Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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Page 340
... bus'ness was to pump and wheedle , And men with their own keys unriddle ; To make them to themselves give answers , For which they pay the necromancers ; To fetch and carry intelligence 335 Of whom , and what , and where , and whence ...
... bus'ness was to pump and wheedle , And men with their own keys unriddle ; To make them to themselves give answers , For which they pay the necromancers ; To fetch and carry intelligence 335 Of whom , and what , and where , and whence ...
Page 420
... bus'ness best . In hell are us'd the ruggedeft ; Before so meriting a person Cou'd get a grant , but in reverfion , He ferv'd two ' prenticeships , and longer , I ' th ' myst'ry of a lady - monger . For , as some write , a witch's ghost ...
... bus'ness best . In hell are us'd the ruggedeft ; Before so meriting a person Cou'd get a grant , but in reverfion , He ferv'd two ' prenticeships , and longer , I ' th ' myst'ry of a lady - monger . For , as some write , a witch's ghost ...
Page 478
... bus'ness , good Pug - Robin , And your diversion dull dry bobbing , T'entice fanatics in the dirt , And wash ' em clean in ditches for ' t : Of which conceit you are so proud , At ev'ry jeft you laugh aloud , As now you would have done ...
... bus'ness , good Pug - Robin , And your diversion dull dry bobbing , T'entice fanatics in the dirt , And wash ' em clean in ditches for ' t : Of which conceit you are so proud , At ev'ry jeft you laugh aloud , As now you would have done ...
Page 502
... bus'ness is undone , Which still the longer ' tis in doing , Becomes the furer way to ruin . This when the royalists perceiv'd , Who to their faith as firmly cleav'd , 160 And own'd the right they had paid down 165 So dearly for , the ...
... bus'ness is undone , Which still the longer ' tis in doing , Becomes the furer way to ruin . This when the royalists perceiv'd , Who to their faith as firmly cleav'd , 160 And own'd the right they had paid down 165 So dearly for , the ...
Page 543
... bus'ness to a stand ; Lay public bills aside , for private , And make ' em one another drive out ; Divert the great and necessary , With trifles to contest and vary ; And make the nation represent , And serve for us in parliament ; 890 ...
... bus'ness to a stand ; Lay public bills aside , for private , And make ' em one another drive out ; Divert the great and necessary , With trifles to contest and vary ; And make the nation represent , And serve for us in parliament ; 890 ...
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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