Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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Page 326
... Shall be reduc'd t ' a knight o ' th ' poft : Beside , that stripping may prevent What I'm to prove by argument , And justify I have a tail , And that way , too , my proof may fail . Oh ! that I could enucleate , And folve the problems ...
... Shall be reduc'd t ' a knight o ' th ' poft : Beside , that stripping may prevent What I'm to prove by argument , And justify I have a tail , And that way , too , my proof may fail . Oh ! that I could enucleate , And folve the problems ...
Page 363
... - lanterns , or screen - fans , Made better there than they ' re in France ? 760 Or do they teach to fing and play O'th ' guitar there a newer way ? Can they make plays there , that shall fit The PART II . 363 CANTO III .
... - lanterns , or screen - fans , Made better there than they ' re in France ? 760 Or do they teach to fing and play O'th ' guitar there a newer way ? Can they make plays there , that shall fit The PART II . 363 CANTO III .
Page 364
... shall fit The public humour with lefs wit ? Write wittier dances , quainter fhows , 765 Or fight with more ingenious blows ? Or does the man i ' th ' moon look big , And wear a huger perriwig ? Shew in his gait , or face , more tricks ...
... shall fit The public humour with lefs wit ? Write wittier dances , quainter fhows , 765 Or fight with more ingenious blows ? Or does the man i ' th ' moon look big , And wear a huger perriwig ? Shew in his gait , or face , more tricks ...
Page 365
... shall freely give my vote , You may know something more remote . At this , deep Sidrophel look'd wife , And staring round with owl - like eyes , He put his face into a posture Of fapience , and began to bluster ; For having three times ...
... shall freely give my vote , You may know something more remote . At this , deep Sidrophel look'd wife , And staring round with owl - like eyes , He put his face into a posture Of fapience , and began to bluster ; For having three times ...
Page 376
... shall tell you What you , perhaps , forget befel you ; By way of horary inspection , 980 985 Which fome account our worst erection . With that , he circles draws , and fquares , With cyphers , astral characters , Then looks ' em o'er to ...
... shall tell you What you , perhaps , forget befel you ; By way of horary inspection , 980 985 Which fome account our worst erection . With that , he circles draws , and fquares , With cyphers , astral characters , Then looks ' em o'er to ...
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againſt agen Altho anſwer b'ing beaſt Becauſe Befide believ'd beſt bus'neſs cafe CANTO cauſe cheat church cloven hoof confcience conſtant courſe deſign devil e'er ears elſe ev'ry faid faints falfe falſe faſt fear feats ferve fhall fhew fide fight fince firſt fome fooner forc'd foul fuch fure graces greateſt haſte heav'n himſelf horſe houſe intereſt itſelf juſt juſtice knight ladies laſt leaſt lefs leſs looſe loſe lover moſt muſt Napier's bones ne'er o'er oaths paſs paſt pleaſe poſt pow'r priſoners prov'd Quoth Hudibras rabble raiſe Ralpho reaſon reduc'd refolv'd reſt reſtore rump ſay ſcorn ſee ſenſe ſerve ſet ſhall ſhape ſhare ſhe ſhould Sidrophel ſome ſpirit ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrange ſtrive ſwear themſelves there's Theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro Tis true trepan tricks truſt turn turn'd twas underſtand Unleſs us'd uſe Whachum whoſe worſe wou'd yourſelves