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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... "
A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ... - Page 289
edited by - 1902 - 407 pages
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Hudibras: In Three Parts : Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...this, , • And finding somewhat still amiss : •. .' • ;210 More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with more...right way : Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, 213 Still so perverse and opposite, As if thej worship'd God for spite. The sell-same thing they will...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: In Three Volumes. Collated with the ...

Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...antipathies ; In railing ont with that or this, And linding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy-day The wrong '3, than others the right way ; Componnd for sins thejf are inclin'd to, By damning those they have...
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Hudibras, in Three Parts: Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 pages
...falling ont with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss: 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; . That with more...keep holy-day The wrong, than others the right way: Componnd for sins they are inclin'd to, 213 By damning those they have no mind to : Still so perverse...
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Hudibras: Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...antipathies : In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat Mill amiss: 210 More 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 sins they are inclin'd to, 115 By damning...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: With a Life of the Author

Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than clog distract, or monkey sick j That with more care keep holy-day The wrong,}: than...mind to : Still so perverse and opposite, As if they worship'd God for spite : The self-same tiling they will abhor One way and long another for : Free-will...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...antipathies; In falling out with that or ¡his, Ami finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That...with more care keep holy-day The wrong, than others tiic right way ; Compound for sins they arc iuclin'il to, By damning those they have no mind to: \...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry Institution

William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pages
...sterling wit and profound satire, where speaking of certain religious hypocrites he says, that they " Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to ;" but the wit consists in the truth of the character, and in the happy exposure of the ludicrous con...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 9

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 416 pages
...still amiss; More peevish, eross, and splenetie, Than dog distraet, or monkey siek; That with more eare keep holy-day The wrong,); than others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inelin'd to, lly damning those they have no mind to: Still aO perverse and oppostte, As if they worsltip'd...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 9

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy -day The wrong,ti than others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 314 pages
...antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That...others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have a mind to : Still so perverse and opposite, As if they worshipp'd...
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