The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ..
The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ..
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The for- mer, generally fpeaking, lives as pioufly and hos- pitably as the other; pays his debts as # honeftly, and fpends as much of his revenue * among his tenants : befides, if they be his immediate tenants, you may diftinguifh theip. at firft fight by their habits and horfes ; or, if you go to their houfes, by their comfortable way of living.
But the misfortune is, that flich immediate tenants, generally fpeaking, have others under them, and lb a third and fourth in fubordination, till it c...omes to»the welder (as they call him) who fits at a rack- rent, and lives as miferably as an Irifh farmer upon a new leafe from a lay landlord. But, fuppofe a bifliop happens to be avaricious (as being compofed of the fame fluff with other men) the confequence to the publick is no worfe than if he were a fquire ; for he leaves his fortune to his fon, or near rela- tion, who, if he be rich enough, will never think of entering into the church.
THE POWER OF BISHOPS. 295 And as there can be no difadvantage to the pub- lick 5ji a proteftant country, that a man fhould hold Jands as a bifhop, any more than if he were a tem- poral perfon ; fo it is of great advantage to the community, where a bifhop lives as he ought to do.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The for- mer, generally fpeaking, lives as pioufly and hos- pitably as the other; pays his debts as # honeftly, and fpends as much of his revenue * among his tenants : befides, if they be his immediate tenants, you may diftinguifh theip. at firft fight by their habits and horfes ; or, if you go to their houfes, by their comfortable way of living.
But the misfortune is, that flich immediate tenants, generally fpeaking, have others under them, and lb a third and fourth in fubordination, till it c...omes to»the welder (as they call him) who fits at a rack- rent, and lives as miferably as an Irifh farmer upon a new leafe from a lay landlord. But, fuppofe a bifliop happens to be avaricious (as being compofed of the fame fluff with other men) the confequence to the publick is no worfe than if he were a fquire ; for he leaves his fortune to his fon, or near rela- tion, who, if he be rich enough, will never think of entering into the church.
THE POWER OF BISHOPS. 295 And as there can be no difadvantage to the pub- lick 5ji a proteftant country, that a man fhould hold Jands as a bifhop, any more than if he were a tem- poral perfon ; fo it is of great advantage to the community, where a bifhop lives as he ought to do.
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