| 单词 | parson |
| 例句 | Now, the parson was an enlightened man, and a kind one. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They have to think of the future: Ma, as the parson’s widow, is allowed to stay in the house only for a year. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Then,” the Apothecary said, shutting his door on the parson, “there is nothing I can do to help you.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z "Would that you had been a parson after all." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Being a country parson was an honorable profession for a British gentleman, and one that left a good amount of time for pursuing other activities, such as collecting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The parson had two daughters, the monster went on, who were the light of his life. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Of course Jenny is real young, Shad,” he said, with the gravity of a small parson. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That very night, both of the parson’s daughters died. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z With the first blow to the roof, the front door flew open, and the parson and his wife fled in terror. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z In the Apothecary's village there also lived a parson— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “If it would save my daughters,” the parson said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z In fact, after he had given up the idea of medicine, both Charles and his father thought he was going to be a country parson. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For, even though vanquished, he could argue still, While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Won’t you help my daughters?” the parson asked, down on his knees at the Apothecary’s front door. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z When times were easy, the parson nearly destroyed the Apothecary, but when the going grew tough, he was willing to throw aside his every belief if it would save his daughters. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It was shortly after midnight that I tore the parson’s home from its very foundations. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The parson’s house was still before them, and Conor saw the yew tree next to it awaken into the monster and set ferociously on the parsonage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Though, to be honest, Conor was still a little unclear about why it was the parson’s house that got knocked down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Medicine just like the Apothecary refused to make for the parson. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Mendel, the monk, was an isolator; Darwin, who had once aspired to be a parson, a synthesizer. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The parson refused to believe the Apothecary could help, said the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z A giant monstrous arm swung back and demolished the walls to the parson’s bedrooms. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z ‘No. She thinks these days I’m bad enough to steal a wig off a parson’s head.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at his back, prim as a parson’s, tried to imagine the two of them together. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You may have the yew tree,” the parson said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “We might as well enjoy it, long as we can’t change it. You don’t have to be such a parson all the time.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “He refused to help heal the parson’s daughters! And they died!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The parson swallowed his pride and went to beg the Apothecary’s forgiveness. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z But then one day, the parson’s daughters fell sick. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “He will look,” she said, “like a city parson at the racetrack. Someone who puts his money on horses named after the Patriarchs.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Fleeing the law in Europe, the resourceful parson resurfaced as “Principal of the Anglican Divinity School in Ceylon.” Review | ‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Even the parson on the Today programme seemed to wonder if Ken and Deirdre were real people. From the archive, 28 July 1983: Fact and fiction merge on the Street of fame 2012-07-27T23:05:35Z He spoke with the easy grace of a country parson, but no fire and brimstone emanated from his pulpit as he calmly but bracingly recounted what he said was his mother’s family history. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The third son of a Lincolnshire parson, Tennyson was as steeped as any man in the pieties of his day. Tennyson: To Strive, To Seek, To Find by John Batchelor – review 2012-11-16T11:00:01Z Then and now, I happily devoured the tale of a young orphan who endures ill treatment at the hands of cruel relatives and a flint-hearted parson. Jane Ayre, we hardly knew you 2011-03-11T16:36:00Z The sympathetic parson will reassure him, we think, but that’s not what happens. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z It was at this meet I encountered Mr Stephen Colwood, the well-connected son of a local parson, whose large private income also enabled him to do next to nothing throughout the year. Digested classic: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon 2010-05-07T09:12:00Z Darwin also made important discoveries in his own garden and surrounding countryside, as did an English country parson in the 18th century. The garden is a sanctuary — for plants, animals, Mother Earth and you 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z If this strikes you as an unusual view for a parson, you are not alone. A Spirited Widow and a Monstrous Serpent Propel a Lush Novel 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The parson's blood-splattering fall is the first of many murders that will leave the audience howling with laughter. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In a dreary Yankee prison, the rebel confronts his mortal fate before a parson. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z A charlatan who apparently couldn’t distinguish reality from imposture, this illegitimate Anglican parson — he was defrocked in 1955 — falsely claimed degrees from Britain’s most prestigious universities, as well as expert knowledge of Renaissance ecclesiastical history. Review | ‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z With his tight, unsmiling mouth and severe parson’s beard, Stanton is an authoritarian bogeyman — a mean Republican! — designed to scare modern liberals. | 'The Conspirator': History?s Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose 2011-04-14T22:29:34Z Her work as a parson’s wife opposite Maurice Evans in a well-received 1950 Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s “The Devil’s Disciple” landed her on the cover of Life magazine — a major publicity coup. Marsha Hunt, movie star who confronted blacklist, dies at 104 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Becoming known throughout the region as the “marrying parson,” Damon soon drew crowds of 100 for morning and evening Sunday services, a staggering 20% of the town’s population. Historic downtown church confronts Seattle’s ‘original sin’ 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z In chapter 36, Lucy arrives at the home of a priggish parson, whose wife is desperately ill with typhoid. Perspective | Online arts experiences that click with me 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “Allen was persecuted for being a parson who preached freedom from the pulpit,” explains the Raab Collection, which is selling the rare documents, in a blog post. Newly-discovered documents reveal patriot pastor's tragic tale, Revolutionary War Jewish persecution 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The Arpaio statement noted that Aug. 25 is also both his wife’s birthday and the anniversary of President Trump’s parson. ‘Make Maricopa County Safe Again’: Joe Arpaio to run for sheriff in 2020 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Despite there being two servants to look after the modestly sized parsonage and one modestly sized parson, Emily made a case for needing to be onsite as an extra housekeeper. The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The mission failed, and Thomas was immortalized as “the parson of the islands.” Why Sen. Kaine wants to save Trump Country from sinking into the Chesapeake 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z When a country parson published the first two volumes of the rollicking, digressive The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, in 1759, it quickly became a publishing sensation. Pemberley, Manderley and Howards End: the real buildings behind fictional houses 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The daughters of an obscure parson, living over a graveyard, they seemed stalked by death. Review: New bio refreshes Bronte energy for modern readers 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Zippy, a parson Jack Russell, is 18 years and two months old. Readers' 'secrets' to canine longevity 2013-05-26T22:37:19Z It was often difficult to collect these payments, just as it was often difficult to collect tithes, even when a priest was less loth to curse for them than Chaucer’s poor parson. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z I have now told you my tale, parson, and I want your advice.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z His father, Lord Saxby, had a romantic passion for the daughter of a country parson—a queer, cross-grained old scholar. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Her emotion made the sound of the parson's voice inaudible to her. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Some parson has erected here a new, intensely vulgar gimcrack house that almost touches the hoary ruins, it is so close to them. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z It shatters the whole world of convention before our eyes and rebuilds it according to the humour of a mad Yorkshire parson. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z “Oh no, parson; leastwise he was well in body when I left whome, but sorely troubled in mind.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Soon afterwards he happened to meet a friend—another farmer, or the parson, I forget which, and it don't signify. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z The trousseau was bought under the eyes of Dorothy, who, regardless of the fact that she was going to marry a parson, insisted that Connie should look beyond viyella for certain items. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "I fear he wouldn't send for the parson in no case," Sam answered, thoughtfully; "but do you see anything, sonny, just to the right of that big rock?" A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Language of this kind in Billington's ears was exceedingly trying, and as if determined to give the parson a lesson, he came out with a string of oaths of the richest and most vivid description. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Now, said the parson to me, I can proceed no further with my tale. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Belated parson went to take evening service for friend at church close by post-office where I made acquaintance of first Old Gentleman. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z "Does he think he can impose upon us, this young fellow of a parson?" cried Squire Carr, when the letter was shown him. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z My dear Sterne, you talk like a parson. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z One day last week, when Mr. Carne was out for the day, old Hester came down and saw the parson, and he sent for Dr. Arrowsmith, and they had a quiet talk over it. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z “I have no personal knowledge of the fact, ma’am,” replied the good parson; “I have always found her a harmless and inoffensive woman, though some persons say she has put her mark on certain families.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z One comfort it's not raining; rained in torrents when my friend the parson had his Sunday night out. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z He was an old, grave, stolid-looking savage, with one eye, the other had been knocked out long ago in a fight before he turned parson. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z He does not object to a hunting parson. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The parson said the only thing she could do was to go to Mr. Volkes, the magistrate, and tell him she thought there was danger of murder if something wasn't done. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The people of the neighbourhood believed that the parson had power over the evil spirits when they troubled men, hence the reason of his assistance having been so frequently sought. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Come, come, do not look like a methodist parson, while we are wasting all the sunshine. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z The parson, however, it was explained, did not really pray for wrecks. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z To which the old sporting parson on his pony replies, "Well, Blunt, the fact is, Tweedler's such a good fellow for parish work, I'm obliged to give him a mount sometimes." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z I wasn't sure at church time as it wasn't a dream to see her sitting there beside me, and joining in the hymns, listening attentive to the parson as she has always been running down. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Meeting the divine shortly afterwards, Mr. Crosby said, ‘Well, parson, you can handle more lumber between sunrise and dark than any man I ever saw.’ Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z It can't be the parson, though he's as beautiful as he can possibly be, because she sees next to nothing of him. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z I have no doubt that a parson is tried. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In one of these crude productions a parson is exhibited preaching in a pulpit, from which two ecclesiastics are dragging him by the beard to the stake outside. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z It's a message to her that no good can come of her sitting under that blind guide, the parson. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Such an incident occurred about six years ago, and the flustered parson, on a second inquiry, was not helped by the woman’s rejoinder: “Yes, Hugginy; the way ladies does their ’air, you know.” Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z THE cognomens priest, prophet, presbyter, preacher, parson, and pastor have certain things in common, and these titles may therefore be used interchangeably. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z In the confusion the parson’s cook falls into the stream, and the parson offers two butts of beer to the man who saves her. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z By George, sir!" exclaimed the manager, looking round for approval and smiting his thigh heavily, "you are a man as well as a parson, and down you shall go, and thank you! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z She gave prizes in the school; helped the parson with his choir; and scarcely a day passed without her figure being seen in the streets of Carnesford. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z As it is, the parson is often at his wits’ end how to set it down. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z In scene second, Parson Adams being in need of a trifling loan, goes to see his counter parson Trulliber, who was noted, among other things, for his fat hogs. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Hinge is lured to the parson’s house in hopes of mice, and caught in a noose fixed for Reynard. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The lad had been strictly charged to see the parson home, and would have demurred, but Lindo persisted good-humoredly, and had his way. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z "Well," replied the parson, "just think what they would look like if they didn't eat fish!" Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z But sighs and tears and doubts and fears, Prevails with greatest folly, For ’t sinagog has cockt its clog, And ’t parson’s melancholy. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z While the parson is in this condition, enters Mrs. Slipshod—a veritable Grendel's mother— "Terrible termagant, mindful of mischief," and attacks the landlady, with fearsome results of uprooted hair and defaced feature. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z He looks more like a great prelate or statesman than a country parson. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z You are the parson we fetched to poor Lucas a while ago. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z "I intend to pray that you may forgive Casey for having thrown that brick at you," said the parson, when he called to see a man who had been worsted in a mêlée. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z At the gate of the orchard the poor parson waited for them, smiling feebly, but not meeting their eyes. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z There is no lawyer, no constable; and I very much doubt that there is a parson regularly stationed among the whites beyond Battle Harbour, with the exception of the Moravian missionaries. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z The mid-day coach swept by to the inn door, and the parson, standing beside her, ashamed of himself and conscious of the passengers' curious glances, wished himself anywhere else. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The rest never doubted that the stranger was a surgeon, and it was curious to see their surprise when the general taciturnity allowed the news to spread that he was only a parson. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The parson became enraged, and, thumping the pulpit, exclaimed, "What! all asleep but this poor idiot!" Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Your lady is at the parson's, and all's well! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z “Oh, zur,” he answered, understanding at last, “I isn’t clever enough t’ be a parson!” Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z We must curtsey to parson and bob to curate, and mind our manners with the overseers! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z As the young parson started eastward, along Fleet Street first, he looked at the moving things round him with new eyes, from a new standpoint, with a new curiosity. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A little boy coming by at the time, "Who made you, child?" said the parson. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The parson looked up and down the road with a hunted eye. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z I marries the maids an’ the young fellers when they’s no parson about.” Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z She reckoned without the justice, who was wont to say that when he wore a cassock he was a parson, and when he wore his top-boots he was a gentleman. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z There were some who would have had the parish move more quickly, and who talked with a sneer of the old port-wine kind of parson. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A Welsh parson, in his sermon, told his congregation how kind and respectful we ought to be towards each other, and added, that in this respect we were greatly inferior to animals. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The obstacle was not formidable to youth, but the welcome was cold at best; and where was his friend the parson? Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Porter is an evidence, and by Monday the parson will swing. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Why the parson gives you a finger and thinks he stoops, and his ladies treat you as if you were dirt--only the apothecary? Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Mr. Bonamy had his own reasons for regarding the parson with suspicion, and had no mind to be addressed in the indulgent vein. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z An Irish parson of the old school, in whom a perception of the ridiculous was developed with a Rabelaisian breadth of appreciation, was asked by a clodhopper to explain the meaning of a miracle. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z And she said so; but the very expression of her astonishment, following abruptly on his suggestion that the carriage should be there, did but deepen the good parson's doubts. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z In the village Tom is doctor, and, when the cholera comes, he is assisted in bringing the village through it by this saintly schoolmistress, and a pious Major, and a fervid High Church parson. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z There is a parson here--who has forgotten that he is a gentleman. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z You would have sung to a very different tune if I had whistled to you before this niminy-piminy parson showed his face here! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A parson in the country, taking his text from St. Matthew, chap. viii. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The man swung a stick as he walked, and looked about him with a devil-may-care air which on the instant led the good parson to set him down for a strolling player. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z You may fetch Friar John and sweet Dean Swift and the amiable parson Sterne, and any other godly and devout and spiritual ministers you can lay hold of; but don’t bring more than a pleiad.” Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z And for return, she went laughing into the house and paid no heed to him--to the poor parson. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "Well, let him go for the d--d dissipated gambling parson he is!" said Gregg coarsely, carried away by the unusual agreement with him. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A visitor at a Devonshire fishing village asked the parson what was the principal diet of the villagers. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z He had no authority over the boy, and it was not likely that Dr. Keith, an irregular parson, would pay heed to him. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z In the lapse of a few weeks she became sensible that it was not always wise to pursue the counsel even of the village parson too strictly. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z And she looked at the parson over her glasses as if she were appraising him in a new character. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "When he could get no more money out of the parson!" the earl replied with a sneer. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Stay one moment; you've heard Of Caldwell, the parson, who once preached the Word Down at Springfield? Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z "If that simpleton of a Billy could see the parson eat apples, she would change her opinion about him," remarked Etheridge. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The ensuing Sunday, accordingly, brought forth the strange anomaly of one parson with two clerks, reading the church service in the ancient aisle of Stow! Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Man, don't stand preaching parson Sacks—come to the chariot. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z It will be a long time, I warrant you, before your parson will have the same right to speak. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The first that Mr. Ebéni heard of the approaching mischief was when ten or twenty men came rushing to him one after another to arouse him and tell him what the parson was saying. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z I heard a country parson say as he regarded ruefully a gift of a sled load of firewood, "The deacon's load is all cat-sticks." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z But the cooler the parishioners grew towards "the Parson's Clerk," the hotter did the parson grow towards his parishioners. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z A parson's first care, even if he went to the Cannibal Islands, would be, I fancy, to make himself, or have made for him at somebody else's expense, a comfortable home. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z He’s our parson’s nephew— He has art to write on Pinions of the eagle. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z Teleki whispered back; "the parson is speaking the truth, but it doesn't matter." The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z The parson and his wife entered that portal, and sometimes a solemn would-be sweetheart, or the guests at a tea party. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Ere the cottager could quit his door, up came the parson and demanded help; but the cottager honestly told the parson "he would look better at home." Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Even the peddler, like the parson and the landlord, can pervert Scripture to their discomfort. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The squire and the parson are regarded as well-meaning persons with a good deal of human nature, after all, about them. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z And parson he's gone on his nag--trust Parson for ever thinking o' the moth and rust except o' Sunday! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z But the wrathful parson did not get his will: the affair was so ludicrous that he was compelled to consent that it should be "hushed up." Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z He had been roused long before daylight from his slumbers, by the parson, Ella’s father, and at his request had gone for a physician, for Ella was very ill. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z One Sunday evening when he was expected at Madeley Wood, a number of colliers, who were baiting a bull, maddened with drink and excitement, agreed to bait the parson. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Be a beggarly parson while I have that in my power, and in my power while I am still young! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z An Acton man stepped out on the tavern porch and shouted for the parson. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z So saying, the well-intentioned, but ill-informed, teacher turned away,—leaving the boy to his own reflections, and the hot criticism of the tailor on what they had just heard from the village parson. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Knowing the prolixity of his chaplain, he was embarrassed by the thought that the parson's long-winded grace might weary the admiral and others of his guests. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Blood, that wears treason in his face, Villain complete in parson's gown, How much is he at court in grace, For stealing Ormond and the crown! The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The parson, aged and apathetic, knew better than to cross his will--had he not to get in his tithes? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "How can I get you a parson if I'm to march here behind you, bearing this nosegay?" he remonstrated, sidling away towards the tavern again. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Of the peculiar doctrines set forth by this celebrated religious teacher, Joe, like Deborah herself, knew nought, save that the parson said they were "heresies." Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z This passage alludes doubtless to the tithe of the parson, and maintains that the tithe-payer is no loser if the sermons for which tithe is paid produce their effects. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z The vicar was in the midst of his sermon, and the good people were torn between their desire not to offend the worthy parson and their longing to see what was happening at the harbour. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Only, if he had married Julia, he would probably have begun and ended as a country parson. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z I said; then I called a servant and bade him find a parson to go instantly to the house of Thomas Foxcroft in Queen Street, and there await my coming. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Pooh! nonsense!—that was not the way to finish Middleton's business as the parson intended to finish it. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z There's a lawyer from G——, too, and a young 'Piscopal parson; then there's our new young doctor. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z So half in jest, a parishoner who had a mule supposed to be possessed with a devil, gave it him, and said, "Tame this vagabone, parson, if ye can." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The parson had his place and his definite task. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z And so we were wedded, there in the ancient garret, the pigeons coo-cooing overhead, the blue wasps buzzing up and down the window-glass, and our hands joined before the aged parson of Woburn town. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The parson of Letterkenny married us--the night before we came back to Dublin.' My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z I forgot myself, and told her that Johnny had hired a man to personate a parson, and that she was not married at all. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z This set the good parson thinking, and gave him the true clue to the great successes of mediæval hermits in taming wild animals. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z If the virtues of the fourteenth-century parson were of the enduring order, so were his foibles. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Little else I remember, save that the old parson kissed her, and the soldier kissed her outstretched hand, and let his gun fall for bashful fright. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The parson was laid up with gout, but promised to be with us on the morrow. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z "Stand down, parson," cried Jim Long, now leaping from the window, rifle in hand, and coming to the rescue. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Let us all commit crimes of abnormal horror, that the parson may assure us on the scaffold that purged with hyssop we are clean. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z As it is to-day so it was on the afternoon when the host, with ill-concealed alarm, called upon the good parson to take his turn. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z I, for one, would be in favour of makin’ the parson promise to write and talk no more in Phonography. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z And now you come preaching like a parson! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z But that doesn't help me when I find myself in a Somersetshire village seven miles from the nearest station arguing with a deaf parson about the restoration of his moldy church. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z With hat in hand they begged pardon of the parson for finding a fossil, and asked the forgiveness of God for making any discovery in nature. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z I wonder that some one has not painted a picture of them about sunset, as the parson was in the middle of his discourse. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Andy—nobody had ever called him Andrew since the parson who christened him—seemed to himself to have got home again, very thoroughly home again. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z He will have no confidence in the religion of idleness, and will give no part of what he earns to support parson or priest, archbishop or pope. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z After them came the parson and the priest; and the parson and the priest must go. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z "You are too hard upon the young lady," said Suds: "it was but human nature after all, and small blame in her to prefer a young husband to an old snuffy superannuated parson." The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z That Shakespeare intended any reflection on the Welsh clergy is not probable; but so late as the eighteenth century a traveler in Wales remarks that the ale house was usually kept by the parson. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Several cases are given in the ecclesiastical history of Scotland where men were deprived of speech for having spoken rudely to a parson. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z If Shakespeare had graduated at Oxford, he might have been a quibbling attorney, or a hypocritical parson. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z In contrast to the scorn and ridicule scattered over the puritanical sect of which Raymond's parents were members, the Church of England parson, Mr. Bosover, receives a very warm pat on the back. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z They always gets the advantage, any how; and our old parson did pet and spoil Miss Ellen to her heart's content. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z The good parson had the clerical weakness for reading sermons in season and out of season. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The lives of all the patriarchs were brought forward, and poor parson Newman was driven from the field. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z On asking the reason, the rejoinder was, “Because the parson told me not to let any one go into the church.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The tradition of gentleman is kept alive by the English parson. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z We never had a parson that could hold a candle to him since. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z It is about a certain Captain Mawhood who had "applied himself to learn the classics and free-thinking and was always disputing with the parson of the parish about Dido and his own soul." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Fixlein felt that he was departing as a high-priest from the church, which he had entered as a country parson; and all day he had not once the heart to ban. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z All of them, including the parson, were clustered around me, bidding against each other for copies of the precious paper. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Afterwards she brought an action against the parson for instigating the outrage, and obtained £20 damages. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z A parson of the Church of England is his chief assistant. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Tennyson tells how "half awake I heard The parson taking wide and wider sweeps, Now harping on the church commissioners, Now hawking at Geology and schism." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Three years later the parson himself removed from the church "sixty superstitious pictures," and a cross from the steeple, and digged down the altar steps. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z "Oh, brother," said the parson, "I don't expect to go out of town." The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The parson was legitimately and truly master of arts; his claim to the title of doctor, however, seems to have been dubious. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The church was barely furnished with perhaps a dozen of rough deal pews, and had not even a vestry, so that the parson's surplice lay neatly folded upon a chair in the chancel. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It would be possible for the parson and his congregation to keep on with that sort of thing Sunday after Sunday. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Her father's a country parson," said Lucius, "and she has never been anywhere. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z You may be certain that the parson got the scantiest attention imaginable to his discourse. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z For my cloth have no scruple, I never was more than half a parson.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z I was recommended to it by an East End parson called Chase, who runs a mission on Stepney Green. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z It is needless to say that what the parson called his "little tale in prose" proved to be one of his old sermons which he delivered without notes. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z And you, are your hands quite clean, my little parson? The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z On the 11th May, there was a public examination of the Halifax Grammar School under old parson Wright—a ceremony in which the inhabitants at this period took much interest. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z No doubt his picture of the parsonage showed the figure of the parson's wife, and no doubt the parson's wife was very like to my Lady Oxford. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z There's one thing," said Mr Sawkins later, as we were discussing the arrangements, "we shouldn't object to paying for the special licence; but where are you going to find a parson to marry you? Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z In the old books it is a pleasure to meet a parson. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "Well, you're a parson," said his brother, "and you've got to keep your eyes shut to certain things that go on, I suppose." The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z He could tell, too, that wonderful man, of a bygone militant parson of Reigate, who, warming to some dispute, took off his coat in the street and saying, “Lie there, divinity,” handsomely thrashed his antagonist. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Lady Oxford's constancy had lasted precisely seven weeks before the Whig colonel had stepped into the Jacobite parson's shoes. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He called papa "sir" to his face, "the parson" or "his reverence" behind his back. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z When he turns to the parson of "The Canterbury Tales" he finds the refreshment that comes from contact with a perfectly wholesome nature. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "No, Edward, that is not the duty of a parson," returned the Rector. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Then the procession visited the vicarage, and was welcomed by the parson. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z Well, sir," was the reply, "he has been ten years at Eton, a rather expensive education, so I entered him yesterday at Brazenose——" "Going to make a parson of him, eh? Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z You are the parson's son, I take it, youngster. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z This point of strategy the parson, guileless as he was, understood and so managed to get in the last word, so that "The Canterbury Tales" end with the Canterbury sermon. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Then the parson preached in a timid way, Of sinful pleasure on Sabbath-day, And he added a postscript, not in the text. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z At the bottom of the record, the good man states how many pairs were kid; how many were lambswool; and how many were long or women’s gloves, intended, of course, for the parson’s lady. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Do you know, Christie," said her father, "I sometimes fancy when I hear that new parson fellow talk about his artistic feelings, and so on, that he's just a trifle selfish, or at least self-centred. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Papa—the parson—is lying in the road by the triangle, all pale and still. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z By the way, there was one ministerial weakness from which Chaucer's parson was free,—the love of alliteration. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The parson was quite unmoved and unmovable by the apparition of what he took to be a lover, and merely remarked “Don’t mind me!” Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z He was the sexton of the Old Brick, where my parents had worshipped, under dear parson Clarke, who died, the year before. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Everybody thought it such a proof of the young parson's generous and kindly disposition; he had certainly the charity which thinketh no evil. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "Don't you preach, parson; but put on your boots and come out for a tramp, instead of mulling over the fire like a granny." Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z The parson was a man of good family, though his grandfather had been a waterman, and had thus learned the art of looking one way and rowing another. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "Is that what the parson's been telling you?" he asked, a grain of amusement still in his bitterness. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Presently she arose and bade a courteous goodnight to the still prolix parson. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z It was deliberate perjury, Joe felt sure, for parson could not have mistaken another person for him three times over; but what good end for himself could parson hope to gain by it? Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z But the freehold is in the parson, although at common law he could alienate the same only with proper consent,—that is, in his case, with the consent of the bishop. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He reminds one of the good parson who, in his desire for moderation, prayed that the Lord might lead his people "in the safe middle path between right and wrong." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z They persuaded me to be a parson, and a parson I was. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And now I recollect they told me the fellow she was engaged to was a doctor in London, and a brother of the parson. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z But even there, on trial for his life, he could not help wondering what on earth young parson could he driving at in this business. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Burgoyne For head knocked off, or broken bones, Or mangled corpse, no price atones; Nor all that prattling rumour says, Nor all the piles that art can raise, The poet's or the parson's praise. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z I tell ye how 'tis, sir, Government means to get rid of me, though I never done anything worse than stop my ears when parson prays vor Parliament. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Horace Walpole called him "extravagant, absurd, disgusting; in short, a Methodist parson in Bedlam." The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z A jesting vein your poet vexed, And this poor rhyme, the Fates determine, Without a parson, or a text, Has proved a somewhat prosy sermon. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z When the will was read, it turned out that almost everything was left to the young parson; and who could deserve it better, or spend it more charitably? Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Like a parson that tells of the joys of the blest To a man to be hanged—he himself thought it best To remain where he was, in his haven of rest. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z “La, bless you child! why that parson had his two pen'orth long ago, and spends half his nights in the lock-up.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Sir,—I should as soon think of applying to a Methodist parson to preach for my benefit as to a Quaker to recommend me to Mr. Wilkinson. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z My poem was never meant to convey any spiritual lesson, but the very curious fact of the chance soldier and the parson’s sudden resolution has often set me thinking.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z On Wednesday, in due course, the Reverend John Creedy arrived at the vicarage, and much curiosity there was throughout the village of Walton Magna that week to see this curious new thing, a coal-black parson. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z I say, parson, don't kick up such a dust! The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z There's a parson here, a rum 'un, you may be sure. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Their degradation was increased by their almost universal illiteracy; and their misdemeanours, especially poaching, were punished cruelly; for the rural magistrate was either the squire or his ally, the parson. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z In reply to my questions, he said he did not remember when he last went to church, and if he was to go, he is so deaf he could not hear the parson. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z But I shall get work in England—not a parson's; that I can never be again—but clerk's work, labourer's work, navvy's work, anything! Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z He told himself he was a parson and a Red Cross worker. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The parson ain’t dead; ne’er a hair on his reverend head. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z It ended in Bob importing not only the parson in a dray, but a box of toys as big as a sea-chest, and only Bob himself could have told you all that was in it. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z It was evident that they received him as their own "parson man," as they drank in every word he uttered, and with a great noise expressed their delight with his speech. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Just at that moment old Mary Long came out of her cottage to speak with the young parson. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z In the service the parson had not read far before he discovered the trick. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z They told the parson something in Spanish, but it wasn’t much. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z And Harry there is going to order the cabs and carriages, and favours and music, and the parson, and everything firstchop.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z I am the parson’s cat to be sure, and being a parson’s cat people might think I was under some restrictions. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z My father was a parson too," he said, and then checked himself for the half-disrespectful word, "but he lived down here in Devonshire. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Into this chink the parson’s sermon fell, and the pulpit was so ricketty in its broken-down condition that the preacher feared the consequences of turning in it. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Well, every one loved these homely sisterly lassies of the parson’s. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z I couldn’t be a doctor, and I’m not good enough to be a parson.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z It was on this very subject that only last Sunday I was conversing with the parson’s big tom-cat. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z No white girl ought to marry a black man, even if he is a parson. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z “My friends,” announced the impatient parson, “the pitch-pipe will not work, so let us pray.” Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z No sooner was Archie round the corner of the hedge and out of sight of the parson’s window, than he gave a wild whoop, like an Apache Indian, and ran off. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The parson of the parish and the doctor were particular friends of the Squire. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Then, by-and-bye, there came a parson to our camp, and my master would walk miles to hear the preaching, and I always went with him. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Meenie's father was a country parson, and the way in which Paul shrank from talking about the rector, as if his office were something wicked or uncanny, piqued and amused her. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z And members of the congregation would even stand up in their pews to contradict the parson or clerk when making the announcement. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Whatever be the cause, the country gentleman, the country parson and doctor, Hodge and rural population generally, are unknown in Spain. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Your father's a poor country parson, mine was a schoolmaster; there isn't much to choose between them; if I was asked I should say that I don't think much of either. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z If the parson’s visits were looked for in England as they are in my neighbourhood, the English Church would be in a very different position. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z All the world only thought that Walter Dene's generosity was really almost ridiculous, even in a parson. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z After sitting long, till the church was done, the parson comes and then we to christen the child.... Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z He met an elderly gentleman—a parson by the colour of his cloth—who was poking some decayed herbage with a long cane. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z She was a country parson’s daughter—one of many—under which circumstances she flattered herself she had done the right thing in striking out on her own. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z I shall never make a parson; I’m not cut out for that. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z When Ethel turned the course of talk to Africa, the young parson was equally eloquent and fascinating. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z At my goldsmith’s, bought a basin for my wife, to give the parson’s child, to which the other day she was godmother. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The Mayor smote the table with a silver hammer as the parson slipped into his place. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Every one, from the parson to the servants, had stood a little in awe of her. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z I fear the consequences of that servile acceptance of everything which "the parson" says, which is so common among many English laymen. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Why, any parson could pitch a better yarn than that! A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z And that the churchwardens should provide a book for each entry, and the parson, vicar, curate, and other person receiving the duty was to be allowed 2s. in the £ for his trouble. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z In the pulpit the parson squeaked and groaned with equal fervour and in the desk below the clerk squeaked and groaned with most fervour of all. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The parson here—if he is a parson—asks why we should; that is, if I get him. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Our effects were brought in by the multitude without our paying any attention to them; the parson's silver plate was lying about in every direction, his watches hung in every room. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z I saw you sneaking up the High Street yesterday, looking like a Methodist parson in reduced circumstances!—Hold up your head, sir! Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z People were furious, and the poor parson, who was supposed to be charging for his own benefit, got the hardest words. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The Marquis of Pont Brillant and his grandmother acted more than royally; they sent twenty thousand francs to the mayor, and twenty thousand to the parson, the day after the inundation. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Who so dared to question the divine order of British society, deserved, in the parson's view, everlasting death. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z At the conclusion of the ceremony all the guests make offerings to the parson and to the parson's clerk. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z I breakfasted with a Methodist parson with 32 false teeth, at the X's table, and discoursed of demoniacal possession. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The parson looks thoroughly well after them, and loves them. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z But the parson does not fight with cannon and gunpowder, for he assumes the power to wield weapons of far greater importance—viz., the power to torture after death all his adversaries. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Thomas informed me that a parson did go astray among the workmen in the cutting of which he had charge. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z When this important duty has been fulfilled the parson is offered wedding food and drink in a neighbouring house. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Fame came to him soon after, when his fiery eloquence in the "parson's case" drew down upon him clerical hostility and public admiration. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The professional parson is often ridiculed in modern novels; it is worth noting that in this story the only important character in the whole work who combines intelligence with virtue is the Reverend Athelstan Taylor. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Yet, if a parson were to be candid thus far to himself, he would probably say—"I cannot afford to be honest in this matter openly, and I must keep this knowledge to myself." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Thus was the Captain's way made smooth to him, and the country side soon became as full of his ongoings with "the parson's girl" as ever it had been about his intrigue with Sally Wanless. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Nature has certain laws, and God has certain laws—though a parson could tell you more about these than I can. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The parson's son, the famous runner, Came dressed to follow hounds on foot. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The good parson has long been one of my most particular friends, and I want you to be civil to his daughter. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z An honest parson is persecuted by his fellows: this insures mediocrity and bigotry. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z For the parson's God is the God of the rich, to whom gorgeous ritual and sensuous music are necessary as foretastes of the blessedness of an �sthetic paradise. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He did, indeed, after much debate within himself, bring himself to the point of discussing the matter, in strictest confidence, with the parson, one night. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z "I wish it was the parson," repeated Swayne, seeming to emerge somewhat from his torpor. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z "Well, I don't mean to leave it; and I don't mean that the parson shall have it all his own way in this parish." Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z While we were waiting in the little porch and the clerk was opening the doors, Walworth went off and hunted up the parson. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z So be it: far be it from me to question the taste of parson or parson's following. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He held a position very often next in importance to that of the parson, and ruled an autocrat over his little flock of beardless citizens. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Don't seem as if God could be greened quite as easy as parson makes out. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The "parson's bell," as it was called, was now ringing, so the Vicar, having promised that his wishes should be fully carried out, was compelled to hasten into the church. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z The parson, besides, was no favorite with his neighbors. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z With grief and sorrow," said the parson, "I have again and again watched his obduracy, and his tendency to consort with agitators, or worse. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z There is a curious kind of natural hollow scooped out, where, ages ago, a church, parson, and congregation were swallowed up by the earth. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z "Is it the parson?" asked Swayne feebly, in a more natural voice. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z His manner reminded me of the Dutch parson, who, immediately after pronouncing a couple man and wife, touching the bridegroom with his elbow, said, "And now where ish mine dollar?" Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z They were not particularly impressed by the appearance or the speech of the parson's daughter. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The company ha ha'd with delight, and the parson blushed to the very root of his hair. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z As it often happened that the schoolmaster and parson were one and the same individual, difficulties were thereby removed. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z I haven't a newspaper, I wish I could steal that little parson's book. Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z Possibly we should not be wholly mistaken in saying that, like the parson in 'Shirley,' Nature never intended him 'to make a very good husband, especially to a quiet wife.' The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Little did many of those with whom she was brought in contact think of the keen eyes which were gazing out at them from under the prominent forehead of the parson's daughter. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z No parson ever looked near that community of busy workers, whose strong backed labour was swiftly altering the physical conditions of modern civilisation, and calling a new world into being for squire and trader alike. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Don't tickle her parson's nose, Archi-bald, or she'll sneeze when I sing, key in the usual place—and mind the stair above the top, it isn't there. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z It is for his children that the poor Bush parson feels his isolation, more than for himself. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Mrs. Gano was as "astonished" at this performance as "the parson." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Around, from many a village steeple The sabbath-bells hum over the snow: I give a blessing to parson and people Across the fields as away I go. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z In vain the orator parson and the vicar gesticulated and roared; in vain the parish clerk, at Codlings' suggestion, jumped from the waggon and tried to hold the people back. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Tomas hated the long-coated parson, with his aquiline nose and bushy eyebrows; who was always about, and who smiled when he saw him. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z The parson used to lay the bait over-night, and go to look for results in the morning. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z What on earth had she to whisper about with the parson? The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z “Even the parson, who had visited our mothers to dissuade them from allowing us this unheard-of freedom of camp-life, had to admit that he had been prejudiced by members of his congregation.” Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z A nice parson you are—a fine preacher of peace. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z She was almost anxious for the parson to come over, to see if he would approve. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Cantering along through the Bush, he was met and accosted by a drunken old man, who asked him whether he was not the parson and on the way to marry So-and-so. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Some scalawag of a bookseller wrote and offered to sell me books at thirty-three per cent. discount because I was a parson. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The idea of Major Mildmanners pitching into him—him, that was once the pride of the Second Dragoons!—and praising that white-livered parson! A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Yes, yes, I admit all that; but that proves nothing in favour of either the Church or the parson's trade. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Grandmother, grandmother, why do you not keep the parson away from me? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The first parson was a rabid naturalist, who experimented with new breeds of birds and collected snakes for the study of their habits and customs. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z There's no more reason why a parson should get a discount than a policeman. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The remedy for all such dangers is easy; you may send for a parson, and have the business despatched at home. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z "The vicar," they said, "had gone off in a huff, taking t'other parson wi' him, when he found nary a one mindin' a bit what he said." The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The parson was still coming about the house, for the women-folk were comforted 328by his presence; but Judith's father regarded him darkly, and had scarce ever a word for him. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The parson's wife, aged twenty-one and four years married, received us on the doorstep of the cheerful house, and at once we were as perfectly at home in it as in our own. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The ladye goes into the bath with garments made of yellow canvas, which is stiff and made large with great sleeves like a parson’s gown. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z “Father led us away to the inn, and I jest hear him say to the parson, ‘No, no, sir, no. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The sporting parson of Ashbrook of that day even thought it superfluous to teach those d——d labourers' brats the Catechism. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The parson was coming over on the morrow. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z We had expended the capital of £50 with which we started housekeeping, and, if I remember rightly, the parson's stipend did not exceed £250 per annum. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z This gentlemen had no objection to show his friends, or even a stranger, how easy it was for a parson to upset a layman. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The parson placed the tips of his fingers together meditatively, and looked down at Miss Scragley’s beautiful setter. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z But the old parson had died shortly before the noise about allotments came to a head, and the new vicar was supposed to be of a different stamp. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z At the mere mention of the parson's name Judith shivered instinctively, she scarce knew why. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z And the parson went to live in the town, beside his church—in a corrugated iron house that was run up for him. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z What any little, spindle-legged parson says goes the same as the word of God out here in the backwoods. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The parson said she’d gone to heaven; but I don’t know, you know. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z There now, to be equally forgotten, lay squire, and parson, and parson's wife, all peacefully sleeping, life's fever over, its jealousies and petty dignities laid aside for evermore. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z And if 'twas you the good parson wished for in those days——" "Prudence," her friend said, reproachfully, "you do ill to go back over a by-gone story. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The buggies were stopped, the men in their Sunday coats out and after it on the instant, but there was no church that day for any male of the party except the parson. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z I don't want to act a lie to you, and stand and court you like a long-faced Methodist parson, who begins and ends his love-making with prayer. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z As this was being done another negro on shore swam and caught the exhausted Methodist parson by the wool, jerking him off from the Baptist, and carried him to shore. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z It would give him a pretext for waiting to see what became of the poor parson. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z I say that letter should never have been put into the parson's hands. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z We have a parson, Hodge, thou knows, a man esteemed wise, Mast Doctor Rat; chill for him send, and let me hear his advice. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z They were married at the parson's and Mary Blaisdell and I saw the splice made fast. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z He selected no medi�val knights or madonnas as the heroes and heroines of his works, but chose for his theme the life of a simple Protestant parson and his virtuous family. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z She was the victim of a parson, now high in the counsels of the church. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Oh, the good parson! his thoughts be not all bent on heaven, I warrant me! Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The mild-mannered parson jumped to his feet, and stood before his friend, watching the hideous contortions of his face. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z In this story the interest is mainly secured by a description of life on the wild North Sea,—the hero being a parson's son who is apprenticed on board a Lowestoft fishing lugger. Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1891 Books for Young People 2011-09-19T02:00:13.163Z Her priest, then, he said, should away to the guillotine; though she had only to marry, and sign the promissory-note for the dower, to set the parson at liberty. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z God forgive you for having such ill feelings, and you a parson's wife too. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z And there was a touch of reproach in them too—"Tell him he did me wrong to think I had gone to meet the parson in the church-yard: 'twas but a chance." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z In this latter room, used in common by the guests, on the following day the visitor from London first met the shabby parson from Canterbury. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z “It frets the parson to see us keeping our money instead of blowing it all out in charity,” remarked Watts, across a steaming mug of strong coffee. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z For the parson meant right, and the bride and bride-groom meant right. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z "For," said my lady, "a parson's daughter may serve where her heart directs, but is nowise or otherwise to be unclassed." The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z "If the parson have been over-zealous we will set all matters straight, without hurt or harm to any son of Adam." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The parson, as became one who exhibited the blue pledge of temperance in his coat, sipped his coffee, while the other had whisky, lemon, and a small jug of hot water beside him. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The neighbour going back to the farmhouse said they had better get out a Bible, as the parson might ask for one. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z Mr. Macey's doubts, however, are set at rest by the parson after the service, who assures him that what does the business is neither the meaning nor the words, but the register. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z "I'm not speaking professionally," laughed the bishop, who had already ingratiated himself with the men because he did not "talk like a ruddy parson." Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z He knew he had not the art of winning her over, like the parson. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The spy did not pursue the subject further, but conducted himself with an amiability which caused his fellow-traveller to regard him as "a real good fellow for a parson." The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Now, there is the parson’s Saint Bernard dog, Dumpling for instance,—an honest, contented fellow enough, but, bless you, he isn’t free. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Our parson on board the old Rumbler had no more attentive listener to the Sabbath morning service than wardroom Polly; but there were times when Polly made responses when silence would have been more judicious. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z As they drove through those august gates a parson's dogcart was rounding a curve some distance ahead, but nothing was in sight behind. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z And well it was, for the sake of peace and charity, that the good parson did not chance to be early abroad on this still morning; and well it was for the young man himself. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The parson was an enlightened man, and was determined to convince the superstitious old fellow that he was mistaken, so he went down into the vault himself to look at this alleged marvel. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z I’m the parson’s cat to be sure, but then I’m my own master. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z At the end of that time I paid the parson a visit. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Such things could scarcely have happened without some clerical connivance; and in fact, the sporting parson was as common in Chaucer’s as in Fielding’s day. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z "My parson friend?" said she, with some swift color in her cheeks. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It matters not, so far as the foundation principle is concerned, whether it be pope, parson, priest, or president. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z His last journey was at Christmas-time—may Heaven forgive me this sin!—to the house of a parson whom I did not know, and I stuck some pheasants’ feathers too just under the lid. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z At the same time, I was sorry for the parson. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z One day a gentleman, apparently a parson, and a lady, apparently his wife, called and saw the crown which they particularly admired, of course. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Nay, that is true, indeed," said he, bitterly: "you can find no fault in the parson—as every one says. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It is not, "There is a pope, a priest, a parson, or a president in their midst, at their head, in the chair, or in the pulpit." The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Put in an appearance at the parson’s breakfast-table, just for fashion’s sake, and pretended to drink the milk my kind mistress placed before me. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Under these circumstances, thinks I to myself what a capital parson he’ll make. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The parson was Colonel Blood, a notorious Irish desperado. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z This championship of the parson, that he had scarce expected of her, only fired anew certain secret suspicions of his; and he had no mind to spare his rival, whether he were absent or no. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z “Don’t go away, Dumps,” the parson would say to the pony, as he returned into the house. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z “For neither would be guilty of any great crime, Such as murder, rebellion, or arson; One lady would wed with a wealthy old squire, And the other would marry the parson.” Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z As he got older, Wasp used to make a flying visit upstairs to see the parson, but generally came flying down again; for the parson isn’t blessed with the best of tempers, anyhow. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The soi-disant parson cultivated the friendship assiduously, and finally proposed to cement it by a marriage between his nephew, apparently a soldier, and the daughter of the keeper. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z One rapid glance that he directed toward her and the parson was all that passed; but instantly in her heart of hearts she knew the suspicion that he had formed. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Well, Dickie belonged to a good old country parson that I knew, who lived some years ago in one of the wildest glens of our Scottish Highlands. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Even the Danish parson came, carrying in his own hands—for he was not proud—a string of firm, delicious-looking rock cod as a present for the captain. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z In Holland, two hundred years ago, there were four figures,—a soldier, parson, lawyer, and farmer. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The Church in all this service reminds one of nothing so much as a wicked old crone, who whines to the parson and scolds all the children. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z My parson friend is one that has respect for his office, and has a care for his reputation, and lives a peaceable, holy life. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z If this parson was not, like some one else, “Passing rich with forty pounds a year,” he managed to live and support his family upon not much more than double that sum. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Another noticeable thing about this old country parson is his freedom from all the artifices and buckram and abbreviations of learning, so that he is delightfully comprehensible by everybody. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z There lies my great-grandfather, the old parson, under that flat stone come from England. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z "The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God," says the parson. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z I cannot think why they would not sing it to her; perchance the parson thought 'twas wicked—I know not now. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z One day the parson came to see me. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Miss Austen was much younger—as I have said—than our old friend the parson; indeed she was only beginning to try her pen when Gilbert White was ready to lay his down. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z His most famous piece of deviltry was his impersonation of a pious parson in New Jersey. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z We are compelled "to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord," reiterates the parson. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Good grandmother, perchance you did not hear all that the parson said. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z When we returned at last to the parlour, the parson glanced at his family and burst out laughing, and the members of his family looked at each other and laughed too. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Two thousand pounds, that I have this minute in my own custody; so throw off your livery this instant, and I'll go find a parson. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z The graceless modern reader might suspect that the “stable-yard understanding” included the parson. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The witty parson would have it that it was only natural that it should have done so, since its tenant, during life, had fought alternately for Parliament and King, and was addicted to changing sides. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z It was an unusual thing; and all saw by the look of it that it was from London; and all were eager for the news, the good parson as well as any. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z I told the parson of the plan, and he was delighted, and rubbed his hands and chuckled with gladness. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Now, listen: you know something, parson, of the mode of life pursued by the Heaths from generation to generation; you know something of the deeds that have been committed at Fairburn Hall. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z "I am not a combination of a fop and a parson, if you mean that." The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z "Do you really think so, parson?" asked the baronet eagerly, omitting for a moment to use the dirty-looking piece of oiled flannel which had previously monopolized his attention. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z And then she knew that the parson was coolly regarding her, and she strove to collect her wits. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z “Never say a word to anybody,” whispered the parson to me, “till Dickie is back again in the stable.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z He had called he said, about a matter that affected the parson himself, or he would not have troubled him. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z I wouldn't a thought it of yon lass, though, not if the parson himself had told me. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z And by the by, since you are here, parson, I want to have some talk with you about that same fellow Clint, who has been behaving devilish ill to me, I think. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Then she looked up in a frightened way at the parson, as if to judge in her own mind as to how far he should be trusted in this matter. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Ah! but the parson spoiled the whole thing by looking so happy. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Readers of Loss and Gain are not likely to forget the famous 'pork chop' passage, which describes a young parson and his bride bustling into a stationer's shop to buy hymnals and tracts. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z "Ah! you may laugh, but let me tell you he'd have made a first-rate parson if he'd gone to college, and started fair." Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z No, you needn't apologize, parson, for your thinking aloud; you don't suppose I am going to do anything without being paid for it, do you? Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z And very soon it appeared, as the young parson read from the little parchment-covered book, that the passages he quoted had been carefully chosen and were singularly pertinent. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Romy could not read, and the parson taught him—also to write. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Come along, Here are ducats, A ring, And a Canadian parson, Let us get married at once. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z I hope to live to see George a Bishop," and, a few days afterwards, Franklin recurs to the subject in these terms: "Tell me whether George is to be a Church or Presbyterian parson. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z How did the good parson ever persuade my uncle? Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Then the three women, being somewhat recovered from their dismay, but still helpless and bewildered, and 264not knowing what to do, turned to the parson. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Of all the hobbies in the world, this parson’s fancy was geology—then just beginning to emerge as a real science. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z When the parson tried to look into the place, through a window where a small pane of glass was broken, he smelt brimstone—brimstone, young master. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z "I did have a mind to, as 'ee knows, but parson here do seem so set on it that I've been lookin' through some savin's o' mine." Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z In particular it was said that he was well acquainted with divinity, and could quote chapter and verse of the Bible against the parson. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z For some little time back she had very cleverly managed to evade the good parson, or at least to secure the safety of company when she saw him approach. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It ended in Romy leaving the garden and the stable, and being domiciled in the studio, where the parson filled his head with learning, not forgetting Latin and Greek. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z We comforted ourselves by trying to sing psalms and saying our prayers, as the parson advised us to do. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z "I always did say a parson up here would be the thing!" Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z "Well, parson," exclaimed he—and at the sound of his voice I perceived my tutor start in his saddle—"what think you of the little Londoner?" Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z It was a lingering kind of look that he sent after her; and then he, too, turned and went on his way—cursing the parson. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z And what shall I do with the parson? The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z The next day, when they told the parson, he went up there; but naught could he see. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z “Both Satan and the parson have had a vacation,” said Mr. Stagg, “and now they can tackle each other again and see which’ll get the strangle hold ’twixt now and revival time.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z "Yes; I do," said the parson; "or something just as bad." Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. 2011-08-09T02:00:29.010Z If he had been more considerate and gentle with Judith, perhaps she would not have sought the society of the parson. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z I have listed the strong man of Kent, the king of the gipsies, a Scotch pedlar, a scoundrel attorney, and a Welsh parson. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Ay, there were; the parson saw footmarks which were half the footmarks of a man, and half of a beast. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z “Dunno but it is worth while to give the parson a vacation,” pronounced Uncle Joe at the dinner table. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Ah, well! the parson’s roving eye was disappointed, but twinkled just the same; it did not darken—nor show ill-humor. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z "Father, you have undone my hair; and the parson is coming to dinner." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z He is a kindly country parson type, wholly gray, with a gray beard and mustache. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z "Thank you, thank you," said the good old parson. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The invaders had all gone—the Fishers had made upstairs in the beginning—before the parson turned and entered the Ropers' room. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z There was a brief silence—expectant, but not selfishly so, on the part of the parson; somewhat despairing on the part of the hosts. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Nor must you think the good parson has but that end in view; 'tis not in keeping with his calling that he should talk the language of romance. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It never had a church or a parson. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z "Hell upside down!" as the man next to me pithily said—a parson's son like myself, but from Kent, Pembury in Kent, where young Battersby is still not forgotten. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The thing might be suspicious, but the new parson knew better than to peril his influence by charging where he could not convict. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z I 174 wouldn’t change places with a parson, woman, for all the world!” Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z "That—that there be those—who scorn the player's daughter—and would favor the parson's wife?" Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z “A moral man like you, Norris, I reckoned would welcome the idea of having a parson in the town.” The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The Whig was determined to force the oath upon the parson; the Tory was resolved to force the test upon the dissenter. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z It was the stranger he had seen in Edge Lane—the parson: active and resolute. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The parson gulped a mouthful with a wry face—an obstinately wry face; he could not manage to control it. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z It was his far more deadly jealousy of the parson that remained; and was like to remain, for she certainly would not stoop to explain that the meeting in the church-yard was quite accidental. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The parson’s steady gaze held that of Hicks as the human eye is said to hypnotize the gaze of all wild beasts. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The parson told me he was in hopes of seeing thee some day this week. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z |
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