 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...  Bell's Edition - Page 23by John Bell - 1797Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...But," &c. But the clenching 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, true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1846 - 324 pages
...the serpent, at the fall, Had cloven feet or none at all. All this without a gloss or comment, I85 He could unriddle in a moment, In proper terms, such as men smatter, When they Ihrow oul, and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : I90... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...butter wanted weight : And wisely tell, what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra. * * * * 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... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1848 - 456 pages
...term ; their religion and their morality being marked by it as mean and contemptible. Thus Butler : For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue. — Hudib. Canto I. " That this epithet of derision should find its... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...nice, And after solve 'em in a trice : As if divinity had catch'd The itch, on purpose to be scratc'd ; 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... | |
 | New York (State) - 1849 - 516 pages
...term is supposed to refer to the austerity of a particular sect — as in Butler's description — " For his religion, it was fit " To match his learning and his wit ; " 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." wherenf the name of Mr. Cotton is, by mistake, put for tliat of... | |
 | New York (State) - 1849 - 624 pages
...term is supposed to refer to the austerity of a particular sect — as in Butler's description — " For his religion, it was fit " To match his learning and his wit ; " 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." whereof the name of Mr. Cotton is, by mistake, put for that of Mr.... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 pages
...term ; their religion and their morality being marked _by it as mean and contemptible. Thus Butler, " For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." Hudih., Cant. I. That this epithet of derision should find its way... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 pages
...fall, Had cloven feet, or none at all.t All this without a gloss, or comment, 185 He could unriddle iu a moment, In proper terms, such as men smatter, When...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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1883 - 676 pages
...embroider'd in each part." And Butler, in describing his hero in 1662, save (canto i. 1. 173):— " For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit, T'was Presbyterian true blew, For he was ofthat Stubborn crew Of errant sainte whom all men grant To... | |
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