Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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... 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 ...
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... 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 spells , 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 spells , Which , over ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an ...
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... Whachum , who right wifely 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 wifely 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 ...
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... Whachum , quoth he , look yonder , some To try or use our art are come : The one's the learned knight ; seek out , And pump ' em what they come about . 475 480 485 490 495 Whachum advanc'd , with all fubmifs'ness T'accoft ' em 348 PART ...
... Whachum , quoth he , look yonder , some To try or use our art are come : The one's the learned knight ; seek out , And pump ' em what they come about . 475 480 485 490 495 Whachum advanc'd , with all fubmifs'ness T'accoft ' em 348 PART ...
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... 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 believ'd beſt bus'nefs CANTO caſe cauſe cheat church cloſe confcience conſtant courſe deſign devil e'er ears elſe ev'ry faid faints falfe falſe faſt fave fear feats ferve fhew fide fight fince firſt fome fooner forc'd foul ftill fuch fure graces greateſt haſte heav'n himſelf honour horſe houſe inſtead intereſt itſelf juſt juſtice knight ladies laſt leaſt lefs leſs looſe loſe lover moſt muſt myſelf Napier's bones ne'er o'er oaths paſs paſt pleaſe pow'r priſoners prov'd Quoth Hudibras rabble raiſe Ralpho reaſon reduc'd refolv'd reſtore rump ſay ſee ſenſe ſerve ſet ſhall ſhape ſhare ſhe ſhould Sidrophel ſome ſpirit ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay 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