A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
page 152 of 157 (96%)
page 152 of 157 (96%)
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{89} "And how they're disappointed when they're pleased."--
Congreve, quoted by Pate. {95} Refusing the cup of sacrament to the laity. Thomas Warton observes on the following passage its close resemblance to the speech of Panurge in Rabelais, and says that Swift formed himself upon Rabelais. {96} Transubstantiation. {98a} The Reformation. {98b} The cross (in hoc signo vinces). Pieces of the wood said to be part of it were many in the churches. {98c} One miracle to be believed was that the Chapel of Loretto travelled from the Holy Land to Italy. {99a} Made a true copy of the Bible in the language of the people. {99b} Gave the cup to the laity. {99c} Allowed marriages of priests. {102a} Homerus omnes res humanas poematis complexus est.--Xenophon in Conviv.--S. {102b} A treatise written about fifty years ago by a Welsh gentleman of Cambridge. His name, as I remember, Vaughan, as appears by the answer to it by the learned Dr. Henry More. It is a |
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