 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 страници
...nice, And after solve 'em in a trice : As if divinity had catch'd The itch, on purpose to be scratc'd ; For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue : For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1848 - 456 страници
...term ; their religion and their morality being marked by it as mean and contemptible. Thus Butler : For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue. — Hudib. Canto I. " That this epithet of derision should find its... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 страници
...term ; their religion and their morality being marked _by it as mean and contemptible. Thus Butler, " For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." Hudih., Cant. I. That this epithet of derision should find its way... | |
 | 1849 - 624 страници
...term is supposed to refer to the austerity of a particular sect — as in Butler's description — " For his religion, it was fit " To match his learning and his wit ; " 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." whereof the name of Mr. Cotton is, by mistake, put for that of Mr.... | |
 | 1849 - 516 страници
...term is supposed to refer to the austerity of a particular sect — as in Butler's description — " For his religion, it was fit " To match his learning and his wit ; " 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." wherenf the name of Mr. Cotton is, by mistake, put for tliat of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 страници
...When he harangu'd, but known his phrase, He would have us'd no other ways. [Religion of Hudibrat.] For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit. 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | 1883 - 676 страници
...embroider'd in each part." And Butler, in describing his hero in 1662, save (canto i. 1. 173):— " For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit, T'was Presbyterian true blew, For he was ofthat Stubborn crew Of errant sainte whom all men grant To... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 страници
...pebble-stones When he harangn'd, but known his phrse, He would have us'd no other ways. BELIGION OF HUDIBRAS. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit. 'T was Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints — whom all men grant... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 страници
...He could unriddle in a moment, In proper terms, such as men smatter, When they throw out, aud miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 190 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; 2 /For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant Saints, whom all... | |
 | 1855 - 604 страници
...But," &c. But the clenching passage would, of course, be that describing the knight's religion : — " ),Z 7M nt >q n `} 4{UFh Z gu Cʞw /h0 O _ a ] ; 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
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For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant... 
