 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, Than dog distract or monkey sick...  New Outlook - Page 5691905Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...'And still be doing, never done; As if Religion were intended 205 For nothing else but to be mended; A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies;...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss; 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetie, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; Holdenby : for when his... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...And still be doing, never done : As if Religion were intended 205 Jpr nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...that or this, , • And finding somewhat still amiss : •. .' • ;210 More peevish, cross, and splenetick, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...religion were intended 205 For nothing else but te be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odfl perverse 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 560 pages
...And still be doing, never done; As if religion were intended 205 For nothing else but to be mended. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies:...with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss: 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; That with more care keep... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended : A sectf whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...And still be doing, never dime ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to !>e mended : A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In falling out with that or ¡his, Ami finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic. Than dog distract, or... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 416 pages
...doing, never done; As if religion were intended For nothing else hut to be mended: A seet) whose ehief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In falling out with that or this, And !nnl:t;;; somewhat still amiss; More peevish, eross, and splenetie, Than dog distraet, or monkey siek;... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 456 pages
...For nothing else but to be mended : A sectf whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies j In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than clog distract, or monkey sick j That with more care keep... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...on, And still be doing, never done ; As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended : A sect " whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...on, And still be doing, never done; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended: thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd, Aw'd without...beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her More peevish, cross, and splenetie, Than dog distract or monkey sick; That with more care kept holiday... | |
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