Landscapes, churches, and moralities, by the author of 'Recreations of a country parson'.Longmans Green, 1874 - 320 pages |
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... hundred heads , the writer looked back , over many years , to a day when a Glasgow student was dying . He was the most eminent student of his time : Sir Daniel Sandford , the great professor of that period , was wont to point him out as ...
... hundred heads , the writer looked back , over many years , to a day when a Glasgow student was dying . He was the most eminent student of his time : Sir Daniel Sandford , the great professor of that period , was wont to point him out as ...
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... hundred of the inhabitants do not care a rush for the daily prayers . Then a cathedral is a costly establishment . I am told that to maintain the staff of one costs from 5,000l . to 12,000l . a year . What is the return for that ...
... hundred of the inhabitants do not care a rush for the daily prayers . Then a cathedral is a costly establishment . I am told that to maintain the staff of one costs from 5,000l . to 12,000l . a year . What is the return for that ...
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... hundred , or whatever it may be . And as the Church's money must now be regarded as the nation's money , to be disposed at the nation's will , it seems quite certain that the present system of canonries is doomed : the present race of ...
... hundred , or whatever it may be . And as the Church's money must now be regarded as the nation's money , to be disposed at the nation's will , it seems quite certain that the present system of canonries is doomed : the present race of ...
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... hundred who have hitherto borne them . Yes don't chafe under contempt . Take it all quietly . To chafe will do no good : it will do decided harm , in ways too many to be here indicated . And I have beheld the day of redress come . I ...
... hundred who have hitherto borne them . Yes don't chafe under contempt . Take it all quietly . To chafe will do no good : it will do decided harm , in ways too many to be here indicated . And I have beheld the day of redress come . I ...
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... hundred ways , on a hundred occasions , strong enough for the place . The fact that two men have held the same office , does not in the least prove that these men held the same position in life . The titular rank and legal authority of ...
... hundred ways , on a hundred occasions , strong enough for the place . The fact that two men have held the same office , does not in the least prove that these men held the same position in life . The titular rank and legal authority of ...
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