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Page x
... ment to the charity of a friend * . This melancholy circumstance in the history of this great man , comes to us so well authenticated by contemporaries who must have known the truth of what they related , that not a * Butler died in the ...
... ment to the charity of a friend * . This melancholy circumstance in the history of this great man , comes to us so well authenticated by contemporaries who must have known the truth of what they related , that not a * Butler died in the ...
Page xvi
... ment to all who have a taste for the most refined ridicule and satire . Another merit which may with confidence be ascribed to Butler , is that of originality . Hudibras is an indis- putable original ; for the poet trod in a path ...
... ment to all who have a taste for the most refined ridicule and satire . Another merit which may with confidence be ascribed to Butler , is that of originality . Hudibras is an indis- putable original ; for the poet trod in a path ...
Page xix
... ment , at least the most entire system of liberty that was ever known amongst mankind . The object of this preliminary discourse is , to present the reader with such a picture of the civil war and usurpation , as will enable him to ...
... ment , at least the most entire system of liberty that was ever known amongst mankind . The object of this preliminary discourse is , to present the reader with such a picture of the civil war and usurpation , as will enable him to ...
Page xlv
... ment it appears further , that our endeavours are not only to make a bare profession thereof in our own dominions , but to enlarge and corroborate it abroad , as much as lieth in our power . This most holy religion , with the hierarchy ...
... ment it appears further , that our endeavours are not only to make a bare profession thereof in our own dominions , but to enlarge and corroborate it abroad , as much as lieth in our power . This most holy religion , with the hierarchy ...
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... ment of this unexpected incident , and assured them , that they had entered into no private treaty with the King . Hearing that the Parliament laid claim to the entire disposal of the King's person , and that the English army was making ...
... ment of this unexpected incident , and assured them , that they had entered into no private treaty with the King . Hearing that the Parliament laid claim to the entire disposal of the King's person , and that the English army was making ...
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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