 What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was prov'd true before, Prove false again? — Two hundred more.  Hudibras: Poem - Page 159by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Williamson - Maine - 1896 - 686 pages
...of Major Jack Downing, of Downingville, away down east in the state of Maine. Written by himself. " What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, Prove false again? Two hundred more." Him BK AS. Boston: Lilly, Waite, & Co. 1833.... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 262 pages
...THOMPSON. 1671 The Council of New York ordered that ;£1oo arrears of salary be paid to Dominie Drisius. What makes all doctrines plain and clear ? About two hundred pounds a year. December 6 1746 An act was passed to continue the Military Watch at Albany. In case of defence, 't... | |
 | Edward Dowden - Literary Criticism - 1900 - 364 pages
...infallible method of theological illumination has delighted the lovers of straightforward reasons : What makes all doctrines plain and clear ? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before Prove false again ? Two hundred more. But hardly less effective a thrust is the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1900 - 244 pages
...godliness? — Great gains. What makes all doctrines plain and clear? — About two hundred pounds a-year. And that which was prov'd true before Prove false again? — Two hundred more. Compare with this amazing candour on the part of our friend Hudibras, the question which Mr. By-ends... | |
 | Wilhelm Tobias - Historians - 1901 - 502 pages
...auf deutschem, sondern solche auf englischem Boden, die dem alten Butler die Verse eingegeben haben: »What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, Prove false again? — Two hundred more. « Bei Gelegenheit der Lectüre des Livius... | |
 | John Fretwell - Hungary - 1901 - 146 pages
...adopted by the governors of Klausenburg Castle, in Transylvania, as the motto for their coat-of-arms. What makes all doctrines plain and clear ? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before Prove false again ? two hundred more. — Butler 's "Hudibras. ' ' The hand that... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...amorous and fond and billing, Like Philip and Mary on a shilling. Hudibrut. Part Hi. Canto i. Line 687. What makes all doctrines plain and clear ? About two...true before Prove false again ? Two hundred more. Line 1277. 'Canse grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin ; And therefore no true saint... | |
 | English poetry - 1905 - 398 pages
...conscience?" "A good living." "What makes rebelling against kings A good old cause?" " Administ'rings." "What makes all doctrines plain and clear?" "About...a year." " And that which was prov'd true before, Prov'd false again?" "Two hundred more.'' "What makes the breaking of all oaths A holy duty ? " " Food... | |
 | Quotations - 1906 - 810 pages
...Juan, st, 61 2 Divinely fair, MILTON, Paradise Lost, IX, line 489 Doctrine, — What makes all doctrine plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year, And that which was proved true before Proved false again? — Two hundred more, BUTLER, Hudibras, III, i, lines 1277-1280... | |
 | Chester Mann - 1909 - 362 pages
...seeks different distinction may find his place among those whom Butler had in mind when he wrote, " What makes all Doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, Prove false again? Two hundred more." " In these things none but yourself can inform... | |
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