Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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... faid , he turn'd about his fteed , And eftfoons on th ' adventure rid ; Where leave we him and Ralph awhile , And to the conj'rer turn our style , To let our reader understand What's useful for him before hand . 190 195 200 He had been ...
... faid , he turn'd about his fteed , And eftfoons on th ' adventure rid ; Where leave we him and Ralph awhile , And to the conj'rer turn our style , To let our reader understand What's useful for him before hand . 190 195 200 He had been ...
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... faid , he to his engine flew , Plac'd near at hand , in open view , And rais'd it , till it levell'd right Against the glow - worm tail of kite ; Then peeping thro ' , blefs us ! quoth he , It is a planet now I fee ; And , if I err not ...
... faid , he to his engine flew , Plac'd near at hand , in open view , And rais'd it , till it levell'd right Against the glow - worm tail of kite ; Then peeping thro ' , blefs us ! quoth he , It is a planet now I fee ; And , if I err not ...
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... faid to do , He went the self - fame way we go . For as the rofy - cross philosophers , Whom you will have to be but forcerers , What they pretend to is no more 640 645 650 Than Trismegiftus did before , Pythagoras , old Zoroaster , And ...
... faid to do , He went the self - fame way we go . For as the rofy - cross philosophers , Whom you will have to be but forcerers , What they pretend to is no more 640 645 650 Than Trismegiftus did before , Pythagoras , old Zoroaster , And ...
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... faid by Trifmegiftus , If it be nonsense , false , or mystic , Or not intelligible , or sophistic ? ' Tis not antiquity , nor author , 655 660 That makes truth truth , altho ' time's daughter ; ' Twas he that put her in the pit , Before ...
... faid by Trifmegiftus , If it be nonsense , false , or mystic , Or not intelligible , or sophistic ? ' Tis not antiquity , nor author , 655 660 That makes truth truth , altho ' time's daughter ; ' Twas he that put her in the pit , Before ...
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... faid or done ? Is there a constellation there That was not born and bred 820 825 up here ? 830 And therefore cannot be to learn In any inferior concern ? Were they not , during all their lives , Most of ' em pirates , whores , and ...
... faid or done ? Is there a constellation there That was not born and bred 820 825 up here ? 830 And therefore cannot be to learn In any inferior concern ? Were they not , during all their lives , Most of ' em pirates , whores , and ...
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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