Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 1W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, 1819 - English poetry |
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... Butler : " On Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes , when first he came to town , Met every where with welcomes of renown ; Courted and lov'd by all , with wonder read ...
... Butler : " On Butler who can think without just rage , The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes , when first he came to town , Met every where with welcomes of renown ; Courted and lov'd by all , with wonder read ...
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Samuel Butler. Sacred to the Memory of SAMUEL BUTLER , Who was born at Strensham , in Worcestershire , 1612 , And died at London , 1680 . A man of extraordinary learning , wit , and integrity ; Perfectly happy in his writings , Not so in ...
Samuel Butler. Sacred to the Memory of SAMUEL BUTLER , Who was born at Strensham , in Worcestershire , 1612 , And died at London , 1680 . A man of extraordinary learning , wit , and integrity ; Perfectly happy in his writings , Not so in ...
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Samuel Butler. Addison objects to Butler for the use of burlesque verse . " If Hudibras ( says he , Spectator , No ... Butler's Hudibras , says , " The worth of his poem is too well known to need my commendation ; and he is above my ...
Samuel Butler. Addison objects to Butler for the use of burlesque verse . " If Hudibras ( says he , Spectator , No ... Butler's Hudibras , says , " The worth of his poem is too well known to need my commendation ; and he is above my ...
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Samuel Butler. this poem ; nor yet solely to captivate the affections of the generality of its readers . Their admiration is moved by a higher pleasure than the mere jingle of words ; the sublimity of wit and pungency of satire claim our ...
Samuel Butler. this poem ; nor yet solely to captivate the affections of the generality of its readers . Their admiration is moved by a higher pleasure than the mere jingle of words ; the sublimity of wit and pungency of satire claim our ...
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Samuel Butler. firm adherence to prelacy was not for conscience of one reli- gion more than another , for it was his principle that an honest man might be saved in any profession ; but he had a mistaken principle , that kingly government ...
Samuel Butler. firm adherence to prelacy was not for conscience of one reli- gion more than another , for it was his principle that an honest man might be saved in any profession ; but he had a mistaken principle , that kingly government ...
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Æneid alludes Anabaptists ancient arms army b'ing bear bear-baiting beard beast bishops blood blows Butler called Canto cause Cerdon Charles church church of England civil common conscience court Cromwell Crowdero dame devil divine dogs Don Quixote doth Duke enemy England English ev'ry eyes fanatics fell fight following lines friends give Grey hast head honor horse house of peers humour Iliad John Birkenhead justice King King's Knight lady learned Lord Magnano ne'er never nose numbers o'er oath observes Oliver Cromwell Orsin Parliament party passage person poem poet Pope Pope Joan pow'r preachers Presbyterian pretended prince Puritans Queen Quoth Hudibras Ralpho religion ridicule saints Sancho Panza 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
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Page 411 - All this ! ay, more : fret till your proud heart break ; Go show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge ? Must I observe you ? must I stand and crouch Under your testy humour ? By the gods, You shall digest the venom of your spleen, Though it do split you...
Page 2 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.
Page lx - For shame !" said he to the Parliament; "get you gone; give place to honester men ; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a Parliament; I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you: he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, " O Sir Harry Vane! Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane!
Page 334 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 7 - A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies, In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick...
Page lvi - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 266 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 2 - He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th" middle of his speech, or cough, H...
Page lxxii - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 7 - ... devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies; In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss: More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick. That with more care keep Holy-day The wrong...