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... swords , and told him we were to search all that went in and out there ; but as he looked like an honest man , we would only search his saddle , and so dismiss him . The saddle was ungirt , we carried it into the stall where we had been ...
... swords , and told him we were to search all that went in and out there ; but as he looked like an honest man , we would only search his saddle , and so dismiss him . The saddle was ungirt , we carried it into the stall where we had been ...
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... faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolick blows and knocks ; 195 200 Call fire , and sword , and desolation , A CANTO I. 6 HUDIBRAS .
... faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolick blows and knocks ; 195 200 Call fire , and sword , and desolation , A CANTO I. 6 HUDIBRAS .
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A Poem Samuel Butler. Call fire , and sword , and desolation , A godly thorough reformation , Which always must be carry'd on , And still be doing , never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended . A sect ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. Call fire , and sword , and desolation , A godly thorough reformation , Which always must be carry'd on , And still be doing , never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended . A sect ...
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... sword , yet cudgel - proof ; Whereby ' twas fitter for his use , Who fear'd no blows , but such as bruise . His breeches were of rugged woollen , 3 And had been at the siege of Bullen ; To old King Harry so well known , Some writers ...
... sword , yet cudgel - proof ; Whereby ' twas fitter for his use , Who fear'd no blows , but such as bruise . His breeches were of rugged woollen , 3 And had been at the siege of Bullen ; To old King Harry so well known , Some writers ...
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... twas no table , some suppose , But a huge - pair of round trunk - hose ; In which he carried as much meat As he and all the knights could eat , 340 When laying by their swords and truncheons , 345 They CANTO I. 15 HUDIBRAS .
... twas no table , some suppose , But a huge - pair of round trunk - hose ; In which he carried as much meat As he and all the knights could eat , 340 When laying by their swords and truncheons , 345 They CANTO I. 15 HUDIBRAS .
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