 Inquisition, A mungrel breed of like pernicion. And growing up, became the sires Of Scribes, Commissioners, and Triers ; Whose business is, by cunning sleight, To cast a figure for men's light, To find, in lines of beard and face, The physiognomy of Grace...  An Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters - Page 13by William Harris - 1818 - 41 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...In what year? in what month f in what day ? about what hour of the day. Canto III. HUDIBBAS. 167 And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within...flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing; nSo By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain guess at inward light; Which Serjeants at the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...a figure for mens' light ; To find, in lines of beard and face, 1155 The physiognomy of grace ; And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within disclose, Free from a crack or flaw of sianing, As men try pipkins by the ringing ; 1160 By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...of beard and face, The physiognomy of Grace 3 ; And by the sonnd and twang of nose, If all be sonnd within disclose ; Free from a crack or flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing; By black caps nnderlaid with white, Give certain gness at inward light ; Which Serjeants at the Gospel... | |
 | Persius - 1809 - 322 pages
...rendered it to the antients an obvious one. Yet our Butler has something similar, Hud. P. 1. Cant. III. Free from a crack or flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing. Mr. Drummond has varied the metaphor : Yet art thou young, and yet thy pliant mind Yields to the gale... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 pages
...beard and face, 1155 The physiognomy of grace; ' And by the sonnd and twang of nose, If all be sonnd within disclose, Free from a crack or flaw of sinning. As men try pipkins by the ringing; nflo By black caps nnderlaid with white, Give certain gness at inward light, Which serjeants at the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...nnd in lines of beard and face, The physiognomy of grace ; And by the sound and twang of nose, If ali be sound within, disclose; Free from a crack or flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing; By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain guess at inward light, Which Serjeants at the gospel... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 470 pages
...cast a figure for men's light ; To find in lines of beard and face, The physiognomy of grace ; And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within...flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing." HODIB. CANTO III. However, jesting apart, it must be owned, the thing in itself was good enough : but... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...cast a figure for men's light, To find, in lines of beard and face, The physiognomy of Grace ;* And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within...flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing ; By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain guess at inward light ; * These Triers pretended... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...cast a figure for men's light, To find, in lines of beard and face, The physiognomy of Grace ;* And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within...flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing ; By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain guess at inward light ; Which Serjeants at the Gospel... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pages
...figure for men's light ; To find in lines of beard and face, 1 1 56 The physiognomy of grace ; And by the sound and twang of nose, If all be sound within,...flaw of sinning, As men try pipkins by the ringing ; 1 160 By black caps underlaid with white, Give certain guess at inward light, Which Serjeants at... | |
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