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| 2 | 189 | They were View more quotes about young">young male slaves, purchased by Initiates, castrated by civil authorities and, in the monasteries, trained in song. |
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| 2 | 186 | Portions of the hymn were taken up by four delicate boys, standing outside the white rail on a raised platform. |
| 2 | 187 | Their heads were shaved and they wore robes resembling those of the Initiates. |
| 2 | 188 | Choirs of such boys often sang in the great temples. |
| 2 | 189 | They were young male slaves, purchased by Initiates, castrated by civil authorities and, in the monasteries, trained in song. |
| 2 | 190 | I supposed, to one versed in music, their soprano voices were very beautiful. |
| 2 | 191 | I did not much care for them. |
| 2 | 192 | Here in the far north, of course, in Kassau, to have any such boys, properly trained in the archaic hymns, indicated some wealth. |