| 1849 - 652 sivua
...the reign of Charles II. two sons of Peers were Bishops, four or five sons of Peers were priests ; but these rare exceptions did not take away the reproach which lay on the whole body.'—i. 338. The reproach !—Even if all this were true, it would not diminish our own,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 850 sivua
...descent took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops: four or five sons of peers were priests, and held...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices were too small... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 sivua
...descent took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops: four or five sons of peers were priests, and held...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices were too small... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 464 sivua
...descent took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops: four or five sons of peers were priests, and held...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices were too small... | |
| Churchill Babington - 1849 - 182 sivua
...has recounted all. " At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops; four or five sons of peers were priests and held valuable...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants." It shall be my object to examine this statement, so far as the extraction of the Clergy... | |
| Churchill Babington - 1849 - 130 sivua
...has recounted all. " At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops; four or five sons of peers were priests and held valuable...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants." It shall be my object to examine this statement, so far as the extraction of the Clergy... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 550 sivua
...descent took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were bishops : four or five sons of peers were priests, and held...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial ser vants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices were too small... | |
| 1849 - 638 sivua
...in generalization and detail. These are characteristic passages.—Lit. World. THE COUNTRY CLERGY. The clergy were regarded as, on the whole, a plebeian class. And, indeed, for one who made the ijiire of a gentleman, ten were mere menial sertanls. A large proportion of those divines who had no... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 sivua
...the reign of Charles II. two sons of peers were bishops, four or five sons of peers were priests ; but these rare exceptions did not take away the reproach which lay on the whole body."—i. 338. The reproach!—Even if all this were true, it would not diminish our own, nor,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 714 sivua
...descent took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers were Bishops; four or five sons of peers were priests, and held...made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices were too small... | |
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