Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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... This was the penn'worth of his thought , To pass time , and uneafy trot . Quoth he , in all my paft adventures I ne'er was fet fo on the tenters , 45 50 55 60 Or taken tardy with dilemma , That , ev'ry way 324 PART II . CANTO III .
... This was the penn'worth of his thought , To pass time , and uneafy trot . Quoth he , in all my paft adventures I ne'er was fet fo on the tenters , 45 50 55 60 Or taken tardy with dilemma , That , ev'ry way 324 PART II . CANTO III .
Page 325
... ev'ry way I turn , does hem me , And with inextricable doubt , Befets 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 , Befets 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 i ' 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 , And ...
... ev'ry month i ' 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 , And ...
Page 342
... ev'ry month's blank page I ' th ' almanack , strange bilks prefage . He would an elegy compose On maggots squeez'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 compose On maggots squeez'd out of his nose ; In lyric numbers write an ode on His mistress , eating a black pudding ; And , when imprison'd air ...
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 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