Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 2 |
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Dominick Shelton was a Catholic gentleman , but utterly free from the narrowness
and bigotry which at that unhappy period too often characterized the religionists
of the Roman persuasion . Althouglı attached to his faith from education and ...
Dominick Shelton was a Catholic gentleman , but utterly free from the narrowness
and bigotry which at that unhappy period too often characterized the religionists
of the Roman persuasion . Althouglı attached to his faith from education and ...
Page 10
... may be daily expected ; it will probably commence in the metropolis ; the
Catholics will indisputably be its first victims , and I shall therefore lose no time in
returning to my hermitage : ” a resolution which he carried into immediate
execution .
... may be daily expected ; it will probably commence in the metropolis ; the
Catholics will indisputably be its first victims , and I shall therefore lose no time in
returning to my hermitage : ” a resolution which he carried into immediate
execution .
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These sentiments which were equally ungenerous and unjust , whether applied
to the Sheltons in particular , or to the Catholics at large , were destined to be
partially corrected by a trivial accident . Richard , the invalid son , having fainted ...
These sentiments which were equally ungenerous and unjust , whether applied
to the Sheltons in particular , or to the Catholics at large , were destined to be
partially corrected by a trivial accident . Richard , the invalid son , having fainted ...
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So reluctantly , however , do we abandon our prejudices , and so complacently
do we attribute to others our own failings , that she made this concession in
favour of one Roman Catholic family , an argument for additional bitterness
against the ...
So reluctantly , however , do we abandon our prejudices , and so complacently
do we attribute to others our own failings , that she made this concession in
favour of one Roman Catholic family , an argument for additional bitterness
against the ...
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From this period the two families commenced visiting , each succeeding interview
serving still more and more to ingratiate the Catholics with their Protestant
neighbours , which latter phrase we adopt with the usual license when speaking
of ...
From this period the two families commenced visiting , each succeeding interview
serving still more and more to ingratiate the Catholics with their Protestant
neighbours , which latter phrase we adopt with the usual license when speaking
of ...
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