 The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.  Hudibras: Poem - Page 303by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1854 - 292 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just...land there is no beast, But in some fish at sea 's express'd ; So in the Wicked there 's no vice Of which the Saints have not a spice ; And yet that thing... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. 2*0 For as on land there is no beast, But in some fish at sea 's express'd ; So in the Wicked there... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...the same things by 2** The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to. And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. 340 For, as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea 's exprest, So in the Wicked there's... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - Legislators - 1858 - 472 pages
...may do the same thing by The Spirit in sincerity, Which other men are prompted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary,' — so it was with the gentlemen of the South. While Mr. Pickens could openly call the resolution of... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 452 pages
...may do the same thing by The Spirit in sincerity, Which other men are prompted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary,'— so it was with the gentlemen of the South. While Mr. Pickens could openly call the resolution of the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1859 - 624 pages
...the same thing by 235 The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just...saints and wicked vary. 240 For as on land there is no beaat But in some fish at sea's exprest ; 3 So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's expressed;* So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have not a spice ; And yet... | |
 | William Howitt - Spiritualism - 1863 - 514 pages
...may do the same things by The spirit in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. They begged ' bread in the name of God,' and were, therefore, nicknamed ' Bread-through-God.' They... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do, And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's exprest ; So in the Wicked there's no vice... | |
 | 1864 - 522 pages
...expression, and graduated affinities of aspect, to the animal world, that, to adapt Butler's couplet, Just as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's expressed,* so, neither among the beasts of the field, nor the fishes of the sea, nor the fowls... | |
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