 ... 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-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit,...  Hudibras - Page 382by Samuel Butler - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1750 - 488 pages
...rout, to battle lounded, And And pulpit, drum ecclefiaftic, Was beat with fift, inftead of a ftick i Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. 15 A wight he was, whofe very fight wou'd Intitle him, Mirrour of knighthood ; That never bow'd his... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 424 pages
...furrounded Withlong-ear'd Rout , to Battle founded , And Pulpit3 Drum Ecclefîaftick , Was beatwith fift , inftead of a Stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon Dwelling,...out he rode a Colonelling. A Wight he was , whofe veryfight wou 'd Entitle hîm, MirroUr of Knighthood ; Jhat never bvw'd .hisftubborn Knee To any Thiug... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 406 pages
...Efclefiaftick , ., Was beat with fift , inftead of a Stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon D welling- , And out he rode a Colonelling. , . A Wight he was , whofe very fight won 'd "Entitle htm , Mirrour of Knighthood ; That never bow 'A Jjtsftubborn Knee To any Thing but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 400 pages
...long-ear 'd Rout , to Battle founded , And Pulpit , Drum Ecclejtaftick , Was beat with fift , injlead ofa Stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon Dwelling, And out he rode a Calonelling. A Wight he was , whofe very fight wou '4 Entitle him , Mirrour of Knighthood ; That never... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 702 pages
...twice ; nor make the fame word to rhime to itfelf. Let any one in our famous burlcfque poem inftead of, Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling. And out he rode a colonelling, fubftitute yode, and then he will better fee the impropriety of the received reading, and the propriety... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1761 - 570 pages
...to Battle for •'., LSNOX ANfc TIL.**.* t '. "' And Pulpit, Drum ecclefiaftic, Was beat with Fift, inftead of a Stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon Dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. 15 A Wight he was, whofe very Sight wou'd Intitle him, Mirrour of Knighthood; That never bow'd his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 738 pages
...rout, to battle founded ; IB And pulpit, dnim ecclefiaftick, Was beat with fift inftead of a ftick; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. A wight Ver. it, 11.] Alluding to their vehement aftion in the pulpit, and their beating it with their fifts,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...rout, to battle founded ; 10 And pulpit,' drum ecclefiaftick, Was beat with fift inftead of a ftick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. ..A wight Ver. 3.] By lardvierdi, he probably means the cant words ufed by the -Preibytetians and feftaries of... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1793 - 728 pages
...fubjeft fit to try your wit When you went colonelling. Butler alfo, in the firft Canto of his Hudibras, Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. Where, the metre requiring the pronunciation of all the fyllables, the latter word of each couplet... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...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 dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. v. 3.] By bard words, he probably means the cant words used by the Presbyterians and sectaries of those... | |
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