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  • The children complained that they were too hard to eat, and begged me to buy them some "Snows" -- very expensive, but delicious apples for eating.

    How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time Rosalind Goforth

  • To Stevenson, on the other hand, our Lady of the Snows is a mistaken divinity, and the place a monument of chilly error, — for once in a way he takes it on himself to be a preacher, his temperament gives voice in a creed:

    Robert Louis Stevenson 2004

  • The Chapel of the Snows was a pink and powder blue Alpine chalet with a stained-glass penguin at one end looking out over the Transantarctic Mountains.

    Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

  • To Stevenson, on the other hand, our Lady of the Snows is a mistaken divinity, and the place a monument of chilly error, -- for once in a way he takes it on himself to be a preacher, his temperament gives voice in a creed:

    Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891

  • The Lake of the Snows is the source of the western branch of the

    Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601

  • They drove a Porsche 911 Turbo in the GTS class and teamed with Patrick Huisman; the Snows are the only husband-wife team to win a race in the Series.

    Motorsport.com: F1 news 2009

  • I had only purchased one small basket of "Snows" when a large supply, almost a barrelful, came from a distant friend.

    How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time Rosalind Goforth

  • "And the Snows are the happiest people in the country, I do believe.

    The Portygee Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • Hemingway redeemed the 1930s with two superb African stories: "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," about corruption, self-betrayal and guilt, and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" both 1936, with poignant flashbacks that mix memory and desire.

    Hemingway's Achievement Jeffrey Meyers 2011

  • Every August 5th, a solemn celebration recalls the Miracle of the Snows.

    The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore 2009

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