestconviction underlying8 all great popular impulses that gives them theirreal strength; and in this case the thousands of pilgrims flocking onfoot to the mountain shrine9 embodied10 a greater moral force than thepowerful ecclesiastics11 at whose call they had gathered.
The clergy12 themselves were come from all sides; while those that wereunable to attend had sent costly13 gifts to the miraculous14 Virgin. TheBishops of Mantua, Modena, Vercelli and Cremona had travelled to Pianurain state, the people flocking out beyond the gates to welcome them. Fourmitred Abbots, several Monsignori, and Priors, Rectors, Vicars-generaland canons innumerable rode in the procession, followed on foot by thehumble army of parish priests and by interminable confraternities of allorders.

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bishop
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piety
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canopy
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appreciation
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gathering
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indifference
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ominous
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estrangement
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longing
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steadily
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animated
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adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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momentary
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monkish
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quack
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plumed
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distilled
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