 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...The sores of Faith are cur'd again; no Altho' by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies, And, as he was dispos'd, could prove it 175 Below the moon, or else above it ; What Adam dreamt of, when his bridej... | |
 | Jonathan Bayley (Rev. DD.) - 1858 - 660 pages
...Butler, in his Hudibras, describes the futility of such labour in vain, -when he says of his hero:— " He knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies; And as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it." To account for the geographical failure, some have suggested that... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1859 - 624 pages
...sores of Faith are cured again ; 170 Altho' by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree...lies ; ' And, as he was disposed, could prove it, 175 Below the moon, or else above it : AVhat Adam dreamt of when his bride Came from her closet in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...; Although by woful proof we find, They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of Paradise,t Could tell in what degree it lies ; And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it : What Adam dreamt of, when his bride Came from her closet in his... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...sores of Faith are cur'd again ; Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. Ho knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies, And, as he was dispos'd, could prove it Below the moon, or else above it ; What Adam dreamt of, when his bride Came... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pages
...without failing, Your neighbours round about will find you railing." SIR JOHN HARRINOTON. PARADISE. HE knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree...it lies ; And, as he was disposed, could prove it Below the moon, or else above it. BUTLER. CARVING AND GILDING. " You see," said our host, as we entered... | |
 | 1866 - 390 pages
...The sores of Faith are cur'd again; no Altho' by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies, And, as he was dispos'd, could prove it m Below the moon, or else above it ; What Adam dreamt of, when his bride Came... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1867 - 746 pages
...1690. t Consequences of the Deluge, p. 1C5. the southern hemisphere, near the equinoctial line. Butler selected this conceit as a fair mark for his satire,...the numerous accomplishments of Hudibras, he says, — ' lie knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies ; And, as he was disposed, could... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 pages
...sores of Faith nre cur'd again; 170, Altho' by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of Paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies, And, as he was dispos'd, could prove it Below the moon, or else above it; What Adam dreamt of, when his bride Came... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1868 - 372 pages
...satisfaction the geographical position of Eden, a fact thus sportively alluded to by Butler :— " He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies, And, as he was disposed, could prove it Below the moon, or else above it." All drawbacks however being made, Raleigh's history is a great work,... | |
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Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies: And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it. 
