| But, for the modern Episcopalian, the country parson is probably an ideal figure, remote and more longed for than experienced. |
| The trustworthy parson and the trustworthy squire are the twin pillars of rural life. |
| 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. |
| This seems especially true of recent fiction written by people who have never served a parish as its parson. |
| 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. |
