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They entered another bay on the 1st February, which they called Popish bay, probably owing to some cross erected on its shore, and in which they were exposed to much danger.
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Whether in the so-called Popish days of Henry VIII and his ancestors, or in the so-called Protestant days that had followed, the state of society had required that spiritual teaching should be supplied from funds fixed and devoted to the purpose.
Phineas Redux 2004
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I mean the fact that the influence then called Popish was then in a real sense regarded as revolutionary.
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Whether in the so-called Popish days of Henry VIII and his ancestors, or in the so-called Protestant days that had followed, the state of society had required that spiritual teaching should be supplied from funds fixed and devoted to the purpose.
Phineas Redux 1873
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That is the solid substance of the phantom which is called the Popish Plot.
Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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This story was long popular with the Gospellers, who dubbed the Popish priests
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Whether in the so-called Popish days of Henry VIII and his ancestors, or in the so-called Protestant days that had followed, the state of society had required that spiritual teaching should be supplied from funds fixed and devoted to the purpose.
Phineas Redux Anthony Trollope 1848
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I guess he didn't half like that are word Popish priest; it seemed to grig him like; his face looked kinder 'ryled, like well water arter a heavy rain; and said he, Mr. Slick, says he, your country is a free country, aint it?
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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He protested on his salvation that he had no more doubt of the existence of the horrid and damnable conspiracy called the Popish Plot, than he had of the treachery of Judas Iscariot; and that he considered Oates as the instrument under Providence of preserving the nation from all the miseries of his Majesty's assassination, and of a second Saint
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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The high-handed treatment which Pepys underwent at this time exhibits a marked instance of the disgraceful persecution connected with the so-called Popish plot.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life Samuel Pepys 1668
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