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Page lxvi
... saints , and give reality to the most visionary idea , which the heated imagination of any fanatic was ever able to entertain ? suppress again that monster in its infancy , and openly set himself up above all things that were ever ...
... saints , and give reality to the most visionary idea , which the heated imagination of any fanatic was ever able to entertain ? suppress again that monster in its infancy , and openly set himself up above all things that were ever ...
Page lxviii
... saints were so se- verely stung with this sarcasm , that they immediately set about the dismission of Richard , and having prevailed on him to dissolve the parliament , on which alone he could have relied for assistance , three days ...
... saints were so se- verely stung with this sarcasm , that they immediately set about the dismission of Richard , and having prevailed on him to dissolve the parliament , on which alone he could have relied for assistance , three days ...
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... saints , whom all men grant To be the true church - militant : Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolick blows ...
... saints , whom all men grant To be the true church - militant : Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolick blows ...
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... saints themselves will sometimes be , 495 Of gifts that cost them nothing , free . By means of this , with hem and cough , Prolongers to enlighten'd stuff , He could deep mysteries unriddle , As easily as thread a needle . For as of ...
... saints themselves will sometimes be , 495 Of gifts that cost them nothing , free . By means of this , with hem and cough , Prolongers to enlighten'd stuff , He could deep mysteries unriddle , As easily as thread a needle . For as of ...
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... saint , like bagpipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So Phoebus , or some friendly muse , 515 520 Into ...
... saint , like bagpipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So Phoebus , or some friendly muse , 515 520 Into ...
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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