Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 1W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, 1819 - English poetry |
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... library of the British Museum , and a diligent perusal of all the modern writers whose labours have thrown any light on the history of the times of which 1 Butler treats . Among the modern works which have been ADVERTISEMENT. ...
... library of the British Museum , and a diligent perusal of all the modern writers whose labours have thrown any light on the history of the times of which 1 Butler treats . Among the modern works which have been ADVERTISEMENT. ...
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... light all over Europe . The tyranny of the Roman see , which for so many ages had held the most potent states of Europe in subjection , had in many parts vanished be fore the zeal of the reformers of the church ; and at no period , from ...
... light all over Europe . The tyranny of the Roman see , which for so many ages had held the most potent states of Europe in subjection , had in many parts vanished be fore the zeal of the reformers of the church ; and at no period , from ...
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... light than as his creatures . But it was otherwise with the remnant of the House of Commons , which still continued to sit at Westminster . Jealous of the designs of the army , and full of the most extravagant notions of their own ...
... light than as his creatures . But it was otherwise with the remnant of the House of Commons , which still continued to sit at Westminster . Jealous of the designs of the army , and full of the most extravagant notions of their own ...
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... light must every spiritual obscurity be cleared ; by this living spirit must the dead letter be animated . " When he had been sufficiently consecrated in his own imagination , he felt that the fumes of self - applause soon dissi- pate ...
... light must every spiritual obscurity be cleared ; by this living spirit must the dead letter be animated . " When he had been sufficiently consecrated in his own imagination , he felt that the fumes of self - applause soon dissi- pate ...
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... lights in W A lib'ral art , that costs no painsi Of study , industry , or brains . His wit was sent him for a token . " ty A Joniqa nocl 485 But in the carriage , crack'd and broken , f . Like commendation ninepence crook'd With - to ...
... lights in W A lib'ral art , that costs no painsi Of study , industry , or brains . His wit was sent him for a token . " ty A Joniqa nocl 485 But in the carriage , crack'd and broken , f . Like commendation ninepence crook'd With - to ...
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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...