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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... "
Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books - Page 419
by William Beloe - 1812
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...scanned thus : When civ'- | il dud'- | geon first' | grew high'.] I.- ACCOMPLISHMENTS 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 ; . . . When gospel-trumpeter,...
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Old favourites from the elder poets, with a few newer friends, a selection ...

Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pages
...And AH r; Ther Amongst AH !iv> And v Let -JS That ,V, SAMUEL BUTLER. From HUDIBRAS. Part I. Canto I. 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. . . . When gospel-trumpeter,...
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A History of English Literature

Johannes Scherr - 1882 - 324 pages
...commencement a good picture is drawn of the times when people fought for " Dame Religion."2 The J " 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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A History of English Literature

Johannes Scherr - 1882 - 334 pages
...commencement a good picture is drawn of the times when people fought for " Dame Religion." 2 The ' " 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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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets, Volume 1

Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...divinity had catch'd The itch on purpose to be scratch'd. 800 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto i. Line 163. When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears Set folk together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad...
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Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and ..., Volume 33

Sussex Archaeological Society - 1883 - 352 pages
...merely the insertion of the word "no" between Yates and Esquire. It is probable that at the period — " When civil Dudgeon first grew high, And Men fell out they knew not why," 13 See notes respecting the Tates family, post p. 196 et seq. that the Yates family sided with the...
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Fortunes of Nigel. Peveril of the Peak

Walter Scott - 1883 - 1166 pages
...faithful and Obedient Servant, JONAS DRYASDUST. Michaelmas Day, 1822, YORK. VOL. XV. C til A \VTien civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When fonl works, jealousies, and fears, Set folk together by the ears — „ WILLIAM, the Conqueror...
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A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical ...

Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait." SAMUEL BUTLER. From When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and tears, Set folks together by the ears; When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded...
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Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...scanned thus : When civ'- | il dud'- | geon first' | grew high'.] I.—ACCOMPLISHMENTS 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 ; . . . When gospel-trumpeter,...
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Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales ..., Volume 1

William Boyne - 1889 - 1134 pages
...Grantham in 1662, but during the time if the Civil War, as Hudibras, in speaking of the period at a time " 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," Gilbert took part in the cause...
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