Translation examples
His concerns in church remained at least partially matter-of-fact, and on this winter morning he noticed that Mrs. Trencham was carrying on her particular brand of competitive churchmanship.
sus pensamientos conservaban un viso de objetividad incluso dentro de la iglesia, y esa mañana de invierno advirtió que la señora Trencham estaba desplegando su ya característica competitividad devocional.
His “High-Churchmanship” was a figure of speech he had adopted from Jean Taylor when, at some buoyant time past, she had applied it to him, merely on account of the two occasions when he had darkened the doors of a church, to observe, with awe and curiosity, a vicar of his acquaintance conducting the service of evensong all by himself in the empty building;
Su «Alta eclesiasticidad» era una expresión que él la había tomado a préstamo de Jean Taylor. Ella, en un lejano y feliz tiempo, se la aplicó a él a propósito de las dos únicas ocasiones en las cuales Alec había puesto los pies en una iglesia para observar, con respetuosa curiosidad a un sacerdote, conocido suyo, que celebraba las vísperas completamente solo y en una iglesia completamente vacía.
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