 When hard words, jealousies, 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,...  The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: With a Life of the Author - Page 10by Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...fight, like mad or drunk, ; For Dame Religion as for punk; Whose honesty they all durst stvear for, Tho' not a man of them knew wherefore; When Gospel.trumpeter,...surrounded With long.ear'd rout, to battle sounded'; ' to And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...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 " By long-ear'd rout to battle sounded ; " And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 170 pages
...Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Tho' not a man of them knew wherefore ; When gospel trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, . And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat viiibjist, instead of at tick :" HUDIBRAS. Huzza, then, for reformation ! Every cobbler's stall was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk ; an@u kmg-ear'd root, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Wai beat with fist instead of a... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...heart." To which character I take occasion to make this short addition, that Hudibras abounds with 2 Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew wherefore : topics of science, of a reach wholly beside, and far beyond what, in these latter times, has been... | |
 | 1816 - 838 pages
...they were English, it being obvious that they themselves had never seen the articles, whose excellence they all durst swear for, though not a man of them knew wherefore. We had not sat five minutes at table (the stringy bouilh was still going round) when a count, a gentleman... | |
 | 1846 - 816 pages
...they were English, it being obvious that they themselves had never seen the articles, whose excellence they all durst swear for, though not a man of them knew wherefore. We had not sat five minutes at table (the stringy bouilli was still going round) when a count, a gentleman... | |
 | 1846 - 798 pages
...they were English, it being obvious that they themselves had never seen the articles, whose excellence they all durst swear for, though not a man of them knew wherefore. We had not sat five minutes at table (the stringy bouilli was still going round) when a count, a gentleman... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...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...to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, f Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...The Godly, the Predestinate, and the like ; which they applied io their own preachers and themselves. Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not...surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded; I And pulpit, drum, ecclesiastic, | Was beat with fist instead of a stick;* Then did Sir Knight abandon... | |
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