 Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...  English Etymology - Seite 20von George William Lemon - 1783 - 693 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Legacy - 1827 - 332 Seiten
...rhymes. Take for example of eight syllables the first lines of Hudibras — "When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight like mad or drunk, For Dame... | |
 | Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 384 Seiten
...Schlemil and the Diamond Ring, TW ELM LODGE. A TALE Of THE RUMP PARLIAMENT. Wheu civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies and fears, Set folks together by the ears And made them fight like mad or drunk, For dame... | |
 | 1828 - 608 Seiten
...are correct ; although he has, no doubt, found them in old books, written " When civil dudgeon Br»t grew high. And men fell out they knew not why. When hard words, jealoutiei, and (can. Set folks together by the can ; And made them fight like mad or drank For dame... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1833 - 26 Seiten
...omnium memorabile quae unquam gesta sunt, me scripturum. Liv. XXI. 1. When civil dudgeon first ran high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk. HUDIBRAS,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...Th' adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle.* "HEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, 5 For... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...his fallen state, When by Satan's wiles betrayed, SAMUEL BUTLER. 1612-1680. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell, out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For... | |
 | Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle - 1842 - 388 Seiten
...present a quarrel about religion and about persons. It is the old quarrel — " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why— When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Brought them together by the ears ;" and all that is required to quell the extreme... | |
 | 1856 - 606 Seiten
...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 knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame... | |
 | 1856 - 1432 Seiten
...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 knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame... | |
 | George Hodder - 1845 - 364 Seiten
...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 ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears." Society, like a landscape, has its lights and... | |
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