 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 518 ページ
...never done As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect, whose chiefclevotion lies In odd perverse antipathies :* In falling out...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss :t More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep... | |
 | 1866 - 390 ページ
...so drawing up his troop in the inward court, " These, Sir (said the Cornet), are my Instructions." A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1866 - 516 ページ
...Sir Thomas Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * " * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love moat tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce•pies,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 ページ
...These, Sir," said the Cornet, "are my instructions." For nothing else but to be mended : A sect whoso chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...with that or this. And finding somewhat still amiss ; 2to More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep... | |
 | 1866 - 522 ページ
...Browne saith, to " mollify the spirit of captious contradiction." Like Butler's fanatics, whose cbief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss. * * * * Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mmce-pies,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 ページ
...the legal right to disengage From all it had contracted under age. 'Butler, Sal. i. 1. PBESBYTEBIANS. A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse...finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than doe distract, or monkey sick : That with more care keep holy-day The wrong, than others... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 ページ
...on, And still be doing never done : As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding something still amiss : More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; Than... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 ページ
...of that kind are given by Dr. Walker, in his Sufferings of the Episcopal Clergy. ?' h; A sect whese chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; . 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetic ; Than dog distract or monkey sick ; That with more care... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 ページ
...on, And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep holiday The wrong, than others the right way : Compound for... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 ページ
...second form in modern times, set. Sept, the Irish word for clan, is also supposed to be the some term. In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat...peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. 25 That with more care keep holy-tlay The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound... | |
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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... 
