His anti-clericalism breathed the spirit of persecution, as much as did the intrigues of the clergy during the early days of the Republic.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
"I 'd not refuse them the benefit of the clergy," said Niel, with a malicious twinkle of the eye, that showed how gladly, when occasion offered, he flung a pebble at the Church.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
There is an influential Catholic Socialist movement in Austria, led by the clergy and nobility, and dealing in an earnest spirit with the social question as it appears in that country.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae