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My father and I went to publick worship in our parish-church, in which I regretted that Dr Johnson would not join us; for, though we have there no form of prayer, nor magnificent solemnity, yet, as
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The similitude of the stile and manner of it, with those my father constantly had heard preached in his parish-church, was the ground of his conjecture, — proving it as strongly, as an argument a priori could prove such a thing to a philosophic mind,
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The similitude of the stile and manner of it, with those my father constantly had heard preached in his parish-church, was the ground of his conjecture, — proving it as strongly, as an argument a priori could prove such a thing to a philosophic mind,
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This barrier was to be supported by four noblemen, who, at the head of the volunteer horse, (as in many instances in the army of Charles the First,) composed of gentlemen solely, was planted in the churchyard of Old St. Wilfred, as the parish-church of Preston was then called: their leaders were the
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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The vast parish-church, of sombre gray masonry, flashing carnival-fires from the tin-plated pepper-boxes and slopes of its acre of roof, is receiving or disgorging a variegated multitude of good
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various
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The FREE-GRAMMAR SCHOOL is the only building claiming respect for its antiquity (besides the parish-church), situated in the street leading to the Cowes road: it was erected by subscription in the year 1619, and duly endowed.
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At a short distance from the house is a small lake; and near the latter, the neat little parish-church, and the
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Near the house stands the parish-church, and also a Heliconian fountain in the disguise of a pump, of excellent water, which we tasted, but without experiencing any unusual effects.
A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard
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The little parish-church and the adjoining mansion (now converted into a farm house,) exhibit a venerable appearance, and being surrounded by groves of magnificent elms, the whole presents one of the prettiest _rural_ scenes in the island; and to the amateur of sketching, it must prove a treat.
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As we pursue our tour we can trace the course of the Chine (above the head), by the freshness and luxuriant growth of the trees that stand on its narrow banks: and just as we approximate the little parish-church, pass over a bridge thrown across it -- but the streamlet itself is almost hidden by wild brushwood and aquatic weeds.
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