 | 1849 - 608 sider
...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 - 550 sider
...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 valuable...for one who 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... | |
 | Churchill Babington - 1849 - 138 sider
...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...for one who 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... | |
 | Churchill Babington - 1849 - 182 sider
...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...for one who 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 sider
...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 valuable...for one who made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 sider
...took orders. At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, two sons of peers wereBishops; four or five sons of peers were priests, and held valuable...for one who made the figure of a gentleman, ten were mere menial servants. A large proportion of those divines who had no benefices, or whose benefices... | |
 | 1849 - 638 sider
...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 sider
...the reign of Charles II. two sons of peers were bishops, four or five sons of peers were priests ; In these observations, we rather adopt the views of our author than advan whole body."— i. 338. The reproach! — Even if all this were true, it would not diminish our own,... | |
 | 1849 - 296 sider
...deseent took orders. At the elose of the reign of Charles II. two sons of peers were bishops ; four or five sons of peers were priests, and held valuable preferment ; but these rare exeeptions did not take away the reproaeh whieh lay on the body. The eiergy were regarded on the whole... | |
 | 1849 - 854 sider
...learning, declined also her influence. "The sacerdotal office lost its attraction" for gentlemen ; the " Clergy were regarded as, on the whole, a plebeian class," and the domestic chaplain held a position that was by no means enviable. "If he was permitted to dine with... | |
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Second, two sons of peers were Bishops; four or five sons of peers were priests, and held valuable preferment: but these rare exceptions did not take away the reproach which lay on the body. The clergy were regarded as, on the whole, a plebeian class.... 
