10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXTONSHIP»
Discover the use of
sextonship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sextonship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
... appointed him to the sextonship which happened to fall vacant ; and caused
him to officiate as deputy to David Hunt, the parish-clerk — a man of eighty, worn
out in the service, and now bed-ridden with the rheumatism — with a complete ...
Mary Russell Mitford,
1853
She was, however, thwarted in her desires for town religion, so turned her whole
attention to the duties of sextonship. At five o'clock by the corridor chimes, Clara
would rattle at the door of the large recitation-room, — which we had chosen for ...
3
Chatterton: a biographical study
... the sexton and the poet's father, is presumably reliable in referring to the former
as an old man. ( Vide Southey's Ed. Chatterton's Works, vol. iii. p. 496.)
sextonship might reward the diligence of a Bristol antiquary : 2 CHATTER TON.
4
The New Monthly Magazine
And he really did survive the threescore years and ten of sextonship, of which he
used so often to speak. They will not easily find a worthier man.” “ You knew the
old fellow, then ?” said my fellow-traveller, who had hitherto spoken but very little.
And he really did survive the threescore years and ten of sextonship, of which he
used so often to speak. They will not easily find a worthier man." " You knew the
old fellow, then ?" said my fellow-traveller, who had hitherto spoken but very little.
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton,
1868
6
Tales and Selections from the English Souvenirs: For ...
... quivering forth, in a high thin voice, the strains of Hopkins and Sternold, the
good Bishop determined to promote him in that line ; appointed him to the
sextonship, which happened to fall vacant ; and caused him to officiate as deputy
to David ...
7
Prussian Schoolteachers: Profession and Office, 1763-1848
Since the sextonship shared in the parish endowment, its occupant normally
received a small portion of the church lands and a yearly payment in money or
kind from the treasury. Like the pastor, the sexton received token payments from
local ...
8
The Works: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life : in ...
... strangers his memory task'd Through the thick deaths of half a century; And
thus he answer'd — “ Well, I do not know Why frequent travellers turn to pilgrims
so ; He died before my day of Sextonship, And I had not the digging of this grave.
George Gordon Byron Byron, Thomas Moore,
1836
9
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. ...
For example ; they may be lappers of linen, bailiffs of the manor ; they may let
blood or apply plasters for three miles round : they may get a dispensation to hold
the clerkship and sextonship of their own parish in commendam. Their wives and
...
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols,
1801
... ground, why it might be That for this plant strangers his memory task'd Through
the thick deaths of half a century ; And thus he answer'd—“ Well, I do not know
Why frequent travellers turn to pilgrims so; He tiied before my day of Sextonship, .
George Noël Gordon Byron (Baron Byron), John Galt,
1837