Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 2T. Rickaby, 1793 - 357 pages |
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... feat fell out not long before The knight , upon the forenam'd score , In queft of Sidrophel advancing , Was now in profpect of the mansion ; Whom he discov'ring , turn'd his glass , And found far off ' twas Hudibras . Whachum , quoth he ...
... feat fell out not long before The knight , upon the forenam'd score , In queft of Sidrophel advancing , Was now in profpect of the mansion ; Whom he discov'ring , turn'd his glass , And found far off ' twas Hudibras . Whachum , quoth he ...
Page 356
... feats upon The devil's looking - glass , a stone , Where , playing with him at bo - peep , He folv'd all problems ne'er so deep . Agrippa kept a Stygian pug , I ' th ' garb and habit of a dog , 635 JILLE That was his tutor , and the cur ...
... feats upon The devil's looking - glass , a stone , Where , playing with him at bo - peep , He folv'd all problems ne'er so deep . Agrippa kept a Stygian pug , I ' th ' garb and habit of a dog , 635 JILLE That was his tutor , and the cur ...
Page 359
... feat ; So ' tis with knowledge's vaft height . Do not the hist'ries of all ages Relate miraculous presages Of strange turns , in the world's affairs , Foreseen b ' astrologers , footh - fayers , Chaldeans , learn'd Genethliacks , 680 ...
... feat ; So ' tis with knowledge's vaft height . Do not the hist'ries of all ages Relate miraculous presages Of strange turns , in the world's affairs , Foreseen b ' astrologers , footh - fayers , Chaldeans , learn'd Genethliacks , 680 ...
Page 370
... feat Above the fun himself in height . 880 The learned Scaliger complain'd ' Gainst what Copernicus maintain'd , That in twelve hundred years , and odd , The fun had left his ancient road , And nearer to the earth is come , ' Bove fifty ...
... feat Above the fun himself in height . 880 The learned Scaliger complain'd ' Gainst what Copernicus maintain'd , That in twelve hundred years , and odd , The fun had left his ancient road , And nearer to the earth is come , ' Bove fifty ...
Page 372
... feat ; Make fools believe in their foreseeing Of things before they are in being ; ; To fwallow gudgeons ere they ' re catch'd , 910 915 920 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd ; Make them the constellations prompt , And give ...
... feat ; Make fools believe in their foreseeing Of things before they are in being ; ; To fwallow gudgeons ere they ' re catch'd , 910 915 920 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd ; Make them the constellations prompt , And give ...
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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