 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...  Hudibras; with notes by T.R. Nash - Page 17by Samuel Butler - 1835Full view - About this book
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...second three years later, and the third not til.' 167a He died in London in 1680. 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... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...April day, And woman's plighted faith, s. SOUTHEY— Madoc in Azthan. Pt. XXIII. Line 51. DOCTRINE. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twos Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - Quotations - 1882 - 200 pages
...be let unfurnished. He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve 'em in a trice. * * * * 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 Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...Def. 2O.l 127, 128. IB n brad . . . unfurnished. Explain this expression. II.-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... | |
 | Student publications - 1885 - 256 pages
...the world I fill up a place which may be better supplied when l have made it empty." HA CR-NE— " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit." GM D-DA— " A half-disdain Perched on the pouted blossom of her lips." CO DWY— " What would'st thou... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1886 - 304 pages
...this, without a gloss, or comment, He could unriddle in a moment, In proper terms, such as men smalter When they throw out, and miss the matter, 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 Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...127, 128. in a head . . . unfurnished. Explain this expression. BUTLER. II.—RELIGION OF HUDIBRAS. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : *T was Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant* saints, whom all men... | |
 | John Trainer - United States - 1887 - 252 pages
...all dissenters were often included, were more particularly designated by this term. Thus, Butler: " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit— Twas Presbyterian true blue." — HUDIBRAS. " That this epithet of derision snould find its way to... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - English poetry - 1890 - 518 pages
...best satire. Butler's description of the religion of Hudibras is a fair specimen of his satire : — " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit. 'T was Presbyterian true-blue ; For he wag of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - Wit and humor - 1923 - 804 pages
...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... | |
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