 It was a matter of no little vanity to him, on Sundays, to take his station in front of the church gallery, with a band of chosen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson.  Old-time Schools and School-books - Page 120by Clifton Johnson - 1904 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1914 - 606 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...makeshifts . . . the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably well enough, and was thought by all who understood nothing of the labor of head-work, to have a wonderful... | |
 | 1914 - 442 pages
...neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It 15 was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays,...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congrega20 tion, and there are peculiar... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 pages
...the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...station in front of the church gallery, with a band 10 of chosen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson.... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1916 - 346 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation, and there are peculiar... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 pages
...the singing master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | Lee Emerson Bassett - 1917 - 376 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar... | |
 | 1918 - 424 pages
...the singingmaster of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...completely carried away the palm from the parson. Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the 252 congregation; and there are peculiar... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 pages
...the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. It was a matter of no little vanity...to him, on Sundays, to take his station in front of s the church gallery, with a band of chosen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried... | |
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