 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...virtues and his own : Th' adventure of the Rear and riddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. \VHRN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; yi] To take in dudgeon, is inwardly to resent some injury or affront, and what is previous to actual... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 pages
...his own. THE subject of this plate is thus illustrated by Mr. Butler himself. See Hudibras, Canto I. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why; \Vhen hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...the humour is often heightened by double rhymes. Take for example the fir&t lines of Hudibras — " When civil dudgeon first grew high, " And men fell out they knew not why ; " When hard words, jealousies and fears, " Set folks together by the ears, " And made them fight... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pages
...internal grumblings, and schism after schism. England then hurried on towards those dreadful times— " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight like... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810 - 618 pages
...continuance of this Island's civil dissentions in 1646, when, as Butler satirically informs us — " Civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why." 36. " Major Wither' s Disclaimer : being a disavow ment of a late paper, entituled ''The Doubtfull... | |
 | Thomas John Dibdin - 1813 - 344 pages
...Of Sictden.— Christina 1633, Charles X 1653. INTER-KF.ONUM, INTER-REGNUM; OR, THE COMMONWEALTH. " When civil dudgeon first grew high, " And men fell out, they knew not why ; " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, " Was beat with fist instead of a stick." BL'TLER. Why " Then a... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 pages
...garment, as to inflame the passions of love or hatred, in the same degree as we are told it did, " When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks tegether by the ears." But are there no popular prejudices... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...horse's virtues and his own. Th' adventures of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why : When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, HUDIBRAS. It has been a common... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 pages
...extracted from The Student, or Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany, published by Thornton and others in 1750. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why, &c. 1. I to 80. Cum arsit civica phrenesis Pacis hominibus pertssis, Nee cuiquam nota fuit causa Tarn dira... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...virtues, and his own : Th' adventure of the bear and* fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle '. WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like... | |
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WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk... 
