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Arthur's Seat, Or, the Church of the Banned
Arthur's Seat Or the Church of the Banned Author:John Hamilton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Subjects: Fiction / Classics History / General Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and th... more »ere may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. ANTIPODES. After the evening which Brown had spent at the Dean's there were sundry discussions going forward, among those who had been present there, upon the subjects of that night's debate and the conversation of the following morning. The Dean was not a little annoyed at Mr. Thompson's rather violent, uncivil manner, which he said was incomprehensible, in so urbane a person as Mr. Thompson generally showed himself. His wife was peculiarly indignant, and insisted that her husband should call him to account for his behaviour, which the Dean was much inclined to do, feeling convinced there was some cause beyond what he was aware of to provoke such violence of manner. But he had 110 idea of such a calling to account as would express any anger on his part, but merely such as might give Mr. Thompson an opportunity of accounting for himself. He invited nearly the same party as had assembled to meet Brown, hoping that the matters then debated would be alluded to, and that so he might have an opportunity of drawing out an explanation from his friend. He was not disappointed. Every soul who had been there had found the discussion so exciting that it had, in one direction or another, set their minds fermenting. Some had followed up the questions then discussed; some had attacked, some defended Mr. Thompson; some had vehemently condemned all discussion on sacred subjects; some had maintained the right of free inquiry, and a...« less