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
| william harrison ainsworth - 1866 - 516 Seiten
...Sir Thomas Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * " * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love moat tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce•pies,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 Seiten
...These, Sir," said the Cornet, "are my instructions." For nothing else but to be mended : A sect whoso chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...with that or this. And finding somewhat still amiss ; 2to More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep... | |
| 1866 - 522 Seiten
...Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose cbief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce-pies,... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...of that kind are given by Dr. Walker, in his Sufferings of the Episcopal Clergy. ?' h; A sect whese chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...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, By damning those... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...reformation, Which always must be carry'd on, And still be doing never done : As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief...antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding something still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; Than... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...the legal right to disengage From all it had contracted under age. 'Butler, Sal. i. 1. PBESBYTEBIANS. A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than doe distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 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 distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep holiday... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 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 devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ;3 In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ;4 More peevish, cross, and splenetic,... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 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 devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies .... That with more care keep holiday The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound for sins they... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...Reformation, 15 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 devotion lies 20 In odd perverse antipathies ; 4. Stubborn, like a .ititti, or stump, of a tree. 5. Errant saints,... | |
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