Grey Friar
Britishnoun
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The Old Man of Coniston Scafell Pike Grey Friar Helvellyn In the seventh and final book of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, a severe traffic accident occurs in a real American town.
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Procured by Grosseteste some time before 1254, it passes to Oxford, and remains there till the Grey Friar's Convent is dissolved by Henry VIII.
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Alas!" said the old woman, "I have a shrewd suspicion of a reverend Grey Friar, who stayed last night in the same inn with us at Badajos.
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A French lady, whilst sojourning at Padua, was informed that there was a Grey Friar in the Bishop's prison there, and finding that every one spoke jestingly about him, she inquired the reason.
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Just punishment of a Grey Friar for the unwonted penance that he would have laid upon a maiden.
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