Vulgar words in The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. - From Charles I. to Cromwell (Page 1)
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Sir John replied, "that to the world they seemed to be such as would not swear, whore, or be drunk; out they would lie, cozen, and deceive; that they would frequently hear two sermons a day, and repeat them too, and that some, times they would fast all day long."
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Petitions to the council were signed and presented by persons of the highest quality: the women took part, and, as was usual, with violence: the clergy every where loudly declaimed against Popery and the liturgy, which they represented as the same: the pulpits resounded with vehement invectives against Antichrist: and the populace, who first opposed the service, was often compared to Balaam's ass, an animal in itself stupid and senseless, but whose mouth had been opened by the Lord, to the admiration of the whole world.
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Grimstone, a popular member, called him, in the house, the very pander and broker to the whore of Babylon.
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But the people, tired of this long name, retained only the last word, and commonly gave him the appellation of Damn'd Barebone.
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How could he be such a blockhead as to reap no greater benefit from all his father's crimes and successes?"
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As he bore a resemblance to the common pictures of Christ, he allowed his beard to grow in a like form: he raised a person from the dead:[**] he was ministered unto by women:[***] he entered Bristol mounted on a horse, (I suppose, from the difficulty in that place of finding an ass:) his disciples spread their garments before him, and cried, "Hosanna to the highest; holy, holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth."