His gracious Majesty hath been suspected to be popishly inclined. From Wordnik.com. [Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers.] Reference
Shaftesbury respecting the charge against Pepys being popishly affected. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
There are many papists in the town, popishly affected, and daily encrease. From Wordnik.com. [Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary] Reference
This piece of secret history I thought proper to mention, to wipe off the suspicion of his having been popishly inclined. From Wordnik.com. [The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published] Reference
Thomas, who had been educated at Cambridge, was afterwards Rector of Brasteed in Kent: but being represented as popishly affected, he was ejected from his living. From Wordnik.com. [The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God.] Reference
A most irrelevant matter was introduced into the inquiry, and Pepys was charged with having a crucifix in his house, from which it was inferred that he was "a papist or popishly inclined.". From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
What renders this circumstance the more curious is, that Elizabeth at this very time kept a crucifix in her private chapel, and that Sampson was so far from being popishly inclined, that he had refused the bishopric of. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
The "popishly inclined" county of Hereford was at one with its Bishop, but so unprepared for war that Lord Stamford, with two troops of cavalry and a single infantry regiment, entered Hereford under the orders of the Earl of. From Wordnik.com. [Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
"popishly affected or otherwise obnoxious or dangerous" was presented on the reassembling of the Houses in 1674. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683] Reference
"I know him to be popishly inclined, and there is a web of those Romish priests all over the island, whereof this Queen holds the strands in her fingers, captive though she be. From Wordnik.com. [Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland] Reference
"Sir, I am not popishly inclined; I am not inclined to pay tribute of coin or understanding to those who rush forward with a pistol at my breast, crying, 'STAND, OR YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.'. From Wordnik.com. [Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk] Reference
"Art thou popishly inclined, William?". From Wordnik.com. [Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk] Reference
The articles were, that he had advised the king to govern by military power, without parliaments; that he had affirmed the king to be a papist, or popishly affected; that he had received great sums of money, for procuring the Canary patent, and other illegal patents; that he had advised and procured divers of his majesty's subjects to be imprisoned against law, in remote islands and garrisons, thereby to prevent their having the benefit of the law; that he had procured the customs to be farmed at under rates; that he had received great sums from the vintners 'company, for allowing them to enhance the price of wines; that he had in a short time gained a greater estate than could have been supposed to arise from the profits of his offices; that he had introduced an arbitrary government into his majesty's plantations; that he had rejected a proposal for the preservation of Nevis and St. Christopher's, which was the occasion of great losses in those parts; that when he was in his majesty's. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.] Reference
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