But somehow the idea took hold among the labouring poor that theparson, per se, was their sworn enemy.
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In the later eighteenth century the documents suggest that theparsontook a much greater lead in the administration of charities and poor relief.
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It would seem that local parsons were expected to acquire familiarity with the topography and spatial extent of their parish.
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Like the parson's egg, the book is good in parts and should be sipped rather than swallowed whole.
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The parson's considerable administrative workload, far from winning him the respect of parishioners, earned him their suspicion, and a resentment that control, management and manipulation were everywhere.
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Parson's theoretical model of the therapeutic relationship10 describes how the doctor takes the lead in returning the ill patient back to health when a cure is achieved.
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After all, the two ancient universities were for centuries merely providing vocational training for theparson, the pedagogue and the politician.
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In the last generation the squire, the schoolmaster and theparsonwere the three great people of the village.
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The old order has gone with the squire and theparson.
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It is extremely difficult for aparsonin a rural area letting his glebe land, his grass, to drive a very hard bargain.
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A blamelessparson, or one who is only partly to blame, should get much more than one who is wholly at fault.
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That will relieve of boredom a great many parsons today.
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This is done for the manses of parsons, for instance, and it should be done for the teaching profession.
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In point of fact, these had been neglected by a whole series of disinterested parsons for a very long period.
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One of the great difficulties, of course, is that, clearly, the present law encourages parsons and churchwardens to be dishonest.
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