"Papist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pretended that the inclination which he was suspected to have for the Roman Catholics contributed to set the Swedes against him; and Crusius wrote from Bremen, November 27, 1642[411], "It is publicly reported that Grotius is become a Papist, and has lost all credit in Sweden." He was not consulted in the nomination of Cerisante; accordingly it gave him much uneasiness, which he did not dissemble[412]: he regarded this Agent as a spy sent to observe his conduct, and his mission as a proof that ...
— The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius • Jean Levesque de Burigny
... stung thee too, I perceive?" exclaimed Sir Ronald. "I hate him like poison. It should go ill with him did I ever have the power. I hear he is a Papist; cannot we prove aught against him on that score?" and the excited knight wistfully regarded his companion's face, waiting for a ...
— Heiress of Haddon • William E. Doubleday
... Oates," said the page. "He was a Papist once, and is turned informer, he says. He still feigns secretly to be friends with one or two of ...
— Oddsfish! • Robert Hugh Benson
... up, and say, 'She thought an Englishman who wasn't proud of Oliver Cromwell was unworthy of the name of an Englishman.' Her very words, I assure you. Why, if my daughter Ellen had dared to express herself in that way about a murderous Papist, I'd have ...
— The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn • Henry Kingsley
... his guts with flax and grass; But, before the priest he fleeces, Tear the Bible all to pieces: At the parsons, Tom, halloo, boy, Worthy offspring of a shoe-boy, Footman, traitor, vile seducer, Perjured rebel, bribed accuser, Lay thy privilege aside, Sprung from Papist regicide; Fall a-working like a mole, Raise the dirt ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
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