Period of reflection, prayer, or meditation, practiced communally or in solitude
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A spiritual retreat for one day in every month . By a priest of the Society of Jesus. Translated out of French.
Croiset, Jean, 1656-1738.Date: Printed in the Year 1710- E-books
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The map of man's misery. Or, The poor man's pocket-book being a perpetual almanack of spiritual meditations: or compleat directory for one endless week. ... Containing many useful instructions, exhortations and prayers, with precious remedies against Satan's devices; plainly shewing every Christian so to walk, that he may please God.
Ker, Patrick, fl. 1691.Date: 1732
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Saint Gregory the Great: thinking himself unworthy to be Pope, he retires to a cave and studies the scriptures, but churchmen come to persuade him to return to Rome. Engraving by P.P. Moles, 1769, after C. van Loo.
Charles-André van LooDate: [1769?]Reference: 8617i- Pictures
A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Engraving by W. Woollett and W. Ellis, 1778, after R. Wilson.
Richard WilsonDate: 4 June, 1778Reference: 3162958i- Pictures
Thomas Gray, recalled after his death as having often sat at Stoke Poges contemplating the flowing of a stream in the middle of the day; representing noon. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.
Robert SmirkeDate: Dec.r 20 1782Reference: 2913421i