... and fears, Set folks together by 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 wherefore; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-eared rout,... Hudibras - Seite 5von Robert Deverell - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1877 - 668 Seiten
...contained in the epic) " than of the parta that really deserre admiration. I am sure I have heard the and ' Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick,' AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WASTED (5th S. vii. 489.)— The line, " I have found out a gift for my fair,"... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 Seiten
...of them knew wherefore : When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist,...a-colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him, mirror of knighthood ; That never bowM his stubborn knee To any thing but chivalry; Nor... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 Seiten
...Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum-ecclesiastic. Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 594 Seiten
...these doggerel rhymes, than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure 1 have heard the and 'Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;' ' There was an ancient sage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over,' more frequently quoted,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1854 - 292 Seiten
...of them knew wherefore ; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist...Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling.1 A wight he was whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood,2 That never... | |
| Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 Seiten
...of them knew wherefore ; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist...Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling.1 A wight he was whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood,2 That never... | |
| 1855 - 604 Seiten
...surrounded With long-eared rout, to battle Bounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fiat, - H QnUBmg | Cٍ m Ĺ *ɠ } b, :*X a colouelling." This was certainly a promising set out, and would tempt the reader to go on. And if... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1856 - 602 Seiten
...of them knew wherefore ; When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With lonç-eared rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist,...Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling." This was certainly a promising set out, and would tempt the reader to go on. And if... | |
| Mark Napier - 1856 - 502 Seiten
...gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum-ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick. Then did Sir...abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling." His staff upon this occasion was composed of a few laymen, of local distinction, but mere cyphers in... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...folks together by the ears, When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-eared rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist,...Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. CHARACTER OF HUDIBRAS. A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him, mirror of knighthood; That... | |
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