| 1883 - 410 pagine
...flock," our vicar cries, " Whom bishops govern and whom priests advise ; Wherein are various states and due degrees, The bench for honour, and the stall for ease ; That ease be mine, which, after all his cares, The pious, peaceful prebendary shares." "What is a... | |
| George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pagine
...flock," our Vicar cries, " Whom bishops govern ami whom priests advise ; " Wherein are various states and due degrees, " The Bench for honour, and the Stall for ease ; " That ease be mine, which, after all his cares, " The pióos, peaceful prebendary shares." " What... | |
| George Crabbe - 1914 - 634 pagine
...flock,' our vicar cries, ' Whom bishops govern and whom priests advise ; Wherein are various states and due degrees, The bench for honour, and the stall for ease ; That ease be mine, which, after all his cares, The pious, peaceful prebendary shares.' ' What is... | |
| George Lacey May - 1920 - 242 pagine
...A flock," our vicar cries, Whom bishops govern and whom priests advise ; Wherein are various states and due degrees, The bench for honour and the stall for ease ; That ease be mine, which, after all his cares, The pious, peaceful prebendary shares," One who can... | |
| 1861 - 472 pagine
...epithet applied to the soi-disant „orthodox" clergy of the last Century, for whom, while ill-paid curates did the work, the comforts of the establishment were its greatest charms. „Whcrein are various ranks, and dne degrees, ' The Bench for honour, and the Stall for ease." Though... | |
| Stephen Taylor - 1999 - 498 pagine
...should not disgrace themselves in the eyes of their parishioners by incompetence or vulgarity.' Ibid. 'Wherein are various ranks, and due degrees; The Bench for honour, and the Stall for ease.'225 Their fortune was often made for them before they left the nursery. No sooner had they quitted... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1888 - 588 pagine
...? A flock, our vicar cries, Whom bishops govern and whom priests advise, In which are various forms and due degrees, The bench for honour and the stall for ease. Mine be that ease which after all his cares The peaceful praying prebendary shares." t The Radicals... | |
| 568 pagine
...flock," our vicar cries, " Whom bishops govern and whom priests advise ; " Wherein are various states and due degrees, " The bench for honour, and the stall for ease ; "That ease be mine, which, after all his cares, "The pious, peaceful prebendary shares." 10 " What... | |
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