A Scholar of His CollegeWilliam Blackwood, 1900 - 379 pages |
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... rector of Barnwick here : it's in my gift , you know- £ 800 a - year and a good house , if things work out right . " And this good - natured , though rather rash and premature , suggestion made some four years ago , the Squire , though ...
... rector of Barnwick here : it's in my gift , you know- £ 800 a - year and a good house , if things work out right . " And this good - natured , though rather rash and premature , suggestion made some four years ago , the Squire , though ...
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... rector's death , nor could Lord Leuchars be expected , even if he had the power , to keep open a place for five years or so for a boy who after all might or might not choose to become a parson . For without going so far as to say what ...
... rector's death , nor could Lord Leuchars be expected , even if he had the power , to keep open a place for five years or so for a boy who after all might or might not choose to become a parson . For without going so far as to say what ...
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... rector of a growing parish in the suburbs of London he had tried to forget his sorrow in hard work , and it was only when in obedience to an imperative order from a well - known doctor , backed by the earnest entreaties of his kindly ...
... rector of a growing parish in the suburbs of London he had tried to forget his sorrow in hard work , and it was only when in obedience to an imperative order from a well - known doctor , backed by the earnest entreaties of his kindly ...
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... Rector , Rural Dean , and Surrogate ? " are . " No , no miss , not his wife , he is a celibate , but his sister ; a very excellent woman too , full of good works and narrow- mindedness , as so many of those very excellent people so ...
... Rector , Rural Dean , and Surrogate ? " are . " No , no miss , not his wife , he is a celibate , but his sister ; a very excellent woman too , full of good works and narrow- mindedness , as so many of those very excellent people so ...
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... Rector the chance of shaking hands with the incoming Diocesan . And then the worthy man had his scruples , and pleaded that the same privilege might be accorded to some of his brother clergy , and the matter finally resolved itself into ...
... Rector the chance of shaking hands with the incoming Diocesan . And then the worthy man had his scruples , and pleaded that the same privilege might be accorded to some of his brother clergy , and the matter finally resolved itself into ...
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