Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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... play'd but a mean trick , To damn our whole art for eccentrick , For who knows all that knowlege contains ? Men dwell not on the tops of mountains , But on their fides , or rifings feat ; So ' tis with knowledge's vaft height . Do not ...
... play'd but a mean trick , To damn our whole art for eccentrick , For who knows all that knowlege contains ? Men dwell not on the tops of mountains , But on their fides , or rifings feat ; So ' tis with knowledge's vaft height . Do not ...
Page 377
... play'd the faltinbancho's part , Transform'd t'a Frenchman by my art ; He stole your cloak , and pick'd your pocket , Chous'd and caldes'd you like a blockhead , And what you loft I can produce , If you deny it , here i ' the house ...
... play'd the faltinbancho's part , Transform'd t'a Frenchman by my art ; He stole your cloak , and pick'd your pocket , Chous'd and caldes'd you like a blockhead , And what you loft I can produce , If you deny it , here i ' the house ...
Page 421
... play'd a thousand feats , And practis'd all mechanic cheats : Transform'd himself to th ' ugly shapes Of wolves and bears , baboons and apes , Which he has vary'd more than witches , Or Pharaoh's wizards could their switches ; And all ...
... play'd a thousand feats , And practis'd all mechanic cheats : Transform'd himself to th ' ugly shapes Of wolves and bears , baboons and apes , Which he has vary'd more than witches , Or Pharaoh's wizards could their switches ; And all ...
Page 513
... against ' em all , But barb'rous when they came to fall : For by trepanning th ' old to ruin , He made his int'reft with the new one ; 350 355 360 365 Play'd true and faithful , tho ' against His conscience PART III . 513 CANTO II .
... against ' em all , But barb'rous when they came to fall : For by trepanning th ' old to ruin , He made his int'reft with the new one ; 350 355 360 365 Play'd true and faithful , tho ' against His conscience PART III . 513 CANTO II .
Page 514
... , And pass'd upon a government , He play'd his trick , and out he went ; But being out , and out of hopes To mount his ladder , more , of ropes , 380 385 Would strive to raise himself upon The public ruin 514 PART III . CANTO II .
... , And pass'd upon a government , He play'd his trick , and out he went ; But being out , and out of hopes To mount his ladder , more , of ropes , 380 385 Would strive to raise himself upon The public ruin 514 PART III . CANTO II .
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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