“Digressions, incontestably...are the life, the soul of reading...”
Laurence Sterne, whimsical Irish clergyman & author of The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, born 1713.

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A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems, a clergyman sermons, a professor compendia and so on. (https://t.co/M2j5VirNxF)

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My favorite combination is these two (not a romantic relationship).
Isn't a vampire and a clergyman a good combination?

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An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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tfw you are a but humble clergyman but the king and queen of the country keep tempting you

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Kate Greenaway published A Apple Pie in 1886 as an illustrated rhyme book to teach children the alphabet. First mentioned in writing in 1671 by clergyman John Eachard, the rhyme is probably much older. The first printed versions appeared in the mid C18th.

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9 May 1671:Disguised as a clergyman Col. Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of (BM)

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Velith 'assisting' a fellow clergyman of hers, done by !

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in 1968, clergyman, iconic figure in the African American civil rights movement, Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated on the balcony of room 306, Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN, age 39. MLK National Historic Site, Atlanta https://t.co/QLIAmC0L44

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Birds in the park: A Child's first book about birds, by a Country Clergyman.......1860, from BHL/Uni Toronto......https://t.co/BrSAjiPtcS

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“I want your hidden look, your real smile — that lonely, mocking smile your cool mirror knows.”
— Jorge Luis Borges, from Two English Poems Selected Poems: 1923-1967

📷 Germaine Dulac - The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)

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1768: Death (54, in London) of Co Laurence Sterne. CofE clergyman & novelist e.g. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', & sermons/memoirs https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe https://t.co/6kSVdoxVZV

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"A woman once said to me, 'Any religion that is to be any good to one must be one they make for themselves,' - and it is so. She, curiously, was a clergyman's wife."

Artist & writer Kate Greenaway, born 1846; she is remembered for her wonderful literary art.

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A selection of woodcuts from a book entitled 'The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents', published in 1658.

Most of this three-volume compilation is comprised of the zoological works of the English clergyman Edward Topsell. More here: https://t.co/gkMFmBqWj2

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Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, English logician, photographer, clergyman and author in 1832
Golden age illustrations by John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell and A.E. Jackson

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Irish novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne was born in 1716.
Books by Sterne at PG:
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1713: Birth in Co of Laurence Sterne. Anglican clergyman & novelist e.g. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', & sermons/memoirs. https://t.co/6kSVdoxVZV https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe

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