He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a knack of joking; He did not make himself a bear, Although he had a taste for smoking; And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will... Dwight's American Magazine - Seite 384herausgegeben von - 1847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 Seiten
...there are fifty roads to town, And rather more to heaven. 4207 Praed : Chant of Brazen Head. St. 8. And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is had,It will not be improv'd by burning. 4208 Praed : Every-Day Characters. The Vicar. St. 9. There... | |
| John Kelman - 1911 - 276 Seiten
...is to be hoped that all sensible people in every Church will eventually agree with Praed's vicar, ' That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning.' As to the undoubted recent advances of the Eoman Church in this country, these bear witness to the... | |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1913 - 1048 Seiten
...Lines to a ringlet, or a turban, And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had...will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the... | |
| Charles Silvester Horne - 1914 - 316 Seiten
...the coercion of conscience by force. He was, rather, like the dear old priest in Praed's poem, who " Held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's...belief is bad It will not be improved by burning." This zealot for truth, and even for dogma, believed in fighting his battle out with the weapon of argument,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1917 - 856 Seiten
...Lines to a ringlet, or a turban, And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had...will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the... | |
| 1918 - 2030 Seiten
...ghost; Lines to a ringlet or a turban; And trifles to the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had...will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, At his approach... | |
| 1922 - 392 Seiten
...Lines to a ringlet, or a turban, And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had...will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...Moses. PASCAL— Pensees. II. XVII. 120. 21 And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of ajl PRAED — Poems of Life and Manners. Pt. n. The Vicar. St. 9. Do not believe what I tell you here any... | |
| George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 Seiten
...trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, 65 Although he had a knack of joking; He did not make...sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, ~a That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to... | |
| Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 Seiten
...Lines to a ringlet, or a turban, And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had...will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the... | |
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