The priests, to whom the little comparative learning of the dark ages attached, knew well how to impose upon the credulous: but imposition was not always their object; an extent of benevolence prevailed which contemplated the relief of their fellow creatures afflicted with sickness.

Nikhil, you see, considers that "all imposition of force is weakness," and that "only the weak dare not be just."

The imposition of such trifles under such fearful threats was the very bitterness of spiritual pride and vindictiveness;after the law passed by which things became as they now are, it was a mere question of expediency for the National Church to determine in relation to its own comparative interests.

The existing calendar of diseases, studied in connection with the classical history of the diseases written for us by the longest unbroken line of authorities in the world of letters, shows, in unmistakable language, that the imposition of every known malady of man is coeval with every phase of his recorded life on the planet.

Thus the imposition of a tribute is a double burthen to the country paying it, and a double gain to that which receives it.