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" The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place was chosen by universal acclamation, two gun-shots in advance of the present sanctuary, and a chapel erected, in which the gift was deposited with all due honour. But the Madonna, as it would seem,... "
A Book of the Riviera - Page 283
by Sabine Baring-Gould - 1905 - 320 pages
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Doctor Antonio, by the author of Lorenzo Benoni

Giovanni Domenico Ruffini - 1855 - 496 pages
...and in a fit of generosity offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow-townsmen. The wonderful of the affair does not stop here. A place was chosen...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact place where the actual church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel,...
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Doctor Antonio

Giovanni Ruffini - 1861 - 464 pages
...and in a fit of generosity offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow-townsmen. The wonderful of the affair does not stop here. A place was chosen...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact place where the actual church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel,...
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A Winter at Mentone

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1862 - 262 pages
...native shores, and, in a fit of generosity, offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow-townsmen. The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact place where the actual church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel,...
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Doctor Antonio: A Tale of Italy

Giovanni Ruffini - 1864 - 444 pages
...and in a fit of generosity offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow-townsmen. The wonderful of the affair does not stop here. A place was chosen...erected, in which the gift was deposited with all due honor. But the Madonna, as it would seem, had an insurmountable objection to the spot selected, for,...
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On the Rivieras, and in Piedmont and Lombardy

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876 - 444 pages
...native shores, and, in a fit of generosity, offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellowtownsmen. The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact spot where the actual church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel,...
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Cities of Northern Italy, Volume 1

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 396 pages
...native shores, and, in a fit of generosity, offered his holy sail to the worship oi his fellow-townsmen. The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact spot where the actual church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel,...
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Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, Volume 4

1912 - 236 pages
...shores, and in a fit of generosity offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow townsmen. ... A place was chosen by universal acclamation, two gunshots...advance of the present sanctuary, and a chapel erected.' Then follows an account of how the picture was every morning found at the exact place where the actual...
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Wanderings on the Italian Riviera: The Record of a Leisurely Tour in Liguria

Frederic Lees, George Frederic William Lees - 1913 - 474 pages
...native shores, and in a fit of generosity offered his holy sail to the worship of his fellow-townsmen. The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place...every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact place where the church now stands. Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel, the...
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