Waverly Novels: Quentin Durward. 1858Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
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Page 67 - 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 Religion, as for punk...
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Page 100 - But Mr. Barton is all for the hymns, and a sort o' music as I can't join in at all." "And so," said Mr. Pilgrim, recalling Mr. Hackit from lyrical reminiscences to narrative, "he called out Silence! did he? when he got into the pulpit; and gave a hymn out himself to some meeting-house tune?