Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page 372
... ferve their turn to do the 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 ...
... ferve their turn to do the 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 ...
Page 424
... a cart's or horfe's tail ; And did not doubt to bring the wretches To ferve for pendulums to watches , Which , modern virtuosi say , Incline to hanging every way . 450 Befide , he swore , and swore ' twas true 424 PART III . CANTO I.
... a cart's or horfe's tail ; And did not doubt to bring the wretches To ferve for pendulums to watches , Which , modern virtuosi say , Incline to hanging every way . 450 Befide , he swore , and swore ' twas true 424 PART III . CANTO I.
Page 428
... ferve for fatisfaction Of niceft fcruples in the action ; And if you can produce those knobs , Altho ' they're but the witch's drubs , I'll pass them all upon account , As if your natʼral felf had don't ; Provided that they pass th ...
... ferve for fatisfaction Of niceft fcruples in the action ; And if you can produce those knobs , Altho ' they're but the witch's drubs , I'll pass them all upon account , As if your natʼral felf had don't ; Provided that they pass th ...
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... ferve their turns . For what can we pretend t ' inherit , Unless the marriage - deed will bear it ? Could claim no right to lands or rents , But for our parents ' settlements ; Had been but younger fons o ' th ' earth , Debarr'd it all ...
... ferve their turns . For what can we pretend t ' inherit , Unless the marriage - deed will bear it ? Could claim no right to lands or rents , But for our parents ' settlements ; Had been but younger fons o ' th ' earth , Debarr'd it all ...
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... ferve , if those were gone , To make it orthodox ? -Our own . What makes morality a crime , The most notorious of the time ; Morality , which both the faints And wicked too , cry out againft ? — ' Cause grace and virtue are within ...
... ferve , if those were gone , To make it orthodox ? -Our own . What makes morality a crime , The most notorious of the time ; Morality , which both the faints And wicked too , cry out againft ? — ' Cause grace and virtue are within ...
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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