Word: parson
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...said: "My dear boy some time you may be in want of advice such as I cannot give you. If that is the case, go to the best lawyer in Boston and state your trouble to him. Some men, and many women, like to send their sons to parsons. But I tell you, a lawyer knows forty times as much about the world as a parson does...
...parson thinks praise is the orator...
While the parson is forcing a battle on fate...
...Wilkie Collins of his novel bearing the same name, but differs essentially from the novel in its conclusion, and was written expressly for Miss Leclercq. The plot is interesting and exciting throughout, although we must confess it weakens perceptibly during the long speeches, moral and sentimental, of the unclerical parson Vivian Gray. The character of Mercy Merrick gives Miss Leclercq an opportunity to display her magnificent dramatic powers. Her story is that of a young woman making every effort against the prejudices of society to regain the social position she has lost by early indiscretion. An opportunity...
...H.Pres., H. C. Merwin; Vice-Pres., F. O. Vaille; Sec., J. Parson, Jr.; Treas., G. O. G. Coale; Chorister, A. W. Foote...