 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 and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And...  Wit and Humor - Seite 179von Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...his phrase, He would have us'd no other ways. [Religion of Hudibrat.] For his religion, it was fit us@ 9 ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks ; Call tire, and sword, and desolation,... | |
 | Sketches - 1850 - 96 Seiten
...little of his own dust into his eyes, he never hits his adversary. He belongs, indeed, in some sort, to the true Church militant. " Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun." But the artillery by which he decides his controversies is not infallible. Though belonging to a very... | |
 | 1883 - 674 Seiten
...Religion, it was fit To match his learning and hi) wit, T'was Presbyterian true blew, For lie wa« of that Stubborn crew Of errant saints whom all men grant To be the true Church militant?' Blu«-ekins waa an old nickname for the Puritans, and blue laws was fairly equivalent to PuriUr laws.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 Seiten
...For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 190 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue,t For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant^ saints, whom all men graiit To be the true church militant :|| Such as do build their faith upon 195 The holy text of pike... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 Seiten
...proper terms such as men smatter, When they throw out and miss the matter. For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian...Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks; Call fire, and sword, and desolation,... | |
 | W. Thomas - 1978 - 248 Seiten
...and balance. They are joined by an effective use of puns in these two couplets, in which he speaks Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant: [Who] prove their Doctrine Orthodox By Apostolick Blows andKnocks; (1.1.197-98) In each tetrameter... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 Seiten
...all. ... For his Religion it was fit To match his Leaning and his Wit: Twas Presbyterian true blew, For he was of that stubborn Crew Of Errant Saints,...Decide all Controversies by Infallible Artillery, And prove their Doctrine Orthodox By Apostolick Blows and Knocks, Call Fire and Sword and Desolation... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 Seiten
...Murther") recognizably the same as that in Butler's lines on the Presbyterian true-blue errant saints: Such as do build their Faith upon The holy Text of...Decide all Controversies by Infallible Artillery; And prove their Doctrine Orthodox By Apostolick Blows and Knocks. (Hudibras, Book i, Canto i, lines... | |
 | Salomon Ludwig Steinheim - 444 Seiten
...Buttler,. der Dichter des Hudibras , und bezeichnete solche Disputatoren mit den Worten : Such äs do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, And prove their doctrines orthodox By apostolic blows or knooks. das im Deutschen etwa so klingen würde:... | |
 | Bernard Crick - 1993 - 272 Seiten
...crew of errant saints *, as caricatured long ago by Samuel Butler in Hudibras, the puritan knight: Such as do build their Faith upon The Holy Text of...Decide all Controversies by Infallible Artillery, And prove their Doctrine Orthodox By Apostolic Blows and Knocks; Call Fire and Sword and Desolation,... | |
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