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" The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. "
Hudibras: Poem - Page 303
by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pages
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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on ...

Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 pages
...whom ha and his master were of course shining lights, and tho sinners, is admirably described : — For as on land there is no beast, But in some fish at sea's exprest, So in the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have not a spice ; And yet that...
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The poetical works of Samuel Butler, with life and critical diss. by G ...

Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just...land there is no beast, But in some fish at sea 's express'd ; So in the Wicked there 's no vice Of which the Saints have not a spice ; And yet that thing...
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Archiv für Litteraturgeschichte, Volume 1; Volume 6

Richard Gosche, Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld - 1877 - 650 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. For, as on land there is no beast, Hut in some fish at sea 's exprest, When that was over, I was one...
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Archiv für Litteraturgeschichte, Volume 1; Volume 6

Richard Gosche, Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld - 1877 - 642 pages
...do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary. For, as on laud there is no beast, But in some fish at sea 's exprest, When that was over, I was one...
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Hudibras, Parts 2-3

Samuel Butler - 1883 - 422 pages
...at the devil's instance doj And yet the actions be contrary, 140 Just as the saints and wicked vary. For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea 's expressed ; So in the wicked there 's no vice Of which the saints have not a spice ; 245 And yet that...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...may do the same thing by The spirit, in sincerity, Which othes men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do : And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. But. Hud. part 2. n. 233. There's naught so monstrous but the mind of m:iu In some condition, may be...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets, Volume 1

Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do : And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. 6182 Butter: Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto 11. Line 233. TEMPT A TION— THANKFULNESS. 577 The veriest hermit...
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Hudibras. Pt. 1-3, ed. by A. Milnes, Parts 2-3

Samuel Butler - 1883 - 426 pages
...the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, :40 Just as the saints and wicked vary. For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea 's expressed ; So in the wicked there 's no vice Of which the saints have not a spice ; 245 And yet that...
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George Fox and the Early Quakers

Augustus Charles Bickley - 1884 - 458 pages
...may do the same things by The Spirit in sincerity Which other men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do, And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and sinners vary." Besides the sects just mentioned, there were numerous others, the largest of which was...
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The Pine-tree Coast

Samuel Adams Drake - 1890 - 412 pages
...retaliation for that of " natives," which the visitors find so appropriate to the actual residents. " For as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's exprest," so the first name was undoubtedly suggested by the fact that those pests to the fishermen...
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