Dissenters

Would such a man as Archbishop Seeker have appeared against such a truly noble, pious, charitable design, if he had not had intimations (though false ones) that the real intent was to counterwork the propagation of the Church of England in America r They knew well, how vilely they abused the charity for the Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, chiefly to encourage and support their church in opposition to the established churches (which they call Dissenters,) in America, and concluded we should imi - tate them; but we abhorred the thought of it.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

But religious prejudices die hard, and it was not until 1829, when the agitation became so strong as even to alarm the Duke of Wellington, that the Catholic Emancipation Act was passed relieving Roman Catholics and Dissenters from the disability under which they laboured.

The Place of the King in the British Constitution 1910

I wish Gresley would not call the Dissenters blind leaders of the blind.

Red Pottage 2004

Therefore, with respect to so-called Dissenters, we conclude, that all have been brought into the Church or Kingdom of Christ in this land, who have used the means which He ordained for that purpose, namely,

The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? Edward Burbidge

James hated the Dissenters, that is the Puritans and Presbyterians, but he thought that if he made them free they would side with him and help him to free the Romish Church also.

An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls Henrietta Elizabeth 1920

[195] Protestants who did not belong to the Church of of England were called Dissenters and Puritans.

Colonial Children 1902

I wish Gresley would not call the Dissenters blind leaders of the blind.

Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892

At present the Dissenters are a most energetic and valuable component of the Liberal party; but under the voluntary plan they would not be a component -- they would be a separate, independent element.

The English Constitution Walter Bagehot 1851

He shews that the moderate part of the Church of England are the truest church; and that violent party which differs from the moderate ought to be called Dissenters, because they are at a greater distance from charity, which is the characteristic of a true church, than any Dissenters.

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753

Clock-work; the Dissenters are the Dial-Plate, and the High-Church the Movement, the Wheel within the Wheels, the Spring and the Screw to bring all things to Motion, and make the Hand on the Dial-plate point which way the Dissenters please.

The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon Daniel Defoe 1696