Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volumes 1-2Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page 395
... try'd that nothing's borne With greater ease than public fcorn , That all affronts do still give place To your impenetrable face ; That makes your way thro ' all affairs , As pigs thro ' hedges creep with theirs : Yet as ' tis ...
... try'd that nothing's borne With greater ease than public fcorn , That all affronts do still give place To your impenetrable face ; That makes your way thro ' all affairs , As pigs thro ' hedges creep with theirs : Yet as ' tis ...
Page 436
... 655 660 And off the loud oaths go , but , while They're in the very act , recoil : Hence ' tis fo few dare take their chance Without a fep'rate maintenance ; 665 And widows , who have try'd one lover , Trust 436 PART III . CANTO I.
... 655 660 And off the loud oaths go , but , while They're in the very act , recoil : Hence ' tis fo few dare take their chance Without a fep'rate maintenance ; 665 And widows , who have try'd one lover , Trust 436 PART III . CANTO I.
Page 437
... try'd one lover , Trust none again ' till they ' ve made over ; 670 Or if they do , before they marry , The foxes weigh the geefe they carry ; And ere they venture o'er a stream , Know how to fize themselves , and them . Whence wittiest ...
... try'd one lover , Trust none again ' till they ' ve made over ; 670 Or if they do , before they marry , The foxes weigh the geefe they carry ; And ere they venture o'er a stream , Know how to fize themselves , and them . Whence wittiest ...
Page 459
... try'd To force a paffage thro ' his side , Impatient , as he vow'd , to wait ' em , But in a fury to fly at'em ; And therefore beat , and laid about , To find a cranny to creep out . But fhe , who faw in what a taking The Knight was by ...
... try'd To force a paffage thro ' his side , Impatient , as he vow'd , to wait ' em , But in a fury to fly at'em ; And therefore beat , and laid about , To find a cranny to creep out . But fhe , who faw in what a taking The Knight was by ...
Page 486
... try'd with hafte to lift him up , But found his forlorn hope , his crup , Unferviceable with kicks and blows , Receiv'd from harden'd - hearted foes . He thought to drag him by the heels , Like Gresham - carts , with legs for wheels ...
... try'd with hafte to lift him up , But found his forlorn hope , his crup , Unferviceable with kicks and blows , Receiv'd from harden'd - hearted foes . He thought to drag him by the heels , Like Gresham - carts , with legs for wheels ...
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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