"Canon Yeoman's Tale." The "Canon's Yeoman." "The Canon."英文原著 · 《Chaucer》
fifty-part canon: "A canon, in music, is a piece wherein the subject is repeated, in various keys: and being strictly obeyed in the repetition, becomes the `canon' -- the imperative LAW -- to what follows. Fifty of such parts would be indeed a notable peal: to manage three is enough of an achievement for a good musician." -- From Poet's Letter to the Editor.英文原著 · 《Introduction to Robert Browning》
At last they made their way down a small side canon,-- a sort of wing to the main canon; a very few rods down this, and they were as hidden from view from above as if the earth had swallowed them. The first red tints of the dawn were coming. From the eastern horizon to the zenith, the whole sky was like a dappled crimson fleece.英文原著 · 《Ramona》
So, also, the Canonical Laws command (II. Cap., Sacerdotes, and Cap. Oves). And Augustine (Contra Petiliani Epistolam): Neither must we submit to Catholic bishops if they chance to err, or hold anything contrary to the Canonical Scriptures of God.英文原著 · 《The Augsburg Confession》
Scarcely any Canons are kept with exactness, and from day to day many go out of use even among those who are the most zealous advocates of traditions. Neither can due regard be paid to consciences unless this mitigation be observed, that we know that the Canons are kept without holding them to be necessary, and that no harm is done consciences, even though traditions go out of use.英文原著 · 《The Augsburg Confession》
In 1842, through the efforts of Canon Townshend, a new church was built on the present site. Gray was the first clergyman. The Rev. Canon Townshend came to Amherst in 1834, and held the rectorship until his death. METHODISTS. A letter written from England to Mr. Trueman, Prospect, in 1776, asks if the adherents of the Methodist societies have any place of worship to go to, or do they meet among themselves according to the usual way of the Methodists. The reply would be that they met amongst themselves, as there is no record of a "meeting house" until some years later.英文原著 · 《The Chignecto Isthmus And Its First Settlers》
And that's how I turned my dream into what I call "The Happiest Place On Urf." Urf is a made-up magical kingdom I added to the Disney canon.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》