 Political potentates, not Christian pastors — full of false zeal, full of worldly pride, and full of gluttony — empty of the true religion. To their flock oppressive — to their inferior clergy brutal — to their king abject, and to their God impudent...  Popery and the popish question - Page 121by George Croly - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 500 pages
...barbaric pride, and pontific luxury....they placed the naked majesty of the Christian religion. This light was soon put down by its own ministers, and on its...princes, whom they poisoned with crooked principles nnd heated advice, and were a faction against their king, when they were not his slaves; ever the dirt... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 502 pages
...beastly and pompous priesthood ascended. Political potentates, not Christian pastors.... full of fahe zeal, full of worldly pride, and full of gluttony......heated advice, and were a faction against their king, \vlun they were not his slaves; ever die dirt under his feet, or a poignard in his heart. Their power... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1813 - 540 pages
...their God impudent and familiar ; they stood on the altar, as a stopping-stool to the throne, gloziog in the ear of princes, whom they poisoned with crooked...against their King, when they were not his slaves ; ever the dirt under his feet, or a poniard in bis heart. '* Their power went down, it burst of its... | |
 | England - 1841 - 862 pages
...to their inferior clergy brutal, to their King abject. They stood on the altar as a stepping-stool to the throne ; glozing in the ear of princes, whom they poisoned with cracked principles and heated advice — a faction against their King, when they were not his slaves.... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...king abject, and to their God impudent and familiar ; they stood on the altar, as a stepping-stool to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes, whom...against their king, when they were not his slaves ; ever the dirt un>ler his feet, or a poniard in his heart. Their power went down, it burst of its... | |
 | Great Britain - 1821 - 682 pages
...king abject, and to their God impudent and familiar : they stood on the altar, as a stepping-stool to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes, whom...against their king, when they were not his slaves ; ever the dirt under his feet, or a poniard in his heart. " Their power went down; it burst of its... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 410 pages
...king abject, and to their God impudent and familiar ; they stood on the altar, as a stepping-stool to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes, whom...faction against their king when they were not his slaves ;' the dirt under his feet, or the poniard in his heart. Their power went down ; it burst of its own... | |
 | History - 1822 - 768 pages
...their king abject, and to their God impudent and familiar. They stood on the altar, as a stepping-stone to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes whom...against their king, when they were not his slaves; ever the dirt under his feet, or a a poniard in hie heart. Their power went down ; it burst of its... | |
 | History - 1822 - 766 pages
...their king abject, and to their God impudent and familiar. They stood on the altar, as a stepping-stone to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes whom...against their king, when they were not his slaves ; ever the dirt under his feet, or a a poniard in his heart. Their power went down ; it burst of its... | |
 | History - 1822 - 762 pages
...stood on the altar, as a stepping-stone to the throne, glozing in the ear of princes whom theypoisoned with crooked principles and heated advice; and were...against their king, when they were not his slaves ; ever the dirt under his feet, or a a poniard in his heart. Their power went down ; it burst of its... | |
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