 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...eall'd, " And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd : " The Spirit gave the doctoral decree, " And ev'ry member of a company " Was of his trade, and of the Bible, free. " Plain truths enough for needful use they found, " But men would still be itching to ezpouud, " Each was ambitious of th* obtcurest... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...gall'd, " And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd " The Spirit gave the doctoral decree, " And ev'ry member of a company " Was of his trade, and of the Bible, free. " Plain truths enough for needful use they found, " But men would still be itching to expound, " Each was ambitious of th' obscurest... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...gifted most that loudest bawl'd : The spirit gave the doetoral degree : And every member of a eompany who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. " use they found ; But men would still be itehing to expound : Eaeh was ambitious of th' obseurest plaee,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...horny fists was gall'd, And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd ; — The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free. » This was the rule of the sectaries, — of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...with horny fists was gall'd, And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd ; The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free. » This was the rule of the sectaries, — of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pages
...horny fists was gall'il, And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd ; The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free." This was the rule of the sectaries,— of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1829 - 344 pages
...horny fists was gall'd. And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd ;' The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free." This was the rule of the sectaries,—of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...with horny fists was gall'd, And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd ; The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free." This was the rule of the sectaries, — of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 486 pages
...with horny fists was gall'd, And he was gifted most that loudest hawl'd ; The spirit gave the doctoral degree, And every member of a company Was of his trade and of the Bible free." This was the rule of the sectaries, — of those whose innovations seemed, in the eyes of the Tories,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...horny fists was gall'd ; And he was gifted most that loudest bawl'd : The spirit gave the doctoral degree ; And every member of a company Was of his...of the Bible free. Plain truths enough for needful use they found : But men would still be itching to expound : Each was ambitious of the obscurest place,... | |
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Which each presum'd he best could understand, The common rule was made the common prey ; And at the mercy of the rabble lay. The tender page with horny... 
