For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike... Hudibras - Seite 8von Robert Deverell - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...Hudibras.' HUDIBEAS'S RELIGION. For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Tvvas Presbyterian, true blue ; For he was of that stubborn...Church Militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversy by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine... | |
| Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1865 - 632 Seiten
...scarcely, in such circumstances, expect, them to defend hia cause (MACAUL., H. of E. VII. 1.). lie was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints Whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant (Вить., Hud. 1, 1, 192.). The king promised to acknowledge himself to be the atttltor of the enterprise... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1866 - 366 Seiten
...throw out and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 190 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that...Church Militant; Such as do build their faith upon 196 The holy text of pike and pun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 Seiten
...throw out and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 190 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that...Church Militant ; Such as do build their faith upon 19.5 The holy text of pike and pun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
| 1866 - 390 Seiten
...throw out and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 190 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that...To be the true Church Militant ; Such as do build then- faith upon 19s The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...throw out and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; . 190 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn...Church Militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...after long running, With some whom they have taught that cunning. Hudibras, 1'art II., Canto 1. AA 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that...church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...truth which cunning times put on To entrap tho wisest. Sh. M. ofV.m.%. OBTHODOXY .-, Clerical Stipend. He was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom...church militant : Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversy by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine... | |
| Thomas Inman - 1868 - 1026 Seiten
...words of Butler describe many of to-day, as truly as they depicted the same race in his own times. " For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints,...church militant. Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Dccide all controversy by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine... | |
| Irish ecclesiastical record - 1868 - 596 Seiten
...details regarding his faith and morals, from which it would appear — " That his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Who prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks ; Compound for sins they are inclined... | |
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