 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 pages
...pace stand stock still : 210 But they are weak, and little know What free-born Consciences may do. Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human...actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by 235 The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And... | |
 | 1832 - 426 pages
...the same sentiments. The WHIGS may do the same things by Right, and in sincerity, Which the TORIES are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as WHIGS and TOHIKS vary. For, as on land there is no beast But in some fish at sea's exprest ; So in... | |
 | 1838 - 204 pages
...or lace ; Alike his country's scandal, and its curse, Who vends a place, or who purloins a purse." " Tis the temptation of the Devil That makes all human...men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do." AN American steam-ship, with her passengers on board, furnishes a good epitome of human life. Among... | |
 | Francis Glasse - 1838 - 200 pages
...or lace ; Alike his country's scandal, and its curse, Who vends a place, or who purloins a purse." " Tis the temptation of the Devil That makes all human...men are tempted to, And at the Devil's instance do." AN American steam-ship, with her passengers on board, furnishes a good epitome of human life. Among... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1844 - 752 pages
...sir, the same actions areiin in one, and piety in another ; or, to take it as the poet has it, ' The saints may do the same things by The spirit in sincerity,...men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do : All piety consists therein In them, in other men all sin.' Thus, then, if I be one of the elect,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1852 - 520 pages
...temptation of the devil That makes all hnman actions evil : For saints may do the same things by 235 The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted...devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Jnst as the saints and wicked vary. 240 For as on land there is no beast Bnt in some fish at sea's... | |
 | Mrs. J. R. Greer - 1853 - 348 pages
...gentleman to An old poet having read William Penn's " Reasons against Railing," writes of it thus — " The saints may do the same things by The spirit in sincerity,...Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's influence do. All piety consists therein In them — in other men all sin." George Fox appears, from... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...pace stand stock still : 230 But they are weak, and little know What free-born Consciences may do. 'Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human...actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by 2** The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to. And at the devil's instance do ; And... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1859 - 624 pages
...pace, stand stock still;2 230 But they are weak, and little know What free-born consciences may do. 'Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For saints may do the same thing by 235 The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 558 pages
...they were at liberty to indulge their appetites as they pleased, or as Hudibras expresses it : — For saints may do the same things by The spirit in...are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do; And jet the actions be contrary. Just as the saints and wicked vary. They begged ' bread in the name of... | |
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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. 
