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... Hudibras, a Poem - Страница lxxiiпо Samuel Butler - 1819Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 384 страници
...told of Count Roque 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...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... | |
| Legacy - 1827 - 332 страници
...heightened by double rhymes. Take for example of eight syllables the first lines of Hudibras — "When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they...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... | |
| 1828 - 614 страници
...dudgeon flr«t grew high, Ana men fell out they knew not v. fi\ , When hard words, jealousies, and fean, Set folks together by the ears ; And made them fight like mad or drunk For dame religion.1' It is possible, that what he says may be the effect of a heated imagination, or... | |
| 1828 - 608 страници
...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... | |
| Michael Russell - 1829 - 338 страници
...without precisely knowing the real object, civil or religious, which carried them into the field. " When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks...by the ears, And made them fight like mad or drunk For dame Religion, or for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 страници
...without precisely knowing the real object, civil or religious, which carried them into the field. " When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks...by the ears, And made them fight like mad or drunk For dame Religion, or for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1831 - 376 страници
...JONAS DRYASDUST. Michaelmas-day, 1822, YORK. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. CHAPTER I. When civil dudgeon first grew high, 'And men fell out they knew not why ; When foul words, jealousies, and fears, Set folk together by the ears^BUTLEU. .« WILLIAM, the Conqueror... | |
| John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 368 страници
...oak leaves in their hats, and also to place them on their horses' beads. Formerly, in Newcastle, When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why, — Hudibra*. the boys had a taunting rhyme, with which they used to insult such persons as were not... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 страници
...Tbe hard causes they brought unto Mose§ , hut "fry small matter they judged themselves. Kiadta. HAR When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears. Hudibras. Some diseases, when they are easy to he cured, are hard to be known. SidneyTis hard to say,... | |
| William Toone - 1832 - 584 страници
...To take in dudgeon, was to resent an affront inwardly, previous to any outward shew of offence. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why. HlIDlBRAS. DUKE HUMPHREY. In the old church of St. Paul's, one of the aisles was called Duke Humphrey's... | |
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