 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 ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike...  Hudibras - Page 8by Robert Deverell - 1816Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...ground, He had such plenty, as sufficed To make some think him circumcised. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1856 - 602 pages
...passage would, of course, be that describing the knight's religion : " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; Twas Presbyterian,...crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the truc Church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Knights and knighthood - 1856 - 524 pages
...For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : IM 'Twas Presbyterian, true blue.t For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant§ saints,...church militant :|| Such as do build their faith upon jos The holy text of pike and gun ;1T Decide all controversy by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 424 pages
...other folk; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. RELIGION OF HUDIBRAS. He was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom...church militant; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...••-•" ,'//' Jay The clock does strike, by algebra. • • • » For his religion, it was fit1 To match his learning and his wit : Twas presbyterian...church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; Jlnd prove their... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...proper terms, such as men smatter When they throw out, and miss the matter. For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; Twas Presbyterian,...blue ; * For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints,t whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 624 pages
...third not till 1678. He died in London in 1680. RELIGION OF HUDIBRAS. FOB his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit. 'Twas Presbyterian...church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 360 pages
...could raise scruples, dark and nice, And after solve them in a trice.' ' For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian...whom all men grant To be the true church militant.' Sir Hudibras' notions of religion are inimitably sketched. One recognizes the narrow, self-righteous... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 342 pages
...after solve them in a trice.' ' For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twos Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that stubborn...whom all men grant To be the true church militant.' Blue, be it remarked, has always been regarded as the emblematical colour of fidelity ; and was the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...terms, such as men smatter When they throw out and miss the matter. For his religion,is it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian...whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant ; u Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; M Decide all controversies by... | |
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