 O brother-in-law to Mr Spurgeon's haberdasher, Who seasonest also the skins of Canadian owls, Thou callest trousers "pants", whereas I call them "trousers", Therefore thou art in hell-fire, and may the Lord pity thee!  My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions - Page 87by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1884 - 354 lehte
...brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! 0 Montreal ! Then I said, " 0 brother-in law to Mr. Spurgeon's haberdasher ! Who seasonest also...thou art in hell-fire, and may the Lord pity thee ! 0 God ! 0 Montreal ! " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Henry Festing Jones - 1913 - 486 lehte
...haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! O Montreal ! Then I said, " 0 brother-in-law to Mr. Spurgeon 's haberdasher, Who seasonest also the skins of Canadian...Therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee ! " O God ! O Montreal ! " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | 1914 - 1116 lehte
...lovely lyric of which the refrain is, "O God! O Montreal," occurs, if I remember right, the couplet: "Thou callest trousers pants whereas I call them trousers. Therefore thou art in Hell fire, and may the Lo/d pity thee." This seems to me a slightly narrow, nay, a nearly heretical,... | |
 | Henry Festing Jones - 1919 - 540 lehte
...person of most respectable connections — My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! O Montreal ! Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr....Therefore, thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee ! " O God ! O Montreal I " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Henry Festing Jones - 1920 - 548 lehte
...respectable connections — My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! O Montreal 1 Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr. Spurgeon's...Therefore, thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee I " O God IO Montreal 1 " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Henry Louis Mencken - 1921 - 526 lehte
...acrimonious terms. "Thou callest trousers pants," roared Samuel Butler in his "Psalm to Montreal," "whereas I call them trousers; therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity t^ee!"6 / \But though there are many such protests, the majority of Englishmen make borrowings from... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1926 - 562 lehte
...person of most respectable connections My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God! O Montreal! Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr. Spurgeon's...Therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity theel " OGod! O Montreal! " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Vera Meynell, Francis Meynell, John Goss - 1927 - 396 lehte
...person of most respectable connections — My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! O Montreal ! Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr....Therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee !" O God ! O Montreal I " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Vera Meynell - 1925 - 378 lehte
...respectable connections — My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God ! O Montreal I Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr. Spurgeon's...Therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee !" O God ! O Montreal ! " Preferrest thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1926 - 576 lehte
...person of most respectable connections My brother-in-law is haberdasher to Mr. Spurgeon." O God! O Montreal! Then I said, " O brother-in-law to Mr. Spurgeon's...Therefore thou art in hell-fire and may the Lord pity thee ! " O God! O Montreal! " Preferred thou the gospel of Montreal to the gospel of Hellas, The gospel... | |
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