Ash-Wednesday

_Lent_, a time of fasting; the time from Ash-Wednesday to

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous

The enraged people are about to lynch the murderer, when three cannon shots are fired announcing that it is Ash-Wednesday; the lights are extinguished and Cellini escapes in the darkness.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

He recommended the care of the house to Sylvester, without letting him know what his own intention was; and on Ash-Wednesday he caused himself to be taken to the island by a boatman, having with him only two loaves of bread.

The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Father Candide Chalippe

Some one, speaking of a certain bishop who was rather lax in his observance of Lent, said he believed he would eat a horse on Ash-Wednesday.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various

The Book 'orders otherwise' for Saints 'Days, and at such special times as Christmas, Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter

The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

Ash-Wednesday morning need not be surprised if our gayer inclinations desert us almost immediately.

The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera

First Sunday after, and for the three days after Ash-Wednesday.

The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

He recommended the care of the house to Sylvester, without letting him know what his own intention was; and on Ash-Wednesday he caused himself to be taken to the island by a boatman, having with him only two loaves of bread.

The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Chalippe, Father Candide 1917

And they have conspired together: I will not say you shall see a masque; but if you do, then it was not for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding on Black-Monday last, at six o’clock i’ the morning, falling out that year on Ash-Wednesday was four year in the afternoon.

Act II. Scene V. The Merchant of Venice 1914

Oxford, and, on being refused the privilege of lecturing there, he published (1584) his "Cena delle ceneri", or "Ash-Wednesday Supper", in which he attacked the Oxford professors, saying that they knew more about beer than about Greek.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913