More peevish, cross, and splenetic Than dog distract, or monkey sick. Hud. 384

As they rode briskly on to get out of the reach of danger, they passed by many crowds of people, who were singing hymns, or listening to some self-taught orator; for this itch of fanaticism had spread far and wide through the country. ‘You came rather scurvily off with your oration, Doctor; but you might as well,’ said the Irishman, ‘have preached, like St. Anthony, to the fishes.’ ³⁸⁵ /