The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... BISHOP OF LONDON . " Her graces and her qualities were such That she might have married a 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 ...
... BISHOP OF LONDON . " Her graces and her qualities were such That she might have married a 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 ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 29 |
The Church of St Faith Booksellers of the Churchyard | 68 |
Burning of the Pope St Brides Steeple Milton Illuminated | 110 |
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