 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 421802Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...Bather than fail, they will defy 233 That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with minc'd.pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum.porridge;...pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard thro' the nose. 139 Th' apostles of this fierce religion, I.ike Mahomet's were ass and widgeon, To... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...Rather than fail, they will decry 2-5 That which they love most tenderly; Quarrel with miac'd-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge...pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard thro' the noae. 239 Th' apostles of this fierce religion, Like MAROMET'S," were ass and widgton ; To... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 456 pages
...sinful. Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly : Quarrel with minc'd-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge,...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. The' apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and wigeon, To whom our Knight, by... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...sinful. Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly : Quarvel with minc'd-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge,...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. The' apostles of this fierce religion; Like. Mahomet's, were ass and wigeon, To whom our Knight, by... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 560 pages
...most tenderly ; Quarrel with minc'd pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plumb-porridge; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. 230 Th5 apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon ; To whom our Knight,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...most tenderly ; Quarrel with minc'd pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridje ; 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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...Day. Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge,...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. The' apostles of this fierce religion, lake Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon, To whom our Knight, by... | |
 | Launcelot Sturgeon - Dinners and dining - 1823 - 262 pages
...peevish, cross, and splenetick, " Than dog distract, or monkey sick ; " Who quarrel with minc'd pies, arid disparage " Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge;...oppose, " And blaspheme custard through the nose!" HUDIDS.AS, Canto I. ESSAY XVIII. ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF COOKS THE COMPARATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE MILITARY... | |
 | 1827 - 604 pages
...ia doubtless derived from the Puritan ancestors of New England, who would * Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge;...itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. ' The last-mentioned mode of disparagement may be said chiefly to arise from custard being too profane... | |
 | Peter Miller Cunningham - New South Wales - 1827 - 346 pages
...derived from the Puritan ancestors of New England, who wo .^ d il . ..- , " Quarrel with mince-pies, and disparage. Their best and dearest friend plum-porridge;...goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the note." The last-mentioned mode of disparagement may be said chiefly to arise from custard being too... | |
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