The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 38
... Bishop . The Boy - Bishop ( Episcopus Puerorum ) was a chorister annually elected by his fellows to imitate the state and attire of a bishop , which he assumed on St. Nicholas's day , the sixth of December , and retained till that of ...
... Bishop . The Boy - Bishop ( Episcopus Puerorum ) was a chorister annually elected by his fellows to imitate the state and attire of a bishop , which he assumed on St. Nicholas's day , the sixth of December , and retained till that of ...
Page 39
... Bishop's sermon , and after be at the hygh masse , and each of them offer a penny to the Chylde Bishop ; and with them the maisters and surveyors of the scole " . Probably , ' continues Mr. Brayley , these orations , though affectedly ...
... Bishop's sermon , and after be at the hygh masse , and each of them offer a penny to the Chylde Bishop ; and with them the maisters and surveyors of the scole " . Probably , ' continues Mr. Brayley , these orations , though affectedly ...
Page 44
... bishop or a judge ; But so extreme was her condescension and humility , That she married me , a poor doctor of divinity ; By which heroic deed , she stands confest , Of all other women , the phoenix of her sex . Sir Christopher is said ...
... bishop or a judge ; But so extreme was her condescension and humility , That she married me , a poor doctor of divinity ; By which heroic deed , she stands confest , Of all other women , the phoenix of her sex . Sir Christopher is said ...
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