| He wanted to be a monk, not a busy town parson continually beset by unreasonable people. |
| He seized the parson by the chin and ears and yerked him upwards several times. |
| He was a humorous and gentle pastor of his flock, a good parson who put up a new poster every week to attract people to come to his church. |
| It is brought home to me in one of the few permitted churches, where the parson has to submit his sermons to the censors a month in advance. |
| He was a good parson, and I am happy to have been introduced to his life by such a reliable biographer. |
| The trustworthy parson and the trustworthy squire are the twin pillars of rural life. |
