 WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk ; Whose honesty they all durst swear...  Peveril of the Peak - 1 ページWalter Scott 著 - 1823 - 248 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 ページ
...virtues and his own : Th' adventure of the Rear and riddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. \VHRN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; yi] To take in dudgeon, is inwardly to resent some injury or affront, and what is previous to actual... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 ページ
...hls own. Th' adventure of the Rear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off nt the middle. WHENcml" dndgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ? When hard words, jealousies and fears Set folks together by the ears, And made thom fight, like mad or drunk,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 ページ
...the humour is often heightened by double rhymes. Take for example the fir&t lines of Hudibras — " When civil dudgeon first grew high, " And men fell out they knew not why ; " When hard words, jealousies and fears, " Set folks together by the ears, " And made them fight like mad... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 ページ
...and his own. THE subject of this plate is thus illustrated by Mr. Butler himself. See Hudibras, Canto I. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why; \Vhen hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 ページ
...internal grumblings, and schism after schism. England then hurried on towards those dreadful times— " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight like mad or... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810 - 618 ページ
...continuance of this Island's civil dissentions in 1646, when, as Butler satirically informs us — " Civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why." 36. " Major Wither' s Disclaimer : being a disavow ment of a late paper, entituled ''The Doubtfull... | |
 | William Beloe - 1812 - 518 ページ
...doggrel by Christopher Smart. They are by no means of common occurrence, but well worth preserving. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why, &c. Cum arsit civica phrenesis Pacis hominibus pertaesis, TN ec unquam nota fuit cmi.su Tarn dira quae... | |
 | Thomas John Dibdin - 1813 - 344 ページ
...Of Sictden.— Christina 1633, Charles X 1653. INTER-KF.ONUM, INTER-REGNUM; OR, THE COMMONWEALTH. " When civil dudgeon first grew high, " And men fell out, they knew not why ; " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, " Was beat with fist instead of a stick." BL'TLER. Why " Then a monstrous... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 ページ
...garment, as to inflame the passions of love or hatred, in the same degree as we are told it did, " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks tegether by the ears." But are there no popular prejudices... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 ページ
...horse's virtues and his own. Th' adventures of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why : When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, HUDIBRAS. It has been a common practice... | |
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