Sentence:  Hence it comes that such a pack of vile buffoons [...] intrude with unwashed feet upon the sacred precinct of Theology, bringing with them nothing save brazen impudence, and some hackneyed <WSD>quillets</WSD> and scholastic trifles not good enough for a crowd at a street corner. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A quibble, an evasive distinction.