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Page vi
... thought that the person and politics of Sir Samuel Luke suggested to Butler the idea of Hudibras , and this indeed is confirmed by what he makes Hudibras say of himself towards the conclusion of the first Canto . 66 there is a valiant ...
... thought that the person and politics of Sir Samuel Luke suggested to Butler the idea of Hudibras , and this indeed is confirmed by what he makes Hudibras say of himself towards the conclusion of the first Canto . 66 there is a valiant ...
Page xv
... thought . After all , he has chosen this kind of verse , and has written the best in it . " " To this let me add , ” says Dr. Grey , " that the short- ness of verse , and quick returns of rhyme , have been some of the principal means of ...
... thought . After all , he has chosen this kind of verse , and has written the best in it . " " To this let me add , ” says Dr. Grey , " that the short- ness of verse , and quick returns of rhyme , have been some of the principal means of ...
Page xvi
... thoughts in a dress so humorous and ludicrous , that it was no wonder it soon became the chief amusement of the King and Court after its publication , was highly esteemed by all the great wits in that reign , and still continues to be ...
... thoughts in a dress so humorous and ludicrous , that it was no wonder it soon became the chief amusement of the King and Court after its publication , was highly esteemed by all the great wits in that reign , and still continues to be ...
Page xxvi
... thought himself no monarch so long as his will was confined to the bounds of any law ; but knowing that the people of England were not pliable to an arbitrary rule , he plotted to subdue them to his yoke by a foreign foe , and till he ...
... thought himself no monarch so long as his will was confined to the bounds of any law ; but knowing that the people of England were not pliable to an arbitrary rule , he plotted to subdue them to his yoke by a foreign foe , and till he ...
Page xxvii
... thought here to be too hardly drawn , particularly when it is remembered that it comes from one who was a rigid Puritan herself , and more- over the wife of one the judges who sentenced him to death . Yet , making due allowance for ...
... thought here to be too hardly drawn , particularly when it is remembered that it comes from one who was a rigid Puritan herself , and more- over the wife of one the judges who sentenced him to death . Yet , making due allowance for ...
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