Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And... Poetical Works: With the Life of the Author - Página 27de Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 124 páginas
...religion it was fit To match their learning and their wit. Twas Methodistical true blue; For they were of that stubborn crew Of errant saints whom all men...controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine's orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks: Call fire, and sword, and desolation, A godly thorough... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 páginas
...other ways. [Religion of HvJibnu.] For hie religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit. ening his father to a singing-man of" Windsor j Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic... | |
| William Forsyth - 1849 - 538 páginas
...to challenge his adversary, was to apply to the 1 King Alphonso seems to have been one of those— Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of...Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox, court for what may be called a rule nisi, and the counsel for the opposite party showed cause against... | |
| 1858 - 682 páginas
...religion of this veteran, like that described by the author of Sir Hudibras : — " 'Twas Pretbyterian true Blue, For he was of that stubborn Crew Of Errant...whom all Men grant To be the true church Militant." (Edit. Dublin, 1732, Canto ip 26.) But not seemingly having been able altogether to enjoy the tranquil... | |
| Walter Scott - 1849 - 732 páginas
...alary, vítucYv, U^A BÄVttio» víYvxtVv \lvft\e Uad Üi put uuütr tal uoXi CHAPTER I. Such ав do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, !)ii !•!•• all rontrovereica by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, / By... | |
| Sketches - 1850 - 96 páginas
...little of his own dust into his eyes, he never hits his adversary. He belongs, indeed, in some sort, to the true Church militant. " Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun." But the artillery by which he decides his controversies is not infallible. Though belonging to a very... | |
| 1883 - 674 páginas
...Religion, it was fit To match his learning and hi) wit, T'was Presbyterian true blew, For lie wa« of that Stubborn crew Of errant saints whom all men grant To be the true Church militant?' Blu«-ekins waa an old nickname for the Puritans, and blue laws was fairly equivalent to PuriUr laws.... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 páginas
...For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 190 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue,t For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant^ saints, whom all men graiit To be the true church militant :|| Such as do build their faith upon 195 The holy text of pike... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1852 - 520 páginas
...For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 199 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue,t For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant§ saints,...whom all men grant To be the true church militant :j| Such as do build their faith upon 195 The holy text of pike and gun ;tf Decide all controversy... | |
| Luther Giddings, Officer of the First Regiment of Ohio Volunteers - 1853 - 362 páginas
...lives aptly illustrate their holy teachings. But the greatest number are pampered and frantic friars, " Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun." They unblushingly announced to their people, that our object was to make war upon their religion ;... | |
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