"Canaanitish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... evidently deep and sincere, La Valliere likened herself to three great sinners, the Canaanitish woman, the woman of Samaria, and the Magdalen, and asked only that her sins be forgiven. Bossuet, who received her confession, compared her to a dove taking its flight heavenward, while Madame de Sevigne, who visited ...
— In Chteau Land • Anne Hollingsworth Wharton |
