 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 páginas
...sores of Faith are cured again ; Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. . . . For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; Twas Presbyterian, true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | 1897 - 842 páginas
...BLUE-MANTLE-BLUE MOUNTAINS. fessedly virtuous and conscientious; thus in Butler's satire Hudibrat; ' For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twos Presbyterian true blue.' Severe and cruel penalties for even many non-criminal acts were common... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 páginas
...words congealed in northern air. He knew what's what, and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1921 - 316 páginas
...The description of Hudibras in Canto I, ie on his intellectual side. That of his religion follows : For his Religion it was fit To match his Learning and his Wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blew, &c. 1. 12. 'Committee-men'. Committees set up in various counties to... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 páginas
...April day, And woman's plighted faith. SOUTHEY— Madoc in Azthan. Pt. ХХШ. L. , 51. 22 DOCTRINE 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 páginas
...but some passages are given, as well as some of Butler's clever epigrams. THE RELIGION OF HUDIBRAS For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit: Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | William Allan Neilson, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1924 - 500 páginas
...fashion of Don Quixote ; and in him the worst side of the Puritans is held up to very skillful ridicule. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit, 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, who all men grant... | |
 | 1925 - 638 páginas
...human appeal of sympathetic humour, is lacking. Look at this passage, it is typical of the whole : — For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant Saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | Lynn Thorndike - 1926 - 734 páginas
...Pilgrim's Progress in prison. Presbyterianism was ridiculed in Butler's Hudibnu, published 1663-1678. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | University of North Dakota - 1919 - 450 páginas
...Presbyterianism, the phrase true blue came into common use. Samuel Butler writing at that time said, "For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : Twas Presbyterian true blue".128 True blue has been frequently used to express unwavering adher""Exodus... | |
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For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant... 
