Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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Page 339
... Whachum , bred to dash and draw , 325 Not wine , but more unwholesome law ; To make ' twixt words and lines huge gaps , Wide as meridians in maps ; To fquander paper , and spare ink , Or cheat men of their words , fome think . 330 From ...
... Whachum , bred to dash and draw , 325 Not wine , but more unwholesome law ; To make ' twixt words and lines huge gaps , Wide as meridians in maps ; To fquander paper , and spare ink , Or cheat men of their words , fome think . 330 From ...
Page 342
... Whachum beat his dirty brains . T ' advance his master's fame and gains , And like the devil's oracles , Put into dogg'rel rhymes his fpells , Which , over ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an ...
... Whachum beat his dirty brains . T ' advance his master's fame and gains , And like the devil's oracles , Put into dogg'rel rhymes his fpells , Which , over ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an ...
Page 347
... Whachum , who right wisely thought He ' ad levell'd at a star , and hit it ; But Sidrophel , more fubtle - witted , Cry'd out , what horrible and fearful Event is this , to see a star fall ! It threatens nature , and the doom Will not ...
... Whachum , who right wisely thought He ' ad levell'd at a star , and hit it ; But Sidrophel , more fubtle - witted , Cry'd out , what horrible and fearful Event is this , to see a star fall ! It threatens nature , and the doom Will not ...
Page 348
... Whachum , quoth he , look yonder , fome To try or use our art are come : The one's the learned knight ; feek out , And pump ' em what they come about . 475 480 485 490 Whachum advanc'd , with all fubmifs'nefs 495 T ' accoft 348 PART II ...
... Whachum , quoth he , look yonder , fome To try or use our art are come : The one's the learned knight ; feek out , And pump ' em what they come about . 475 480 485 490 Whachum advanc'd , with all fubmifs'nefs 495 T ' accoft 348 PART II ...
Page 349
... Whachum , Sir , I meant your way ? Your knight , quoth Ralpho , is a lover , And pains intol❜rable doth suffer ; 505 For lovers ' hearts are not their own hearts , Nor lights , nor lungs , and fo forth downwards . What time - quoth ...
... Whachum , Sir , I meant your way ? Your knight , quoth Ralpho , is a lover , And pains intol❜rable doth suffer ; 505 For lovers ' hearts are not their own hearts , Nor lights , nor lungs , and fo forth downwards . What time - quoth ...
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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