howwiththatweaponhehewedleftandright，makingthepriestsflybeforehim，andrunawaysqueaking：\"Vaya！quedemonioeseste！\"Ay，andwhenhethinksoftheplentyofBibleswordswhichheleftbehindhim，destinedtoprove，andwhichhavealreadyproved，prettycalthropsintheheelsofPopery。\"Halloo！Batuschca，\"heexclaimedtheothernight，onreadinganarticleinanewspaper；\"whatdoyouthinkofthepresentdoingsinSpain？Youroldfriendthezingaro，thegitanowhorodeaboutSpain，tosaynothingofGalicia，withtheGreekBuchinibehindhimashissquire，hadahandinbringingthemabout；therearemanybraveSpaniardsconnectedwiththepresentmovementwhotookBiblesfromhishands，andreadthemandprofitedbythem，learningfromtheinspiredpagethedutiesofonemantowardsanother，andtherealvalueofapriesthoodandtheirhead，whosetatnoughtthewordofGod，andthinkonlyoftheirowntemporalinterests；ay，andwholearnedGitano—theirownGitano—
fromthelipsoftheLondonCaloro，andalsosongsinthesaidGitano，veryfittodumbfounderyoursemi—Buddhistpriestswhentheyattempttobewilderpeople’smindswiththeirschool—logicandpseudo—ecclesiasticalnonsense，songssuchas—
\"UnErajaiSinabachibandounsermon—。\"
—Butwiththatsocietyhehaslongsinceceasedtohaveanyconnection；hebadeitadieuwithfeelingsofloveandadmirationmorethanfourteenyearsago；so，incontinuingtoassaultPopery，nohopesofinterestfoundedonthatsocietycanswayhismind—interest！who，withworldlyinterestinview，wouldeverhaveanythingtodowiththatsociety？Itispoorandsupported，likeitsfounderChrist，bypoorpeople；andsofarfromhavingpoliticalinfluence，itisinsuchdisfavour，andhaseverbeen，withthedastardlygreat，towhomthegovernmentofEnglandhasformanyyearspastbeenconfided，thattheyhavingborneitscoloursonlyforamonthwouldbesufficienttoexcludeanyman，whateverhistalents，hislearning，orhiscouragemaybe，fromtheslightestchanceofbeingpermittedtoservehiscountryeitherforfee，orwithout。Afellowwhounitesinhimselfthebankrupttrader，thebrokenauthor，orratherbook—maker，andthelaughed—downsinglespeechspouteroftheHouseofCommons，maylookforward，alwayssupposingthatatonetimehehasbeenafoamingradical，tothegovernmentofanimportantcolony。Ay，anancientfoxwhohaslosthistailmay，providedhehasascoreofradicalfriends，whowillswearthathecanbarkChinese，thoughChineseisnotbarkedbutsung，beforceduponaChinesecolony，thoughitiswellknownthattohavelostone’stailisconsideredbytheChineseingeneralasanirreparableinfamy，whilsttohavebeenonceconnectedwithacertainsociety，towhich，toitshonourbeitsaid，alltheradicalpartyarevehementlyhostile，wouldbequitesufficienttokeepanyonenotonlyfromagovernment，butsomethingmuchless，eventhoughhecouldtranslatetherhymed\"SessionsofHariri，\"andwereversed，stillretaininghistail，inthetwolanguagesinwhichKien—LoungwrotehisEulogiumonMoukden，thatpiecewhich，translatedbyAmyot，thelearnedJesuit，wontheapplauseofthecelebratedVoltaire。
No！weretheauthorinfluencedbyhopesoffeeorreward，hewould，insteadofwritingagainstPopery，writeforit；allthetrumperytitled—hewillnotcallthemgreatagain—