 | Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 pages
...least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure, and freethinking, enemies -io— priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices; who might...an ornament to the Court and Town: And then, again, so, great a number of able [-bodied] divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies. This indeed... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 pages
...at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure, and freethinking, enemies to priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices, who might...an ornament to the court and town: and then again, so great a number of able divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies. This, indeed, appears... | |
 | Rudolf Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pages
...prejudices, who might be an ornament to the court and town : and then again, so great a number of able divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies. This, indeed, appears to be a consideration of some weight ; but then, on the other side, several things deserve to be considered... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2004 - 290 pages
...at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure and freethinking, enemies to priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices; who might...an ornament to the Court and Town. And then again, so great a number of able [bodied] divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies. This indeed... | |
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It is likewise urged that there are, by computation, in this kingdom above ten thousand parsons, whose revenues added to those of my lords the bishops would suffice to maintain at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure and free-thinking,... 
