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" Freewill they one way disavow, Another, nothing else allow ; All piety consists therein In them, in other men all sin ; Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly : Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest... "
The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 42
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 14

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...tenderly, Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend — plum porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Th' apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon, To whom our kuight, by...
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 522 pages
...sin. Rather than fail they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge...goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nosa. •NEW LIGHT.' Tis a dark lantern of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear h ; A...
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 532 pages
...most tenderly; Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge J Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. •NEW LIGHT.' Tis a dark lantern of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it; A light...
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International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare ..., Volume 6

Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 468 pages
...tenderly, Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend — plum porridge; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Th' apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon, To whom our knight, by...
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A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ...

Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 508 pages
...most tenderly; Quarrel with minc'd pies and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum porridge, Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Samuel Butler THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS A brace of sinners, for no good, Were order'd to the Virgin...
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A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ...

Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 516 pages
...most tenderly; Quarrel with minc'd pies and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum porridge, Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Samuel Butler THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS A brace of sinners, for no good, Were order'd to the Virgin...
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English Verse: Specimens Illustrating Its Principles and History, Volume 10

Raymond Macdonald Alden - English language - 1903 - 488 pages
...to. ... Rather than fail they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge,...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. (SAMUEL BUTLER : Hudibras, Part I. 1663.) Butler made the octosyllabic couplet so entirely his own,...
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The Leisure Hour, Volume 31

Leisure - 1882 - 814 pages
...to : Still so perverse and opposite, As if they worshipp'd God for spite. Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. " The cyn.c appears in the following : " A teacher's doctrine, and his proof, Is all his province,...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 524 pages
...sin. Rather than fail they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. 'NEW LIGHT.' Tis a dark lantern of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that...
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A Satire Anthology

English poetry - 1905 - 398 pages
...most tenderly; Quarrel with minc'd pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum porridge; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Samuel Butler. SATIRE ON THE SCOTS ALAND where one may pray with cursed intent, Oh, may they never...
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