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" A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies, In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick... "
Hudibras, a Poem - Страница 7
по Samuel Butler - 1819
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THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOL.137

william harrison ainsworth - 1866 - 516 страници
...Sir Thomas Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * " * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love moat tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce•pies,...

The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler, Том 1

Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 страници
...These, Sir," said the Cornet, "are my instructions." For nothing else but to be mended : A sect whoso chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...with that or this. And finding somewhat still amiss ; 2to More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep...

New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Том 137

1866 - 522 страници
...Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose cbief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce-pies,...

Poetical Works: With the Life of the Author, Томове 1–2

Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 страници
...of that kind are given by Dr. Walker, in his Sufferings of the Episcopal Clergy. ?' h; A sect whese chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...distract or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holyday The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those...

Extracts from English Literature

John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 страници
...reformation, Which always must be carry'd on, And still be doing never done : As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief...antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding something still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; Than...

A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...the legal right to disengage From all it had contracted under age. 'Butler, Sal. i. 1. PBESBYTEBIANS. A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than doe distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep...

Hudibras, in three parts. Repr. of ed. of 1779 [ed. by A. Murray].

Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 страници
...reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep holiday...

Hudibras: In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 страници
...reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ;3 In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ;4 More peevish, cross, and splenetic,...

Essays on English writers, by the author of 'The gentle life'.

James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 страници
...Reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended ; A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies .... That with more care keep holiday The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound for sins they...

Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 страници
...Reformation, 15 Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect, whose chief devotion lies 20 In odd perverse antipathies ; 4. Stubborn, like a .ititti, or stump, of a tree. 5. Errant saints,...




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