 | Thalia, Frederick Atkinson (of York) - English ballads and songs - 1790 - 234 pages
...thought the chureh in danger was By fuch prevarication. CHO. And this is law, &c. V. When GEoitci, in pudding time, came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, Sir, I turn'da Cat-in-pan once more, And then became a Whig, Sir; And fo preferment I procur'd By our new faith's defender, And always cv'ry... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...thought the church in danger was, By such prevarication. And this is law, &c. When George in pudding-time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, sir, I turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And so became a whig, sir ; And thus preferment I procur'd From our new faith's-defender ; And almost ev'ry day abjur'd The Pope... | |
 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...conformists base, I damn'd their moderation ; And thought the church in danger was By such prevarication. When George in pudding time came o'er, And moderate...turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And so became a whig, sir ; And thus preferment I procur'd From our new faith's defender ; And almost every day abjur'd The pope... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...their moderation ; And thought the church in danger was By such prevarication. And this is law, &c. When George in pudding time came o'er, And moderate...turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And so became a whig, sir ; And thus preferment I procur'd From our new faith's defender ; And almost every day abjur'd , The... | |
 | William Toone - English language - 1832 - 532 pages
...he, of craft w philosophic, And can tourne cat in the panne very pretille. O. P. DAMON AND PYTHIAS. When George in pudding time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, sir; I turned a eat in pan once more, And so became a Whig, sir. OLD SONO, THE VICAR or BRAT. CATLINGS (ie... | |
 | William Toone - 1832 - 584 pages
...smatters as well as he, of craftie philosophic. And can ttnme cat in the panne very pretllie. OP DAMON AND When George in pudding time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, »lr j i turn'da cat in-pan once more, And so became a Whig, sir. "i • •'• • OLD SONG, THI... | |
 | Joseph Holt - Dissenters - 1838 - 446 pages
...conduct to me, and also at having it in my power to punish the sons of deception that inhabited this part of the country, who outwardly played the parts...to the most dexterous method of tossing pan-cakes. t Two miles from Blessington, and the same distance from Ballymore Eustace. The seat of the Earls of... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...Although the Church in danger was By such prevarication. And this is law, &c. When George in pudding-time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, sir, I turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And so became a whig, sir ; And thus preferment I procured, From our new faith's defender; And almost every day abjured The Pope... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1855 - 1080 pages
...party; a turncoat; one who has changed his principles naTairaK, totally; which explains the verse in the " Vicar of Bray : " " When George in pudding time...cat-in-pan once more, And so became a Whig, Sir." Dr. Pegge has remarked, that " there being no connexion between a cat and a pan, the rise of the phrase... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...thought the church in danger was By such prevarication, And this is law, >te. When George in pudding-time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, sir, I turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And then became a Whig, sir, And so preferment I procured By our new faith's defender, And always every... | |
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When George in pudding time came o'er, And moderate men look'd big, sir ; I turn'da cat-in-pan once more, And so became a whig, sir... 
