Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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... Beft to fet garlic , or fow peafe ; 245 250 Who first found out the man i̇ ' th ' moon ; That to the ancients was unknown ; How many dukes , and earls , and peers , Are in the planetary spheres , Their airy empire , and command , Their ...
... Beft to fet garlic , or fow peafe ; 245 250 Who first found out the man i̇ ' th ' moon ; That to the ancients was unknown ; How many dukes , and earls , and peers , Are in the planetary spheres , Their airy empire , and command , Their ...
Page 338
... beft to make , On wat'ry furface duck or drake ; What bowling - stones , in running race Upon a board , have swiftest pace ; 295 300 Whether a pulse beat in the black Lift of a dappled louse's back ; 305 If systole or diastole move ...
... beft to make , On wat'ry furface duck or drake ; What bowling - stones , in running race Upon a board , have swiftest pace ; 295 300 Whether a pulse beat in the black Lift of a dappled louse's back ; 305 If systole or diastole move ...
Page 581
... beft by rumps . But Jefuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far - fetches ; And from the Coptic priest , Kircherus , Found out this myftic way to jeer us : For , as the Egyptians us'd by bees T'express their antique Ptolomies ...
... beft by rumps . But Jefuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far - fetches ; And from the Coptic priest , Kircherus , Found out this myftic way to jeer us : For , as the Egyptians us'd by bees T'express their antique Ptolomies ...
Page 582
... beft , 1595 By hieroglyphic rumps exprest . For , as in bodies natural , The rump's the fundament of all ; So , in a commonwealth or realm , The government is called the helm : With which , like vessels under fail , They're turn'd and ...
... beft , 1595 By hieroglyphic rumps exprest . For , as in bodies natural , The rump's the fundament of all ; So , in a commonwealth or realm , The government is called the helm : With which , like vessels under fail , They're turn'd and ...
Page 611
... beft , and cold ? And he's approv'd the most deserving , Who longest can hold out at starving ; And he that routs most pigs and cows , The formidableft man of prowess . So th ' emperor Caligula , That triumph'd o'er the British sea ...
... beft , and cold ? And he's approv'd the most deserving , Who longest can hold out at starving ; And he that routs most pigs and cows , The formidableft man of prowess . So th ' emperor Caligula , That triumph'd o'er the British sea ...
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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