"You failed to mention that the padre is a drunk.". From Wordnik.com. [Where There's Smoke]
The padre was a great philosopher, and he was right. From Wordnik.com. [Monsieur Violet] Reference
I should much rather be called a padre than a parson. From Wordnik.com. [A Padre in France] Reference
The padre is a great success at getting into trouble. From Wordnik.com. [In Indian Mexico (1908)] Reference
I should much rather be called a padre than a Brass Hat. From Wordnik.com. [A Padre in France] Reference
The evening would be spent at study, for the padre was a scholar of no mean ability. From Wordnik.com. [The Great White Tribe in Filipinia] Reference
Our padre is a brick -- he is having a quiet service in the cemetery at ten o'clock; there is a good moon. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma] Reference
The wise and understanding "padre" may sometimes counsel men on their material problems and thereby assist the officer who is over troops. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
"I only wanted to know if 'padre' takes a masculine verb here," replied. From Wordnik.com. [A Waif of the Plains] Reference
The "padre" was in a shooting-jacket, evidently just in from a riding - tour. From Wordnik.com. [In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters] Reference
This is best evidenced by his confession to "padre" towards the end of the film. From Wordnik.com. [FlickFilosopher.com] Reference
After communicating with the insurgents the "padre" suddenly disappeared from the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom] Reference
An interesting sub plot is Kowalski and the priests who he calls "padre," and their encounters. From Wordnik.com. [andPOP.com] Reference
I could not help asking him what family that was, whose situation the "padre" seemed so feelingly to bemoan. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
His being highly educated, a man of good presence and a "padre" were sufficient to give him entrance into the best Spanish society of. From Wordnik.com. [Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom] Reference
I heard the padre lighting the tapers at my head and feet. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
It must have been past noon when the padre came to us again. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
The padre turned to us at last and motioned us to follow him. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
News we get from a padre is that in France everything goes badly. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
"That fell over there," said the padre, pointing to behind the wood. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
And you remember what a raconteur the padre proved to be when Light-Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [Next Door, Next World] Reference
It was not until the rain-clouds had all passed by that the padre chose to embark. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
The padre who officiated said this was the first time he had seen a funeral shelled. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
It was altogether a most enjoyable day, the padre saying it was the day of his life. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
It was undeniable, and he turned to face the padre, whose eyes were now clenched shut. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
The sloop lingered for three days, but finally made off, leaving us in the hands of the padre. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
"You did not know him, padre; you did not know that mother's illness was caused by him alone.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
For has not the padre told me so? and does he not say that the fires of Purgatory burn within them?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Cornelio had never before seen a padre so helpless and so dirty and so apparently close to death as this one. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
This was the padre Altamirano that Cornelio was used to, choleric and prone to making threats he meant to carry out. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
The surgeon made the discovery, and said he would have the padre moved into the officers 'quarters at the next stop. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
Now the surgeon was motivated by a morbid curiosity, common amongst doctors of his day, instead of a desire to satisfy a suffering padre. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
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