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... English Nation , says , There is one English Poem , the title whereof is Hudibras ; -it is Don Quixote , it is our Satire Merippée blended to- gether . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this . " To say more of this ...
... English Nation , says , There is one English Poem , the title whereof is Hudibras ; -it is Don Quixote , it is our Satire Merippée blended to- gether . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this . " To say more of this ...
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... English literature , says , " There is one English poem , the title whereof is Hudi- * The following epigram , by the celebrated Samuel Wesley , on the setting up of Butler's monument in Westminster Abbey , has been much admired for the ...
... English literature , says , " There is one English poem , the title whereof is Hudi- * The following epigram , by the celebrated Samuel Wesley , on the setting up of Butler's monument in Westminster Abbey , has been much admired for the ...
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... English poet is of an opposite character to that of the Spanish Sancho ; for whereas the latter is a plain , un- affected peasant , the English Squire is a tailor by trade , a Tartuff , or finished hypocrite by birth , and so deep a ...
... English poet is of an opposite character to that of the Spanish Sancho ; for whereas the latter is a plain , un- affected peasant , the English Squire is a tailor by trade , a Tartuff , or finished hypocrite by birth , and so deep a ...
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... and the extraordinary endow- ments of the author , we may safely venture to pronounce it one of the most wonderful compositionsof the human mind . To the English reader Hudibras will always afford more pleasure xvi THE LIFE OF.
... and the extraordinary endow- ments of the author , we may safely venture to pronounce it one of the most wonderful compositionsof the human mind . To the English reader Hudibras will always afford more pleasure xvi THE LIFE OF.
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A Poem Samuel Butler. To the English reader Hudibras will always afford more pleasure than it possibly can to a foreigner , because it touches upon national habits and manners at one of the most interesting and extraordinary periods in ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. To the English reader Hudibras will always afford more pleasure than it possibly can to a foreigner , because it touches upon national habits and manners at one of the most interesting and extraordinary periods in ...
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adventure Æneid alludes Anabaptists ancient arms army b'ing bear Bear-baiting beard beast bishops blood blows Butler called cause Cerdon Charles church common conscience court Cromwell Crowdero dame devil divine dogs Don Quixote doth Duke enemy England English ev'ry eyes fanatics fell fight following lines force friends give Grey hast head honour horse house of peers Hudibras humour Iliad John Birkenhead justice King King's Knight lady learned Lord Magnano ment ne'er never nose o'er oath observes Oliver Cromwell Orsin Parliament party passage person poem poet Pope Pope Joan preachers Presbyterian pretended prince Puritans Queen Quoth Hudibras Ralpho religion ridicule saints Sancho Panza satire says sect Sir Harry Vane Sir Roger L'Estrange soldiers speaking spirit Squire stout swear sword thee thing thou thought took Trojan knight Trulla twas whipping words wound write