...changed it into fury. See line 3798 And men fell out, they Anew not why ;] Dr. Perrincheif 's Life of When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears/ Charles I. says, " There will never be wanting, in any country, some " discontented spirits, and some...

...Butler's inimitable description of these times in the opening of his poem, en'-' titled, Hudibras. " When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks...the ears. And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame religion, as for punk." f In New England, about this time, a religious scruple prevailed against...

...inimitable description of these times in the opening of his poem, entitled, Hudibras. " When hard wards, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears. And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame religion, as for punk." t In New England, about this time, a religious scruple prevailed against...

...hate, Transports of his fallen state, When by Satan's wiles betrayed, SAMUEL BUTLER. 1612-1680. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell, out,...the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew...

...Presbyterians, as to the reigning monarch's dotage upon his mistresses. HUDIBRAS, PART I. CANTO I. WHEN ion from the steam divine. light, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though...

...country ; it is at present a quarrel about religion and about persons. It is the old quarrel — " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they...not why— When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Brought them together by the ears ;" and all that is required to quell the extreme animosity is a patient,...

...Fancy the first reader opening the book, and lighting at once on such a beginning as this : " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they...the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew...

...Fancy the first reader opening the book, and lighting at once on such a beginning as this : , " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they...the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew...

...this extraordinary poem. Butler opens his poem with a rapid sketch of the state of society — "When civil dudgeon first grew high. And men fell out they knew not why, * * « * * And pulpit, dram ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ;" proceeds to describe...

...to the most violent proceedings^ which will form the subject of next chapter. CHAPTER III. r 44 When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why." — Hudilvas. " With pipes and drum, their colours flying, To the town-hall the Nyne are hieing.."...