 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 - Page 10by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...2oo Call fire, and sword, and desolation, A godly, thorough Reformation, Which always must becarry'd on, 'And still be doing, never done; As if Religion...somewhat still amiss; 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetie, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; Holdenby : for when his Majesty asked him for a sight... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...Which always must be carry'd on, And still be doing, never done : As if Religion were intended 205 Jpr nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief...amiss : •. .' • ;210 More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy-day The wrong, than others... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...mnst be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if Religion were intended For nothing else bnt to be mended : A sect ''"' whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In railing ont with that or this, And linding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1809 - 448 pages
...else bnt to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lit s In odd perverse antipathies; In falling ont with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss: 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; . That with more care keep holy-day The wrong, than... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1819 - 390 pages
...of unarmed men, women, and children ; shot an old woman into the head, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion...that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; 210 wounded grievously above forty more, whereof many are likely to die ; frightened women with child,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended : A sectf whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...carry'd on, And still be doing, never dime ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to !>e mended : A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In falling out with that or ¡his, Ami finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 416 pages
...doing, never done; As if religion were intended For nothing else hut to be mended: A seet) whose ehief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In falling out with that or this, And !nnl:t;;; somewhat still amiss; More peevish, eross, and splenetie, Than dog distraet, or monkey siek;... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 456 pages
...For nothing else but to be mended : A sectf whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies j In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than clog distract, or monkey sick j That with more care keep... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...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...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... | |
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