Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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... delight , That least perceive a juggler's flight , And still the less they understand , The more th ' admire his flight of hand . VOL . I. Tt 5 Some with a noise , and greasy light , Are Part 2. Canto 3. Line 527. ...
... delight , That least perceive a juggler's flight , And still the less they understand , The more th ' admire his flight of hand . VOL . I. Tt 5 Some with a noise , and greasy light , Are Part 2. Canto 3. Line 527. ...
Page 322
... light , Are fnapt , as men catch larks by night , Enfnar'd and hamper'd by the foul , As nooses by the legs catch fowl . Some , with a med'cine , and receipt , Are drawn to nibble at the bait ; And tho ' it be a two - foot trout , ' Tis ...
... light , Are fnapt , as men catch larks by night , Enfnar'd and hamper'd by the foul , As nooses by the legs catch fowl . Some , with a med'cine , and receipt , Are drawn to nibble at the bait ; And tho ' it be a two - foot trout , ' Tis ...
Page 344
... legs , Nor hatches young ones , nor lays eggs ; His train was fix yards long , milk white , At th ' end of which there hung a light , 420 # ! Enclos'd in lantern made of paper , That far off 344 PART II . CANTO III .
... legs , Nor hatches young ones , nor lays eggs ; His train was fix yards long , milk white , At th ' end of which there hung a light , 420 # ! Enclos'd in lantern made of paper , That far off 344 PART II . CANTO III .
Page 350
... light , Expounded th ' errand of the knight , 520 And what he came to know , drew near ; 525 To whisper in the conj'rer's ear , Which he prevented thus : what was ' t , Quoth he , that I was saying last , Before these gentlemen arriv'd ...
... light , Expounded th ' errand of the knight , 520 And what he came to know , drew near ; 525 To whisper in the conj'rer's ear , Which he prevented thus : what was ' t , Quoth he , that I was saying last , Before these gentlemen arriv'd ...
Page 364
... light and prophecy ; So when our speculations tend Above their just and useful end , Altho ' they promise strange and great Discoveries of things far fet , 770 775 780 They are but idle dreams and fancies , And favour 364 PART II ...
... light and prophecy ; So when our speculations tend Above their just and useful end , Altho ' they promise strange and great Discoveries of things far fet , 770 775 780 They are but idle dreams and fancies , And favour 364 PART II ...
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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