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Retailers seem to be discounting lots of Canons, which is good news for consumers: Canon is one the brands that generally performs better than others, model to model and year after year, across a wide range of prices, according to our analysis of such trends among point-and-shoot brands we regularly test.
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The cathedral, standing above the so-called Canons 'Marsh which borders the Floating Harbour, is pleasantly situated on the south side of College Green.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Of the two doorways from the cloister to the cathedral, that at the east end of the north walk, which is called the Canons 'door, is a fine specimen of Norman work.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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There were thirty of them, called Canons, as being entered on the list ([Greek: kanôn]) of ecclesiastics serving the church.
Old St. Paul's Cathedral William Benham 1870
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One of the Canons was the incumbent, and the curate was Mr. Arden, the scientific minor canon, but when his services were required at the cathedral, one of his colleagues would supply his place, usually in a sadly perfunctory manner.
Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Which Canons, though they were but Canons, that is, Rules Propounded, and but voluntarily received by Christian Princes, till the translation of the Empire to Charlemain; yet afterwards, as the power of the Pope encreased, became Rules Commanded, and the Emperours themselves
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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In 1355 he composed examples of numerical computation on the "Canons" of Jean de Linières, later on his own "Canons", to give the students of the University of Paris practice in the use of astronomical tables.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The "Canons", moreover, are preserved in St. Jerome's translation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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"Canons" are a series of chronological tables with short historical notices.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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