Archdeacon in example sentence

He did not know it, but it was at least a Phoebus, and that magic name sufficed to make the archdeacon follow the two heedless comrades with the stealthy tread of a wolf, listening to their words and observing their slightest gestures with anxious attention.

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The archdeacon, as if to draw attention to the value of his time, coughed impatiently, making the windows vibrate.

I have not yet alluded to the visits of Mr. Brocklehurst; and indeed that gentleman was from home during the greater part of the first month after my arrival; perhaps prolonging his stay with his friend the archdeacon: his absence was a relief to me.

"But what say you to the archdeacon T-'s miscellaneous collection," said the abbe.

A few pages of the good archdeacon are enough in conscience to satisfy anyone."

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