[171] Exodus xii. 11.
[172] 1 Peter iv. 8.
[173] Book iv., chap. 5.
[174] St. Luke xxii. 64.
[175] For the foregoing particulars see Challoner’s Catholic Christian Instructed.
[176] Dr. Alemanny, Life of St. Dominic.
[177] Falsely called rose des Alps by the French.
[178] The real “Alpenrose” of the Tyrolese is a strange-looking growth, a starry flower of a dull white, with thick velvety petals, five in number. It grows only in very inaccessible places, and is considered a great prize.
[179] Lectures and Essays, p. 48.
[180] See Claudian, De Sexto Consulatu Honorii, v. 43.