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Brief History Of Nonsense.
under her sole influence . The enquiry , however , once begun , could not be stopped , though her principal VICAR , with TUBEE CROWNS , and armed with terrible weapons , let loose his BULLS , and thundered out his anathemas against those who questioned the right of the illustrious Queen , from whom he derived his power . In one country , resentment effected what sound reasoning would hardly have accomplished ; and the most strenuous defender of the NONSENSICAL Government
, from wounded pride aud ungovernable lust , was induced to proclaim at once a . defiance of her authority , and to give encouragement to a spirit of enquiry among his subjects . He alienated those comfortable mansions , which the pious zeal of trembling visionaries' had erected for the repose and comfort of the sons of ignorance atid deceit , and dismissed the useless inhabitants to earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow . Then the records of NONSENSE , which had hitherto been deemed sacred , and to question which was to be guilty of a damnable sin , were exposed to contempt , and sentenced to eternal oblivion . Men began to think and enquire ; and the more they
examined , the greater was their wonder at the torpid state in which they had so long remained . Strange indeed was their astonishment at the veneration in which they had held old rags and rotten sculls , pieces of consecrated wood , scapularies , strings of beads , and round wafers ; and with the ideas of which they had been accustomed to associate their hopes of everlasting salvation ! It was now found that NONSENSE , and her ministers of state , had invented various
powerful schemes to maintain their dominion , and to enrich themselves at the expence of the public . The principal of these was a dark and gloomy dungeon , into which they sent all their votaries , who happened to depart from this world without having scrupulously adhered to all the ordinances of the empire , or , what was a still greater crime , for not having compounded with their temporal possessions for the offences of which they had been guilty . There were two outlets from this abominable pit . Those who were fortunate enough to
have had money , or friends , obtained an elevation from this stinking hole to a place of ease and pleasure , where all their time was taken up in rapturous enjoyments and singing psalms . But those who had no means to purchase a lift from this preparatory confinement were certain of being precipitated down a gulph ten thousand fathom deep , there to remain for endless ages , with no other liquid than melted brimstoneno other food than burning ashesand the leasant
, , p company ' of a strange sort of spirits , with hmis on their heads , long tails , cloven feet , and crooked talons , with which they took great delight in lacerating and tossing about the poor beings who fell into their power . Now thechief servants of the Empress Queen used to assemble their votaries together in large crowds , and exhibit to their terrified view these comfortable scenes in the most livelcolours
y they could devise ; by which means there was little doubt of getting them to purchase certain powerful charms , which they had to dispose of , that would infallibly preserve them from this pleasant place , let their tempers and actions be what they would ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief History Of Nonsense.
under her sole influence . The enquiry , however , once begun , could not be stopped , though her principal VICAR , with TUBEE CROWNS , and armed with terrible weapons , let loose his BULLS , and thundered out his anathemas against those who questioned the right of the illustrious Queen , from whom he derived his power . In one country , resentment effected what sound reasoning would hardly have accomplished ; and the most strenuous defender of the NONSENSICAL Government
, from wounded pride aud ungovernable lust , was induced to proclaim at once a . defiance of her authority , and to give encouragement to a spirit of enquiry among his subjects . He alienated those comfortable mansions , which the pious zeal of trembling visionaries' had erected for the repose and comfort of the sons of ignorance atid deceit , and dismissed the useless inhabitants to earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow . Then the records of NONSENSE , which had hitherto been deemed sacred , and to question which was to be guilty of a damnable sin , were exposed to contempt , and sentenced to eternal oblivion . Men began to think and enquire ; and the more they
examined , the greater was their wonder at the torpid state in which they had so long remained . Strange indeed was their astonishment at the veneration in which they had held old rags and rotten sculls , pieces of consecrated wood , scapularies , strings of beads , and round wafers ; and with the ideas of which they had been accustomed to associate their hopes of everlasting salvation ! It was now found that NONSENSE , and her ministers of state , had invented various
powerful schemes to maintain their dominion , and to enrich themselves at the expence of the public . The principal of these was a dark and gloomy dungeon , into which they sent all their votaries , who happened to depart from this world without having scrupulously adhered to all the ordinances of the empire , or , what was a still greater crime , for not having compounded with their temporal possessions for the offences of which they had been guilty . There were two outlets from this abominable pit . Those who were fortunate enough to
have had money , or friends , obtained an elevation from this stinking hole to a place of ease and pleasure , where all their time was taken up in rapturous enjoyments and singing psalms . But those who had no means to purchase a lift from this preparatory confinement were certain of being precipitated down a gulph ten thousand fathom deep , there to remain for endless ages , with no other liquid than melted brimstoneno other food than burning ashesand the leasant
, , p company ' of a strange sort of spirits , with hmis on their heads , long tails , cloven feet , and crooked talons , with which they took great delight in lacerating and tossing about the poor beings who fell into their power . Now thechief servants of the Empress Queen used to assemble their votaries together in large crowds , and exhibit to their terrified view these comfortable scenes in the most livelcolours
y they could devise ; by which means there was little doubt of getting them to purchase certain powerful charms , which they had to dispose of , that would infallibly preserve them from this pleasant place , let their tempers and actions be what they would ,