 | Josiah Quincy - 1858 - 472 Seiten
...Hudibras, — ' The saints may do the same thing by The Spirit in sincerity, Which other men are prompted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions...be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary,' — so it was with the gentlemen of the South. While Mr. Pickens could openly call the resolution of... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 Seiten
...human actions evil; For saints may do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And...on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's expressed;* So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have not a spice ; And yet that thing... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 504 Seiten
...Hudibras expresses it : For saints may do the same things by The spirit in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to ; And at the devil's instance do. And...actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. They begged 'bread in the name of God,' and were, therefore, nicknamed 'Bread-through-God.' They wore... | |
 | 1864 - 522 Seiten
...expression, and graduated affinities of aspect, to the animal world, that, to adapt Butler's couplet, Just as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's expressed,* so, neither among the beasts of the field, nor the fishes of the sea, nor the fowls of... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 518 Seiten
...human actions evil : For saints may do the same things hy 235 The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions he contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. 240 For as on land there is no heast But in some fish... | |
 | 1866 - 390 Seiten
...human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by 235 The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And...actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. MO For, as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea 's exprest, So in the Wicked there's no... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...human actions evil ; For saints may do the same thing by The spirit, in sincerity, Which othei men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do : And...actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. But. Hud. part 2. II. 233. There's naught so monstrous but the mind of man In some condition, may be... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...human actions evil ; For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do, And...actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. 219 For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's exprest; So in the Wicked there 's no... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...human actions evil : For saints may do the same thing by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions bo contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. * * * * So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which... | |
 | 1868 - 594 Seiten
...to, And at the devil's instance do : Andyetthe actions be contrary, Just as the saints and sinners vary ! For as on land there is no beast, But in some fish at sea's expressed ; So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have not a spice ; And yet that thing... | |
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Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and... 
