 Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...  English Etymology - Page 20de George William Lemon - 1783 - 693 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...Th' adventure of the Rear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off nt the middle. WHENcml" dndgeon 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 thom fight, like mad or drunk, For dame... | |
 | William Harrod - 1808 - 144 pages
...Adams, clerk. 1752. George Periam, ckrk. 1780. William Harrod, Printer. 1806. Wm. Wright. CIVIL WARS. When civil dudgeon firft grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealoufles and fears Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...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 like mad or drunk, "... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pages
...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 mad or drunk. For dame... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 pages
...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 in the... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...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 practice of late... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pages
...Th' adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. W HEN 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, 5 For... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 pages
...The' adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is song, but breaks off in the middle. WHEN civil dudgeon1 first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ' ; When hard words3, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...power, must it maintain. BUTLERAD 16I2-80. CHARACTER OF HUDIBRAS AND RALPHO. WHEN eivil dudgeon first rise ; Majestie woods, of ev'ry vig'rous jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like road or drunk, For... | |
 | John Washbourn - 1825 - 696 pages
...things alluded to by Butler in the well known opening of his satyrical poem : When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies and fean Set folks together by the ears. HUDIBRAS, Part I. c. 1. [ 13.] Baxter, Part. I.... | |
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