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Father Pamphile received orders to go to the Sandwich Islands and engage in missionary work.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards
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Sandwich Islands in place of Father Pamphile, and soon a letter was received consenting to the new arrangement.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards
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Pauline who entered a convent and two brothers, Auguste and Joseph, who became respectively Father Pamphile and Father Damien.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards
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And by this meanes I stood wauering and out of measure amazed, and as one which had droonke an amorous potion, calling into remembrance the ointments of the mischeeuous _Circes_, the forcible hearbs of _Medea_, the hurtfull songs of _Byrrena_, and the deadly verses of _Pamphile_, I stood doubtfull that my eies had seene somthing more than humane, and that a base, dishonorable, and frail bodie should not be where immortall creatures did abide.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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[Illustration: APULEIUS CHANGES INTO AN ASS] 'Come hither, and quickly,' she said; and without stopping to question her Apuleius hastened by her side to the dwelling of the witch Pamphile.
The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang 1900
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Entering softly, they crept along a dark passage, where they could peep through a crack in the wall and see Pamphile at work.
The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang 1900
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He sees Pamphile, his hostess, change herself into an owl, thinks he also will transform himself into a bird, and anoints himself with some of the witch's preparations.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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And in one very remote village lives the sorceress Pamphile, who turns her neighbours into various animals.
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 Walter Pater 1866
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Pamphile, "and let me stand by you a winged Cupid!" and, freely applying the magic ointment, sees himself transformed, "not into a bird, but into an ass!"
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 Walter Pater 1866
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Du Bouchage, therefore, passed through all the apartments until he reached the garden, a true garden of a Roman prelate, luxurious in its shade, coolness, and perfume, such as, at the present day, may be found at the Villa Pamphile or the Palais Borghese.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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