Samuel Butler ( 10 of 155 )
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like
a turnip. There is nothing good read more
A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like
a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is
underground.
Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power read more
Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power to adjourn,
Appoint appearance and return?
For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more read more
Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more difficile
That to a blackbird 'tis to whistle.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is read more
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
And that a Lord may be an owl,
A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.
I loved no King since Forty One
When Prelacy went down,
A Cloak and Band I then read more
I loved no King since Forty One
When Prelacy went down,
A Cloak and Band I then put on,
And preached against the Crown.
Shear swine, all cry and no wool.
Shear swine, all cry and no wool.
