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So that, regarding the first quotation which your Holiness has supposed, it makes clane for us, and tee-totally agin the heretics." "That's the explanation sure enough," says his Holiness; "and now what div you say to my being a common imposther?"
Suffice it to say, when the old gentleman took his departure, there was a peculiar twinkle in Biddy's eye, and she had so far overcome her aversion to the "imposther" as to have had a few private words with him, which had by no means decreased her usual flow of good spirits. It was evident that Biddy "had on her high heels," for the rest of that evening.
"Am I to understand, sir, that the young gentleman, your nephew, and whom I have fosthered and cherished as the son of me bosom, is an imposther who has been thrifling with the affections of me beloved child?" exclaimed the General, with an outbreak of wrath.
"Faix, I think," says his Riv'rence, "wid all submission to the better judgment ov the learned father that your Holiness has quoted, he'd have been a thrifle nearer the thruth, if he had said that the bishop ov Rome is the grand imposther and top-sawyer in that line over us all." "What do you mane?" says the Pope, getting quite red in the face.
For sure," says he, "imposther and imposithir is all one, so you're only to undherstand manuum, and the job is done. Auvuich!" says he, "if any heretic 'ud go for to cast up sich a passidge as that agin me, I'd soon give him a p'lite art ov cutting a stick to welt his own back wid." "'Pon my apostolical word," says the Pope, "you've cleared up them two pints in a most satiswhactery manner."
"Why then," says the Pope, "myself disremimbers the particlar passidges they allidge out ov them ould felleys," says he, "though sure enough they're more numerous nor edifying, so we'll jist suppose that a heretic was to find sich a saying as this in Austin, 'Every sensible man knows that thransubstantiation is a lie, or this out of Tertullian or Plutarch, 'the bishop ov Rome is a common imposther, now tell me, could you answer him?"
Now, you confounded Papish, you say that you have often slept in my uncle's barn?" "Is Mr. Graham your uncle, sir? bekaise, if he is, I know that I'm in the hands of a respectable man." "Come now was there anything particular in the inside of that barn? Gentlemen, are you ready to slap into him if we find him to be an imposther?" "All ready, sergeant." "Come now, you blasted Papish, answer me "
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