Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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Page 325
... ev'ry way I turn , does hem me , And with inextricable doubt , Besets my puzzled wits about : For though the dame has been my bail , To free me from enchanted jail , Yet , as a dog committed close For fome offence , by chance breaks ...
... ev'ry way I turn , does hem me , And with inextricable doubt , Besets my puzzled wits about : For though the dame has been my bail , To free me from enchanted jail , Yet , as a dog committed close For fome offence , by chance breaks ...
Page 341
... ev'ry month i̇ ' th ' almanack ; When terms begin , and end , could tell , With their returns , in doggerel ; When the Exchequer opes and shuts , And fow - gelder with safety cuts ; 350 355 360 When men may eat and drink their fill ...
... ev'ry month i̇ ' th ' almanack ; When terms begin , and end , could tell , With their returns , in doggerel ; When the Exchequer opes and shuts , And fow - gelder with safety cuts ; 350 355 360 When men may eat and drink their fill ...
Page 342
... ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an elegy compofe On maggots fqueez'd out of his nose ; In lyric numbers write an ode on His mistress , eating a black pudding ; And , when imprison'd air ...
... ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an elegy compofe On maggots fqueez'd out of his nose ; In lyric numbers write an ode on His mistress , eating a black pudding ; And , when imprison'd air ...
Page 355
... ev'ry almanack can tell , Perhaps as learnedly and well As you yourself - Then , friend , I doubt You go the fartheft way about : Your modern Indian magician Makes but a hole in th ' earth to pifs in , And straight refolves all ...
... ev'ry almanack can tell , Perhaps as learnedly and well As you yourself - Then , friend , I doubt You go the fartheft way about : Your modern Indian magician Makes but a hole in th ' earth to pifs in , And straight refolves all ...
Page 390
... ev'ry crowd , As loud as one that fings his part T'a wheel - barrow , or turnip - cart , Or your new nick - nam'd old invention To cry green - hastings with an engine ; As if the vehemence had stunn'd , And torn your drum - heads with ...
... ev'ry crowd , As loud as one that fings his part T'a wheel - barrow , or turnip - cart , Or your new nick - nam'd old invention To cry green - hastings with an engine ; As if the vehemence had stunn'd , And torn your drum - heads with ...
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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