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... Bishop Sherlock and others , and in consequence lost his employ- ment . He was one of the most conspicuous members of the Robin Hood Society , which took its name from the public house - the Robin Hood and Little John in Butcher Row ...
... Bishop Sherlock and others , and in consequence lost his employ- ment . He was one of the most conspicuous members of the Robin Hood Society , which took its name from the public house - the Robin Hood and Little John in Butcher Row ...
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... Bishop of London ( Dr. Blomfield ) to make some calculations of this class , and he named as his fee 100 guineas . ' A hundred guineas , Mr. Ansell ! Why , there are many curates in my diocese who don't get more than that for a year's ...
... Bishop of London ( Dr. Blomfield ) to make some calculations of this class , and he named as his fee 100 guineas . ' A hundred guineas , Mr. Ansell ! Why , there are many curates in my diocese who don't get more than that for a year's ...
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... bishop of Rochester ( Ep . i . 4 ) , he writes : ' Wherever Osbern is , his soul is my soul ; farewell ! farewell ! I pray , I pray , I pray , remember me , and forget not the soul of Osbern my beloved , and if that seem too much for ...
... bishop of Rochester ( Ep . i . 4 ) , he writes : ' Wherever Osbern is , his soul is my soul ; farewell ! farewell ! I pray , I pray , I pray , remember me , and forget not the soul of Osbern my beloved , and if that seem too much for ...
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... bishop at present except myself . " Soon after this the king was taken very ill . He was moved to Gloucester : the lay nobles , bishops , and other great men visited the sick and , as it was thought , dying man , and urged him to ...
... bishop at present except myself . " Soon after this the king was taken very ill . He was moved to Gloucester : the lay nobles , bishops , and other great men visited the sick and , as it was thought , dying man , and urged him to ...
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... bishop of Rochester . The consent of Robert , duke of Normandy , and of the archbishop of Rouen to the ap- pointment of Anselm was easily obtained , but the monks of Bec were very reluctant to part with their beloved abbot , and it was ...
... bishop of Rochester . The consent of Robert , duke of Normandy , and of the archbishop of Rouen to the ap- pointment of Anselm was easily obtained , but the monks of Bec were very reluctant to part with their beloved abbot , and it was ...
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