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... Church at large . The priest , who thus had charge of the people of his parish , was himself under the authority of a bishop or overseer over a number of churches . The bishop in turn was under the authority of the Archbishop of ...
... Church at large . The priest , who thus had charge of the people of his parish , was himself under the authority of a bishop or overseer over a number of churches . The bishop in turn was under the authority of the Archbishop of ...
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... Church and found his purest inspiration there . But in Herbert's work you will find no trace of the brutal cynicism of Donne's early poems or the morbidness of Donne's later poems . Sometime , when you are in England , you will walk the ...
... Church and found his purest inspiration there . But in Herbert's work you will find no trace of the brutal cynicism of Donne's early poems or the morbidness of Donne's later poems . Sometime , when you are in England , you will walk the ...
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... church - yard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother . " " You say that two at Conway dwell And two are gone to ... church - yard lie , Beneath the church - yard tree . . The first that died was sister Jane In bed she moaning lay ...
... church - yard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother . " " You say that two at Conway dwell And two are gone to ... church - yard lie , Beneath the church - yard tree . . The first that died was sister Jane In bed she moaning lay ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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