"Continuance of education"--"bishop's views"--"privately strict"--"Bible Society,"--it was as if he had introduced a few snakes at large for the instruction of ladies who regarded them as all alike furnished with poison-bags, and, biting or stinging, according to convenience. 
"Bishop's views" - "privately strict" - "Bible Society," - it was as if he had introduced a few snakes into the conversation. 