Excerpt from Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God: With the History of the Devotion to Her, Completed by the Traditions of the East, the Writings of the Fathers, and the Private History of the Jews; Translated From the French of the Abbe Orsini Would, says a pious and learned author who, in 17 2 2, dedicated the life of a holy personage to the Bishop of Blois; would that Catholics would give to the admirable achievements of the saints those ornaments wherewith sinners embellish their guilty passions, and thereby show that they know better how to adorn virtue than those worldlings to adorn vice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.