The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi: In This Book Are Contained Certain Little Flowers, Miracles, and Devout Examples of That Glorious Poor

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Excerpt from The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi: In This Book Are Contained Certain Little Flowers, Miracles, and Devout Examples of That Glorious Poor Follower of Christ, Saint Francis, and of Certain of His Holy CompanionsJbrother, and a dear friend of Francis, defcribes him thus: He was Of mid fclle fiature, rather under than over, with an oval face and full - but low forehead, his eyes dark and clear, his hair thick, his eyebrows clofe, a firaight and delicate nofe, a voice folt yet keen and fiery, olofe, equal, and white teeth lips model't yet fubtle, a black beard not thickly grown, a thin neck, fquare fhoulders, {hort arms, fmall hands and feet, delicate lkin, and little fiefh. So elegant was his drefs, and fo luxurious were his tafies, that his parents often faid, He is more like the fon of a prince than like our fon. Still, they were proud of his fplendor, and grudged him noth ing, though his charities were as lavilh as his pleafures: no beggar ever afked l of him in vain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.