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“I swear by heaven, though now I must be shriven for doing so! Therefore come, let us go and together lose our sins.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
So we may well believe that the King’s men were shriven on the night before they fought Something of the young man’s vision had penetrated to his captains and his soldiers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
As he galloped away, Hamlet cried after him, “Make haste in your errand, for remember, I will be shriven today.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Then I grab the lever, record myself with a manly fling, and walk out, shriven, to go to work. What We Can All Do at This Moment Is Vote 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z
But 30,000ft above the Atlantic, he is seized by the need to be shriven, and makes his confession to a cassette recorder he addresses as "Father Sony". Wilfrid Sheed obituary 2011-02-21T19:01:03Z
I mean the midlife crisis story, in which a man suddenly finds himself shriven of the beliefs that have hitherto defined him. Review: ‘Man From Nebraska’ Delivers a Midlife Crisis of Faith 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z
“Shrift,” from the verb “to shrive,” is confession of one’s sins to a priest and presumably forgiveness. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The real debates sparked by the Jill Biden op-ed 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z
The force said the word shrove is the past tense of shrive - confession before Lent - so it felt appropriate. Police use 'pancake art' in hunt for suspects 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z
It's Shrove Tuesday but what's with the pancakes, why the word "shrove" and what is Ash Wednesday? Why Pancake Day is a thing 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z
In his telling he was offering a new republic, shriven of racial hatreds and purged of poverty, built by farsighted technocrats and legislators upon mountains of federal cash. Mr Castro goes to Washington 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z
It's an ordeal, but there is shriving at the end of it. Will Lance Armstrong be absolved by the Blessed Oprah Winfrey? 2013-01-10T20:30:01Z
One by one that night we knelt at the feet of the good shepherd, who, like his Lord, was ready to lay down his life for his sheep, and were shriven. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
The poor wretch made answer for himself, crying out piteously and in a choking voice, for a priest to shrive him. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
"Shrove" is the past tense of "shrive" which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as "presenting oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution". Why Pancake Day is a thing 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z
The past has shrived and buried deep, All yesterdays; there let them sleep. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
When Clement had shriven him and prayed by him, he, in his turn, sought counsel of one who was dying in so pious a frame. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
The baker and his wife and his two sons were dragged into the street and shot down, without time for shriving, in front of their own door. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
The queen received him very gladly, and because he was a wise man and a holy, would be shriven by him of her sins. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
Thus shall we rest for evermore, My brothers dear and I: Haste, cleric, haste, baptise and shrive, For death at last is nigh! Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
The good to others done while here I strive Is all at last that shall my dying shrive; And, setting sail, my slight self-conquest's store Is all my freight if I shall come to shore. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
And do you, father,” he added to Garnet, “proceed to shrive him.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
They are all told by their priests, that a Protestant is a thing too unclean to worship God until he is first baptised and then shrived or confessed by their priests. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z
“Take me to Adiva, dear Denewulf, and then will I tell thee of all that hath befallen me, and why I am with thee to be shriven for the ordeal.” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z
They had whispered between themselves, their heads close together, "like one who is being shriven," and Beppe had kissed the hand of Ludovico in friendship. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z
This fasting-time begins upon Ash Wednesday, and on the morning of the previous day, in the old times, people went to the priests to confess their sins and get shriven. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z
And yet, I am obsessed with the sweet indecision Of having met a poet who will shrive me in verse, Drape my life with the vigor of his youth Yet never kiss me. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z
The next year, when the earl found himself in the power of his foes at Evesham, the aged bishop of Worcester again shrived his host before the battle. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z
When thou hast finished thy penance, and severe it is, son, for greatly hast thou sinned, shriven and absolved from guilt, thou canst return and again mingle amongst thy fellows. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z
The lawyers came and took her depositions; the priests, also, to shrive her soul. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
When the good man saw it was time to shrive him, he gave him absolution and granted him great treasure, the body of Jesus Christ, to wit, and well he showed its great virtue. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z
To the dames of Avignon All the masters go for wiving; To the dames of Avignon— That shall be their shriving! A Night in Avignon 2011-07-07T02:00:27.090Z
I could not die until you, shriven too.... The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z
But always ere now she had fortified and shriven her conscience with the belief that they were of one mind, it must and would be Reno first.... Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z
The worthy prior then proceeded to prescribe several light penances, most of which were confined to moderate increases of the daily duties of religion; after which he shrived the navigator. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
You can confess and be shriven when you come to Richelieu-en-Bas.' A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
Such tender words awoke me, hopeful, shriven, To life on earth again from dream of heaven. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z
For he caught a glimpse of an ag�d crone Who knelt beside a coffin alone; She had sold her cloak to shrive the dead And buy a crucifix! Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z
First fee your priest, then have your shriving. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z
I do, indeed, know the lady," he said, "and even when last at court, on this errand of Colon's, their own confessor being ill, I shrived her, as well as my royal mistress. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
By our Lady, I will go with you!" he cried, "to shrive the dying. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z
Only one man reached the island alive, and he, being sorely hurt, had but time to tell his tale to the islanders and be shriven before he died. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z
Shrive me, Genyo, shrive me, Holy Man; Let me have peace.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
Many a robber have I shrived after sentence passed by his honoured father. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z
And some may peradventure think that they will repent and be shriven thereof, and that so shall God remit it to them. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z
"And I shrive you, sir, and bid good fortune go with you," answered the doctor. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z
Out of their preaching and shriving there has come nothing but hatred and envy between priests and monks, and great offence and hindrance to the common people. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z
A fully initiated Manichaean would not even cut his own salad, but employed a catechumen to commit on his behalf this act of murder, for which he subsequently shrived him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
God knows if I could go back to the army to-morrow with a shriven record, I’d rather have my lieutenant’s pay than all the success that could ever come from moneyed buccaneers! The Law of Hemlock Mountain
Who sits beneath Vesuvius And shrives the castaways of us! Porzia
For the love o' God, a priest to shrive a dying sinner. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4
Let him shrive me, for I am not at all points ready to die.... Idonia: A Romance of Old London
She will be shriven of her sin by our vengeance. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3
If ever a human being needed to be shriven he thought it was himself. The Law of Hemlock Mountain
Would you in heaven not assuage and shrive me? Porzia
To kill in the King's name is surely no sin, else were soldiering a sin, and your reverend worthiness knows that, shriven or unshriven, the soldiers of Carlos Quinto go straight to heaven. The Firebrand
Since ye gave me blame herein"— Toll slowly— "That a bridal such as mine should lack gauds to make it fine, Come and shrive me from that sin. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II
Inyovu’s father, from what I could gather, must have lived about three hours between the period of the bite and his death; this would not give a person much time to be “shriven.” Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa
He could go with them, not with any insignia on his collar, but marching shoulder against shoulder into that red hell of Flanders and France, where a man might baptize himself, shrive himself, and die. The Law of Hemlock Mountain
The circus artists shook each others' hands, Their quarrels were forgotten and forgiven, Old friendships were restored and sinners shriven. King Cole
But Arthur's commands none dared question, and the unhappy lady was shriven by her ghostly father, and bound to the fatal stake. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Shrovetide was, in times gone by, a season of such mirth that shroving, or to shrove, signified to be merry. Folk-lore of Shakespeare
Priests might shrive for broken laws, but for a broken heart what remedy was there? The "Genius"
Hell's but a homily to Heaven,— Put then the individual first, And of thyself be shriven. Days and Dreams Poems
Just look at any man who hasn't a pipe stuck into his mouth, and tell me if he doesn't look like a judge pronouncing judgment, or a priest shriving a penitent? Eyes Like the Sea
Then he kneeled, and prayed the bishop to shrive and absolve him, beseeching that he might accept him as his brother in the faith. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Saint Petronila shrive me! when we became most intimate, and after much beating about the bush, I discovered that his master— Perez. Olla Podrida
That old pirate, Ramon Alvarez, who had probably told a thousand lies, had told the truth at last in his ardent desire for the shriving of Holy Church. Doubloons—and the Girl
"What I need to do is to shrive myself, I guess, and then get up an inquisition, with myself as chief inquisitor." The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas
It would be difficult to recall a more offensive document, and its iniquity was enhanced by the short shriving time which it gave either Servia or Europe. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia
The priest obeys the summons, anxious to shrive a sinning soul, and to send her out of the world if not to Paradise, at least to Purgatory. Ivory Apes and Peacocks
A holy friar who shrived the dying man told me the name of him who fell was Gaspar. Olla Podrida
But,' he said, 'is it not needful to the lay people that cannot thus do, to go shrive them to priests?' Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse
Then he came again this afternoon and said she must die; but he would shrive her for two pesos. Carmen Ariza
Katharine said: 'Why, I pray God that you may die on the green grass yet, with time for a priest to shrive you. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court
His mother, searching for him some time after the storm had passed, found her repentant little boy almost smothered under a quilt in this closet, and as he confessed his sin, he was tenderly shrived. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected.
I pray thee, shrive me, that my guilty soul May quit in peace this tenement of clay. Olla Podrida
A sick man and sore wounded had need to have a sure Leech and a true, knowing his cure; and therefore a man should be principally shriven to GOD; and else his confession is nought. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse
He would not shrive her unless we would pay him first. Carmen Ariza
We come not as foes," the herald saith,— "But we bring Plantagenet's shriven faith That thou, Romara, in thine arms Shall soon enfold thy true love's charms: Let no delay thy joy betide!— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme
You may be shriven but you cannot be shaved. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
I shrived him, And he since has died. Olla Podrida
He had gone to the confessor, he said, to be shriven, and had commenced his confession with acknowledging "the seven deadly sins particularly," "and next the misspending of his five wits." History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.
And Padre Lorenzo came––but he would not shrive her little white soul––” “And the father––?” Carmen Ariza
O the Miller of Roche,— I swear and avouch,— Had a wife of nut-brown beauty; And to shrive her,—they say,— The prior, each day, Came with zeal to his ghostly duty. The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme
And before they entered their cellar, we are assured, they washed their hands of all intrigues and were shrived of their sins by the Maronite priest of the Colony. The Book of Khalid
A father of the neighbouring monastery, Attracted hither by the clash of swords, And but in time to shrive a dying man. Olla Podrida
Brother Ambrose would hug to his soul the secret of his crime until the day of his shriving. G-r-r-r...!
"If it might be permitted I would dearly love to shrive them," said the palmer, still hesitating. Robin Hood
But the neighbouring wives, Who ne'er shrove in their lives,— Such wickedness Sathanas whispers!— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme
The rites of the Holy Church have been administered, and the priest, who would fain shrive Brother Ambrosio, sent me hither, for confession must be made of sins, ere absolution be bestowed. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney
Give us Thy peace, not as the world has given, In momentary rays that fitful gleamed, But calm, deep, sure, the peace of spirits shriven, Of hearts surrendered and of souls redeemed. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul
So in The Merchant of Venice, I, ii, 143: "If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me." The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar
Keep close to me," Midge told him, valiantly, "and you shall shrive these good fellows an it become necessary. Robin Hood
"Confess, dear sinner; I will shrive you and grant absolution for the past, whatever it may be." Moods
When she stayed at a country-house, whatever the tone of it, she felt like a shriven saint, so uplifted was she by reverence for rank. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
Good Edward, I beseech you, bring me a priest that he may shrive me.” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls
When I lack shriving, I will go to a priest. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford
"Let me, at the least, shrive this man's soul ere it be hurled into eternity," said the palmer, stepping forward. Robin Hood
After all, it pleases me better to have the last word from the lady's own lips; she had been most discourteously treated, and I would fain be shriven. The Doomsman
With the infinite charity of childhood, she forgave her mother her trespasses against her for that day, and her little soul was filled with the peace of the newly shriven. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
On Sunday morning mass was said, and men shrived them. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
Get thee to the priest and shrive thee, thou miserable sinner, for thy help must come from Heaven and not from earth.” One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford
"Who will shrive these poor fellows, then, if you have turned your back upon them?" asked Midge, reproachfully. Robin Hood
So I shall shrive myself as well as I know how and continue to admit to you my further doubts and misgivings. Athalie
To do what mortal skill may do To lighten their burdens of grief and woe; To shrive these dying souls of blame, To bid them hope in Heaven above. Nothing to Say A Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery, Which Has 'Nothing to Do' with 'Nothing to Wear'
So shriven by her joy she glowed It seemed a sin to chat. Path Flower and Other Verses
"Say your prayers, then, and get shrived!" and away went the flies again, this time a little below. Tom Brown at Oxford
He added in a lower tone, "you've purged me of my sin, my dear—I feel already shriven." Studies in love and in terror
My love has been shriven, and, like a little white ghost out of heaven, must hark back to you occasionally for a blessing. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance
I'll put quotation marks to shrive me of the sin Of plagiarism when such language I begin— That every one of you may plainly see I tell the story as 'twas told to me. The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems
For our King did so, And all men know That washed from sin and shriven, All free from taint, A ransom'd saint, He dwells with the saints in heaven. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
He tells that a scholar at Paris had done full many sins of which he was ashamed to shrive him. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises
I've heard of ye, and the mon that could shrive Yankee Sam is a good enough priest for any mon. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
Did ever “Father Confessor” have so sweet and so wilful a sinner to shrive! The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance
I make my vow to God and all the saints I will not rest, nor houseled be, nor shriven, Until our realm be free from Danish foe! Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Spectres of uncharitableness were disturbing her and she sought to be shriven. Stubble
He did so and came again to the Prior, and gave him what he had written, for still he could not shrive himself with his mouth. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises
Yankee Sam dying, and he to hear his last confession, he the priest to shrive him, he the preacher to console him! The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
What an admirable piece of buffoonery! these curés going in turn to shrive the writers of the eighteenth century, and having flung at their heads epigrams composed for the occasion, perhaps, ten years before. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
He had affirmed his innocence to the end, had been shrived, had gone to the gallows with a dauntless tread, and there were palm branches on his coffin. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
No; shrive your naughty soul, and give up Velasquez, and pass your last days properly in the Home Office. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Long have I said, how happy he who shrives To thee! Endymion A Poetic Romance
Every man of the black troops will be shriven this night.” The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
Get her well shriven, and you will see she will be another maiden.” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century
You're on the wrong track, young man," he said; "I have just shrived the girl. Peter the Priest
I paid my dues, and shrived me clean, and lived honestly. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
And not long after the shriving of the infidel I had an unexpected opportunity to observe how easy he made it for his people to "die in the faith." A Circuit Rider's Wife
So my spirit, when exhaling, May of sinfulness be shriven, And His gift unto the Giver May be rendered pure as ever! Rookwood
“Ay, my dove, thou wilt be the better of shriving,” said Mistress Underdone, tenderly. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
Yes, I have sinned in the church, and now I have come for you to shrive me. Peter the Priest
With all other, I have shrived me and been absolved, and there ended the matter. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
My shriving of his sins was a speedy rite! Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
And thus regally shrived, might I dare Exhale the warm infinite incense of prayer From my deep soul to thine. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
That were a sin to be shriven for.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
Then was Sir Gawaine shriven, and in a little while he swooned, while all stood uncovered round about him. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
Madame, this is my Lord’s Grace elect of York, who, coming hither on his way southwards, mine husband counted it good for your Grace’s soul to shrive you of his Grace’s hand. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
Die, little Love, without complaint, Whom Honour standeth by to shrive: Assoil�d from all selfish taint, Die, Love, whom Friendship will survive. Ionica
That will be long enough to shrive the young Englishman,” observed the jailer, as he closed the door. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
“You are required to shrive a dying man, Señor Padre,” said an Indian who approached him. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas
Her ladies dressed her in her meanest garments; a priest, her confessor, was brought to her, and she was shriven of her sins. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
I mind her to have said, divers times, when she lay of her last sickness, that she would fain have shriven her of the friar in the frieze habit. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
She will not go to church, neither hear mass, nor hath she shriven her this many a day. All's Well Alice's Victory
They bathed his face and he gathered strength after a time to say, “A priest!—oh for a priest to shrive and housel me.” The Armourer's Prentices
As a soldier and a good Catholic he desired to be shriven, and as a man of habit he preferred the old Cure to Father Launoy. Fort Amity
Therefore, as I know I may not live, do thou shrive me, good father, for I must needs pass out of this world.' King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
I sit with my loins girt and my soul, I hope, shriven. The Adventures of Harry Revel
Lastly, he went to church, and was shriven—namely, confessed his sins, and was absolved by the priest. All's Well Alice's Victory
"I can take upon myself to assert that this damsel of thine has never once appeared before me to be shriven." The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
He confessed sometimes so much, that you yielded that pity which, ere the shrived culprit could receive, by some fatal alchemy was changed into passion. The Young Duke
Then she confessed her sins and was shriven. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
A low whisper, occasionally sounding,-assured her that someone was at the confessional; and soon the palmer, who was now shrived, knelt at her side. Sketches
“Wilt thou go home, and be shriven of thy parish priest?” All's Well Alice's Victory
"I shrived her, your Grace, before she died." By What Authority?
Everywhere priests were busy confessing and shriving the soldiers. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII
With louder summons ring the rampart-bell, And haste the shriving father from his cell; A soldier's heart rejoices in alarms: And let the trump at midnight sound to arms! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan
That same charity and power to shrive, uplift and strengthen resides to-day, in all its plenitude, in the Church which is the continuation of Christ. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Then said I to myself, What need I trouble if the priest will not shrive me, when I can go straight unto the Lord and confess to Him? All's Well Alice's Victory
Long hast thou striven; Dared where the hills by the lightning of heaven were riven; Go now, pure shriven. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
The poet conceives himself in a dream, on the evening preceding Lent, and in his vision he heard Mahoun command that the wretched who "had ne'er been shriven" should dance before him. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country
They heard that Nash was an octogenarian, and likely to die in his sins, and resolved to do their best to shrive him. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1
Is the soldier sick, he visits him; penitent, he shrives him; dying, he comforts him. Leaves from a Field Note-Book
Shrives: The priest shrives one when he hears confession and grants absolution. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
So great was their enemies' haste that they were not allowed even a priest to shrive them, but they did what they could. The Black Douglas
The maiden, weeping, replied that she was not shriven. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.)
With the chance to gasp and breathe again I would have confessed in full to Richard Jennifer and had him shrive me if he would. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
Of spiritual counsel, the first is to be shriven, that the devil have not the more power upon him by reason of his other sins. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
Besides—enough's as good as a feast, and they were well shriven last night. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891
"No wonder that I feel you need a priest to shrive you;" and I laughed again, and would not notice the hurt shining of his eyes as I went away. Montlivet
It would be difficult to find in history a more offensive document, and its iniquity was enhanced by the short shriving time which it gave either Servia or Europe. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe
Coronach shall wail for thee; Get thee shrived and get thee blest, Get thee ready for thy rest, Elleree! Verses for Children and Songs for Music
Be merry, man," quoth she now, "for this day, I thank God, I was well shriven. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
Stay thee, now, Avenger! lest I die; for I am worn Fainter than star-light at the birth of morn; Stay thee, great angel! for I am not shriven, But frantic as thyself: Oh Heaven! The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras
But sometimes he stopped, and bent his head to listen, then lifted his hand in absolution; and Mark knew he was shriving another poor soul. Charred Wood
But Ciaran had shriven him, and in order to deliver his soul from demons he restored him to life, replacing his head—so clumsily, however, that it was ever afterwards crooked. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints
And albeit first the said Count demanded with cries to be shriven; yet did they not grant him a friar or a priest to confess him. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition
And therefore I would advise every man in every sickness of the body to be shriven and to seek of a good spiritual physician the sure health of his soul. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
"Yes; she was shriven and anointed, thank God; she could not receive Viaticum." The King's Achievement
Never was shriven soul more blissfully at peace. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century
No one can shrive you of it—but yourself. The Art of Public Speaking
I consider beyond any doubt that they will be most devoted servants of God, who works marvels in all those whom He shrives, and all set themselves to observe the warnings of the gospel. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
I've shrived a thousand souls—I cannot now absolve my own. Debris Selections from Poems
Lastly, in this island are several Irish cabins covered with thatch, and another for shriving or confession; and there are: separate places assigned for those who come from the four provinces of Ireland. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
You could be born and baptized in the Guest Rooms, or shriven and sent thence in hope. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
A beam of light fell o'er him, Like a glory round the shriven, And he climbed the lofty ladder, As it were a path to heaven. A Book for the Young
Our horses are tethered to a tree below, and thou must shrive a friend who is at death's door—a priest. Heiress of Haddon
Oft to the priestal shrive went she; As often, stealthily, followed he. Debris Selections from Poems
Come into the church, deacon, and shrive me and my husband. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts
The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
And when Earl Godrich had so sworn, the King shrived him clean of all his sins. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)
The Reformation had come in with so much vigour; the enactments against the Roman Catholics were so stringent, that not even another priest could be found to shrive him. Heiress of Haddon
And we thought of the passing of the spike, shriven, and with food for his journey. Tell England A Study in a Generation
And this man have I shriven but a short while ago! Sword and crozier, drama in five acts
Holy men, with song and prayer, Fain would shrive the passing soul; Fiend-like whispers, to his ear. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
Bring him home, Where the songs of sad hearts shrive him, Where remorse no more shall rive him, Where the ever weeping willow Moults to make its leaves his pillow, Home! Soldier Songs and Love Songs
"Nay, I know I'm dying; 'twas a fatal fall, and I cannot shrive myself." Heiress of Haddon
Then I shrived him, and that very morning gave him the Lord's sacred body in the Church of the Sepulchre. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Now Thorolf is shriven; he has but few sins to confess; he has been absolved but recently. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts
Of his miserable end, without "shrive or unction," there appears to be no doubt. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
Apparently nothing amused him so much as the thought of confession and communion, of being shrived by some stout, healthy priest as worldly as himself, and preferably Irish, like himself. Twelve Men
Come, sir, declare your thoughts; let me be your confessor, for I will shrive thee right easily, and the penance shall be pleasant enough, I assure thee. Heiress of Haddon
Nor is justice done to the sublime symbolism of Shrove Tuesday—the day on which all sins are shriven. A Christmas Garland
"How can I die better than shriving a fellow sinner?" And Thus He Came A Christmas Fantasy
He remanded the bridegroom to prison, had him shriven and executed all within an hour. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
To-night," said Kitty to me, "one may be faithless, and be shriven by the morning sun. The Way of a Man
Observe the use of the words “shrive” and “assoiled.” Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
Well, her obscene selfishness is one of those complicated sins that have to be shriven by the very highest confessor. Là-bas
To be shriven, or shrove, means to obtain absolution from one's sin. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs
It has had time to repent while compelled to crouch and behold the result of its work, and it has shrived itself into a state of comparative purity. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
"And thine uncle has had of me other gifts than shriving." The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven
Die, Little Love, without complaint, Whom honour standeth by to shrive: Assoilèd from all selfish taint, Die, Love, whom Friendship will survive. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
She had confessed herself; she had been shriven and blessed, and bade to go her way! Max
So he shrived the host, and at the end they said "Amen" in one voice. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet
Go, get you for your evil watching shriven! The Unknown Eros
Inside the hour the silent gray wagon train held on, leaving the waters to give shriving. The Covered Wagon
These refer to the old religious custom of confession; to “shrive” signifies to forgive, to free from sin, as a priest is supposed to do, and “assoiled” means “purified.” Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
Keep it for the poor devils you will gather in to-morrow night to be shriven. Vanguards of the Plains
Ne'er was mass more sacramental, ne'er confessional more solemn, And the benediction given ne'er shall leave my shriven soul. The California Birthday Book
Being brought on shore, he told us the sad tidings, and desired to be shriven, after which he presently died. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
Edwy went alone to be shriven on the morrow. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune
Associated words: shrive, shrift, confessional, shriven, shriver, shrift, father. confidence, n. reliance, trust, faith, dependence; assurance, certainty. Putnam's Word Book
I go to shrive and confess the sick, to administer the last rites to the dying, to read the prayers of the Church over those who are being carried to the great common grave. In the Days of Chivalry
The name of Shrove Tuesday survives in our Calendar, to remind us of the time when we also used to go to be shriven before Easter. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
A padre visited them yearly, christening the babes, marrying the youth, shriving the penitent, and saying masses for the repose of the souls of the departed. A Texas Matchmaker
From the time that Alfred knew how his brother yearned for Dunstan's forgiveness, and that he would be shriven by none but him, he had sought to accomplish his wish. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune
They had thought him mad, but humored him; but now he was almost furious in his wild cries for a priest, not only to shrive him, but to bear his message to the King. The Vale of Cedars
I have long ceased to be shriven for my sins. In the Days of Chivalry
"I'll drop in this evening and you can shrive me before I go to bed." The Knave of Diamonds
Before setting out on a cruise they were shriven and absolved. Hero Tales of the Far North
"These are plain words; but I would rather that another priest should shrive her whom I love!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas
It seemed as if the trees were shriving after all the green riot of summer, and making ready for sackcloth and ashes. D'Ri and I
And shrived by sorrow and pain, and by prayer, he shall be lifted in her arms, shall rest on her bosom, and her soul shall forth with his into the great unknown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863
In her alarm she called for a priest to shrive her; and the Abbé Languet came at the summons to bring her the consolations of the Church. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
The burgomaster hid in the church, disguised as a priest, and pretended to be shriving some women when the crash came, but it did not save him. Hero Tales of the Far North
"Charles treats us as mendicants; but if he should chance to see the coffers of our order, he would know we had received something else beside a crust for shriving." Mistress Penwick
By reason of the half of me that was priestly, I could, upon occasion, hear confession, administer the holy sacrament, and shrive a sinner as effectively as the laziest priest in Christendom. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
You are my sanctuary, to you my heart bends; the poor pilgrim has come to you to confess and be shrived before he dies. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel
I should not like to be shrived by such a padre! The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet
Oh! that I had my life to come over again!—Confessing to the poor old woman, who cannot shrive them! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
O Eternal Father, do Thou shrive me very quickly of all those sins I have committed, both in thought and deed, for now the time is very short.” Chivalry
Perchance her work may shrive her of her sins. Parsifal A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation
Ah, Lord, the sweet words hushed, the beauty flown; Would God that I were dead, and low, and shriven. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
"But the Luterani do not confess, and are never shrived at all, you will remember." The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet
"And she sent for thee to shrive her?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861
Thou hast bought a pig in a poke:Her priest will shrive her off from such a bargain. 1st Peas.  The Saint's Tragedy
Father O'Grady's coming had been a pleasure to him, for they had talked together; he had confessed to him; had been shriven. The Lake
"Then God have mercy on me," said young Gamwell; "and now, holy friar, shrive my sinful soul." Maid Marian
Very low, in tender tones, The music pleads, the music moans,    "I forgive and have forgiven,    The dead whose hearts were shriven." Poems: Patriotic, Religious
Away to your chamber, sweeting, and keep a blithe face, for she who confesses is shriven. The White Company
"Who will shrive the poor wretch, if you have come away from him?" he asked reproachfully. Robin Hood
"The monk hath some fair penitent to shrive to-night, that he is in such a hurry to depart," said De Bracy. Ivanhoe
But of that I will speak anon, at my shriving, as is meet.” Gathering of Brother Hilarius
And therefore, when they will shrive them, they take fire and set it beside them, and cast therein powder of frankincense; and in the smoke thereof they shrive them to God, and cry him mercy.  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Yet, ere the last string had twanged, he would be down on his four bones among the stricken, and have them all houseled and shriven, as quick as shelling peas. The White Company
A boyish-looking palmer stepped forth, and said: "Your Excellency, let me at least shrive this poor wretch's soul ere it be hurled into eternity." Robin Hood
"Sir," saith the squire, "Draw not forth the knife of my body until that I be shriven." The High History of the Holy Graal
Next morning, being shriven, Hilarius ate the bread and drank the wine of the “wayfaring man,” his heart merry for the joy of his home-coming.  Gathering of Brother Hilarius
And of everych of these sins it behoveth them to be shriven of their priests, and to pay great sum of silver for their penance.  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
And for all who have fallen — Even for him — I hold no malice, Nor much compassion: a mightier mercy Than mine must shrive him. Children of the Night
They bathed his face and he gathered strength after a time to say “A priest!—oh for a priest to shrive and housel me.” The Armourer's Prentices
"O! madam, I must pray your patience; I wish you to shrive a penitent." Vivian Grey
“My son, my son,” said the Prior, and his voice was very pitiful, “thou art indeed in evil case; let me shrive thee ere it be too late.” Gathering of Brother Hilarius
For they shrive them and housel them evermore once or twice in the week.  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
The priest soon appeared, came up to the spot, and received orders to shrive the Frenchwoman. The Young Buglers
He bore in his hand the sainted pyx, and commenced to shrive the dying girl. A Love Story
The night before the battle should be spent, not in feasting, but in prayer and lowly shriving of our souls before the great Confessor. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII
But see, stay not thy shriving, for the time is short, and the Lord ever ready to pardon.” Gathering of Brother Hilarius
For they will first shrive them and mark them with the token of the holy cross, so that the fiends ne have no power over them.  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
The churches are closed, and until the ban is lifted no priest Will be found to baptize, marry, shrive or perform any other Sacrament of Holy Church. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series
Tell him," he said to Martin, "that fight I must, and tell him that shrive me he must, and that quickly. Hereward, the Last of the English
The boy felt that he had been shriven. Windy McPherson's Son
One by one the men, sobered by the shock of great surprise, confessed and were shriven under the summer sun: only the man Dickon was not among them.  Gathering of Brother Hilarius
And when they had said so, upon the gracious trust of God and of them, we let sing mass, and made every man to be shriven and houseled.  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Grisell, as he well knew, had been shriven only last Friday; Leonard muttered, “Three days since, when I was dubbed knight, ere the battle.” Grisly Grisell
My lord, here, wants a priest to shrive him, and that quickly. Hereward, the Last of the English
And his own brother Lars has been sent to shrive him. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts
The Prior drew back dismayed, and behold, the Lord’s hand struck swiftly, and Dickon died with a barren shriving - on whom may Christ take pity! Gathering of Brother Hilarius
"And I shrive you, sir, and bid good fortune go with you," answered the Doctor. The History of Pendennis
At this, the helmet was quickly filled, and accompanied by a monk, who was present to shrive the dying or to bless the dead, the Lady Clare hurried to the side of Marmion. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border
And I believe my love is shrived in heaven, And I believe that I shall soon be free. Poems
Ay, do not play the liar, For he comes here himself to shrive. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8
"Father, thou hast shrived many a parting soul!" observed, rather than asked, the other. The Bravo
Later he found that the soldier would not be shriven, and found, to his surprise, that the dying need no comfort. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign
There was a desperate sprite of banter in her eye when she made this confession, a sprite that leaped forth to be gay when I shrived her. The Boss of Little Arcady
I will declare to the Church that I left you shrived of your sins, and clean! Temporal Power
"O let me pass—a monk doth dwell   In lowly hut by Ulnor's shrine; I seek the holy friar's cell,   That he may shrive this soul of mine." Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
"Have you come, father, to shrive a penitent?" The Bravo
I have shriven the dying, I have ministered to the sick, I have comforted the oppressed, but I have taken no share of the price of blood. The People of the Mist
The past has shrived and buried deepAll yesterdays - there let them sleep, Nor seek to summon back one ghostOf that innumerable host. Poems of Power
Now sure as priest did e'er shrive sinner, Full hardly earneth Mat. his dinner. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe
Now after Sir Guy had made his toilsome pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and shrived him of his life, and done his prayers and penances about the holy places, he took his way to Antioch. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People
"I understand thee, father;—thou hast shrived a penitent?" The Bravo
"I cannot shrive you," answered the priest shuddering, "but I will pray for you." The People of the Mist
The child kissed him gleefully and sweetly a dozen times; and perhaps, after all, that was shriving and absolution for James Thompson. The Law of the Land
"Hath she not been shriven by Father Philip?" said the monk. The Monastery
It was indeed a   —"Dire dungeon, place of doom,   Of execution, too, and tomb!" where, in those savage times, great criminals and innocent victims were alike condemned unheard, and secretly shrived, beheaded, and buried. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths
"Is the penitent shrived?" half whispered one, seemingly the superior of the two. The Bravo
Then the Franks kneeled on the ground while the archbishop shrived them clean and blessed them in the name of God. The Junior Classics — Volume 4
Being shrived, for a consideration, he awaited the coming of the constabulary. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
The Bishop don Jerome our souls will shrive, Saying mass for us ere at them we are ready to let drive. The Lay of the Cid
And I believe my love is shrived in heaven,And I believe that I shall soon be free. Pike County Ballads and Other Poems
"Confess what you please, my dear," said I, "I shall shrive you." The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca
For him,—Oh, Thou Lord of Heaven, comfort him living,—shrive him Thyself in dying! The Maid of the Whispering Hills
They brought Fred a woman—their fattest, ugliest; which means she was skin and bone and uglier than Want, also she was more afraid of Fred than Satan is said to be of shriving. The Ivory Trail
O, Queen of Heaven, and all you blessed saints, Let us and ours be lost so she be shriven. The Countess Cathleen
First I must shrive them with some cleansing thing. The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides
Nor do I know how, of such a business, a man may be shriven, or what should be his amends.... The Hidden Children
I thank you, father," he said gratefully; "you have doubtless come to shrive me, and I would gladly listen to your ministrations. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce
And the shock of it was like a conflagration sweeping through him, leaving him dead and shriven, like the crucified trees standing in the wake of a fire. The Flaming Forest
O, Queen of Heaven, and all you blessed saints, Let us and ours be lost, so she be shriven. The Countess Cathleen
See, they lead the strangers from the cell within, And raiment holy and young lambs, whose blood shall shrive the blood of Sin. The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides
First or last, the whole company died in fight, or in prison, or on crusade, while the monks shrived them and prayed. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Also man's soul in this degree of love offereth it clearly to God, and saith thus: "Now shall I shrive to our Lord." The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521
And then he kneeled down on his knees, and prayed the bishop to shrive him and assoil him. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries
To the voice that will shrive and oil for the grave all there is of her but her woman's unclean loins, of man's flesh made not in God's likeness, the serpent's prey. Ulysses
He lives long enough to tell the story, confess, and be shriven, and then dies. From Ritual to Romance
The jealous churl hath deeply swore That if again he venture o'er, He shall shrive penitent no more. Marmion
Leah in his birth cried and said: "Now shall I shrive to our Lord." The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521
"Dead!" he cried, and began to shrive his passing soul, or so it seemed. The Lady of Blossholme
She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with masspriest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men's oil to his limbs. Ulysses
They allow Full five hours' grace to shrive our souls with prayer. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations
Oh, if you would be saved from the flames of everlasting Hell, get me a priest to shrive me. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
One night in his cell at the foot of yon dell    The priest heard a frequent cry: "Go, father, in haste to the cot on the waste,    And shrive a man waiting to die." Poems of the Past and the Present
Were it otherwise, indeed, few would be well baptized or wed or shriven. Red Eve
The voice of warning, solemn warning, told them the youth had entered a lonely hall, told them how solemn fell his footsteps there, told them the gloomy chamber, the vested priest sitting to shrive. Ulysses
They crept into the churches where the trembling people were blessed and shriven by the trembling priests. Sir Nigel
You shall be shriven in iron—you and your wanton after you. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
The women woke and found her gone, and Sir Andrew lies dead or dying in the solar—but now I have shriven him—and oh! we have all been drugged. The Brethren
You grieve that there is none to shrive us, master, but I hold otherwise, since when it was told what company we kept last night absolution might be lacking. Red Eve
"Oh, hasten, get your guilty soul From every burden shriven; Yet you are bound for flame and dole, But I am bound for heaven." The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2
With them also went the townsfolk, men and women, together with wine-sellers, provisions merchants, armorers, grooms and heralds, with surgeons to tend the wounded and priests to shrive the dying. Sir Nigel
At least... at least," he gasped, "let me have a priest to shrive me. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
It was I who shrove him when he lay dying of his wounds, and a nobler soul never passed from earth to heaven. The Brethren
In every regiment priests were praying, preaching, shriving, holding up the host and the cup. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4
It was not even worth while to name such scruples to the English friar who shrived him on the last day before the departure, and who knew nothing of his past history.  The Caged Lion
I pray you let me go upon my way, for there are those whom I would shrive and housel. Sir Nigel
And indeed we have been the most penitent of all concerned; we have shrived ourselves by open confession and tears. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death
Lastly, he told him of Masouda, but of her Egbert, who had shriven her, knew already. The Brethren
Nay," quoth the sicke man, "by Saint Simon I have been shriven* this day of my curate; *confessed I have him told all wholly mine estate. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
And fetch the priest of St. Martin's, for I would confess and be shriven. The Path of the King
The poor wretch made answer for himself, crying out piteously, and in a choking voice, for a priest to shrive him. A Gentleman of France
It is mine own; Therefore, I'll meet him on his way to court, And shrive him of it: there will be the sport. Sir John Oldcastle
"Then," said Godwin with a sigh, "I desire only to see Egbert the bishop, that he may shrive me according to our faith and make note of my last wishes." The Brethren
Now for to speak of them that be so negligent and slow to shrive them; that stands in two manners. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
"When we go there, it must be gently and humbly like shriven men." 1492
His was the good fortune to witness Sheppard's encounter with the topsman, and to shrive the battered soul of Jonathan Wild. A Book of Scoundrels
“Disturb not my penitent, who is newly shrived, and about to pass”; and so speaking, he withdrew the bolt. A Monk of Fife
He himself believed that Jim had gone forgiven into whatever lay behind the veil we call death, had gone shriven and clean before the Judge who knew the urge of youth and life. The Breaking Point
Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. King Henry VI, Part 1
He had recourse to his countrymen who belonged to the Queen's household; but he found that none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the King. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
Then for some hours she wandered, but when the fell disease had quite made sure of its prey, her mind cleared, and she begged Gerard to shrive her. The Cloister and the Hearth
“There is, indeed, cause enough for the shriving of souls of sinners, Father, in that country, as I hear, and a holy man like you will be right welcome to many.” A Monk of Fife
Come, shrive me straight; for, if love be a sin, I am the greatest sinner that doth live. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Where shall we go to be shriven, Bug? A Master's Degree
To the Priest they send her she gives thanks; but needs not any shriving, or ghostly or other aid from him. The French Revolution
As for that, said Sir Bors, I will be shriven with a good will. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2
“They need little shriving that are opposite my culverin,” said this strange priest.  A Monk of Fife
Open the door and let her come in, I will shrive her from every sin. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
So shriven by her joy she glowed  It seemed a sin to chat. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets
Express is sent to Madrid; express instantly returns; "Military execution on the instant; give them shriving if they want it; that done, fusillade them all." Life of John Sterling
How Sir Gawaine came to the abbey for to follow Galahad, and how he was shriven to a hermit. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2
Should he be overborne, she will die adoring him, forlorn, shriven by her great love. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
In a few days they died of hunger; but the Count first with loud cries declared his penitence, and yet neither priest nor friar was allowed to shrive him. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete
And then he kneeled down on his knee, and prayed the Bishop to shrive him and assoil him. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2
And so then her ghostly father was brought to her, to be shriven of her misdeeds. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2
So when she had thus endured a ten days, that she feebled so that she must needs pass out of this world, then she shrived her clean, and received her Creator. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2
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