A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies, In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick... Hudibras, a Poem - Seite 7von Samuel Butler - 1819Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 Seiten
...reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended; A sect whose chief...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distraught or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holyday... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1852 - 520 Seiten
...carry'd on, And still be doing, never done : As if Religion were intended 205 For nothing else bnt to be mended. A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies :s In falling ont with that or this, And fmding somewhat still amiss : i 210 More peevish, cross, and... | |
| 1852 - 630 Seiten
...as this ? — Variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made. Or rather he must be one — Whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies, In falling out with that and this, " And finding somewhat still amiss. The self same thing he will ahhor One way, and long the... | |
| 1855 - 604 Seiten
...Reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended g O7 tES 逫- c% - 6u*ţ KE 8 XS66 X)> #? M Lb ^... z dh $ ݺy ֦ \ K9J & z ѯGa%U aP . - ; More peevish, cross and splenetic, Than dog distract or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy-day... | |
| B. J. Wallace, Albert Barnes - 1855 - 722 Seiten
...militant ; his library is filled with controversial divinity ; his sharp face is made for defiles ; A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; Call tire and sword and desolation, A godly thorough reformation, Which always must be carried on,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 602 Seiten
...Reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended : A sect, whose...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy-day... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1856 - 522 Seiten
...done As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect, whose chie!*clevotion lies In odd perverse antipathies :* In falling out...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss :t More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...so drawing up his troop in the inward court, " These, Sir (said the Cornet), are my Instructions." A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep holyday The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, 215 By damning... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done; 18* o As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended; A sect whose chief...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distraught or monkey sick; That with more care keep holiday... | |
| Francis Edward Paget - 1858 - 366 Seiten
...were too perverse to see this. Perverseness was their inseparable characteristic. EBNEST. O, yes : " A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract or monkey sick. That with more care keep holyday... | |
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