...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...

...and 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,...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...

...Presbyterians, as to the reigning monarch's dotage upon his mistresses. HUDIBRAS, PART I. CANTO I. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out,...fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them light, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though...

...justice. 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...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...

...justice. 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...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...

...beauties of 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...

...rise 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.."...

...are a few such compelled rhymes in ' Iludibras,' but the number is astonishingly small. ttililims.'] ` , whv: When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made then» fight,...

...heroic deeds would have immortalized them, had they lived in less peaceful times— " When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why...jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears." Society, like a landscape, has its lights and shadows—its sunshine and gloom; the author has therefore...

...SIR, Very much your faithful and obedient servant, JONAS DRYASDUST. Michaelma*-day, 1822, YORE. t|ii When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When foul words, jealousies, and fears, Set folk together by the ears — B4TLEB. ILLIAM, the Conqueror...