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 .
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... paft bare - handed ; And if they cannot read one verse I ' th ' pfalms , must sing it , and that's worse . He , therefore , judging it below him , To tempt a fhame the dev'l might owe him , 55 Refolv'd to leave the Squire for bail And ...
... paft bare - handed ; And if they cannot read one verse I ' th ' pfalms , must sing it , and that's worse . He , therefore , judging it below him , To tempt a fhame the dev'l might owe him , 55 Refolv'd to leave the Squire for bail And ...
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... paft : For oaths are the only tests and scales Of right and wrong , and true and false ; And there's no other way to try The doubts of law and justice by . 220 225 230 Quoth fhe , what is it you would fwear ? 235 There's no believing ...
... paft : For oaths are the only tests and scales Of right and wrong , and true and false ; And there's no other way to try The doubts of law and justice by . 220 225 230 Quoth fhe , what is it you would fwear ? 235 There's no believing ...
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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