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In the Anglican Church, a vicar is a type of parish priest. During the period in which The Vicar of Wakefield is set, vicars were distinguished from other parish priests by their receiving only the “lesser” share of tithes, or taxes levied on the parish, with the “greater” share going to the local secular landlord—in Dr. Primrose’s case, to Squire Thornhill.
Vicar Quotes in The Vicar of Wakefield
The The Vicar of Wakefield quotes below are all either spoken by Vicar or refer to Vicar. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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The temporal concerns of our family were chiefly committed to my wife’s management, as to the spiritual I took them entirely under my own direction. The profits of my living, which amounted to but thirty-five pounds a year, I made over to the orphans and widows of the clergy of our diocese; for having a sufficient fortune of my own, I was careless of temporalities, and felt a secret pleasure in doing my duty without reward.
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Chapter 29
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Then let us take comfort now, for we shall soon be at our journey’s end; we shall soon lay down the heavy burthen laid by heaven upon us, and though death, the only friend of the wretched, for a little while mocks the weary traveller with the view, and like his horizon, still flies before him; yet the time will certainly and shortly come, when we shall cease from our toil; when the luxurious great ones of the world shall no more tread us to the earth; when we shall think with pleasure on our sufferings below; when we shall be surrounded with all our friends, or such as deserved our friendship; when our bliss shall be unutterable, and still, to crown all, unending.
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Vicar Term Timeline in The Vicar of Wakefield
The timeline below shows where the term Vicar appears in The Vicar of Wakefield. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...be a man’s duty to marry and raise a family, and quickly after becoming a vicar finds himself a wife. He chooses Mrs. Primrose for her reliability rather than more exciting...
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