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  • Ffion ignored it completely, was fascinated by the innards of the font and grabbed the Archdeacon's beard.

    Ffion's Baptism Glyn Davies 2008

  • This remark of the Archdeacon's gives a respectable antiquity to the metamorphosis of witches, for it was in 1185 that he visited Ireland, and he tells us that what he records had descended from "old times."

    Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

  • There came a time when the Sheriff's whist club and the Archdeacon's port became a tradition to the oldest inhabitant.

    The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • The Archdeacon's Chapel or consistory court, to the west of the porch, is now one of the most interesting parts of the church.

    The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse

  • Archdeacon -- and of the permanent satisfaction to be got from it; and she renounced almost with a palpable sigh the idea of the Archdeacon's asking her.

    Hilda A Story of Calcutta Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • The Vicar was doubtful of the impression that the Archdeacon's gaiters would make on Lima St.eet, and he was also doubtful of the impression that the images and prickets of St. Wilfred's would make on the

    The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

  • In Spring there were daisies in the Close, and daffodils nodding among the tombs, and on the grey wall of the Archdeacon's garden a flaming peacock's tail of

    The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

  • Long before Lima Street was reached, indeed, halfway down Strugwell Terrace, which was the main road out of respectable Notting Hill into the Mission area, the comments upon the Archdeacon's appearance became so embarrassing that the dignitary looked at his watch and remarked that after all he feared he should not be able to spare the time that afternoon.

    The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

  • A specimen of the Archdeacon's own handwriting is reproduced in Plate II for the purpose of comparison.

    The Vital Message 1919

  • The Comte d'Artois tore it from the Archdeacon's hands and cast it into the fire; another copy destined for the French clergy was suppressed

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

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