Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page xxiv
... says of this work , Peut - etre que la fatire Menippèe ne fut guères moins utile à Henri IV . que la bataille d'Ivri : le ridicule a plus de force qu'on ne croit . This fatire differs widely from our author's : like those xxiv : ON ...
... says of this work , Peut - etre que la fatire Menippèe ne fut guères moins utile à Henri IV . que la bataille d'Ivri : le ridicule a plus de force qu'on ne croit . This fatire differs widely from our author's : like those xxiv : ON ...
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... say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would fay eye , for h ' had but one , As most agree , though some say none . He was well stay'd ...
... say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would fay eye , for h ' had but one , As most agree , though some say none . He was well stay'd ...
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... say what lack Of leather was upon his back : 435 440 For that was hidden under pad , And breech of Knight gall'd full as bad . His ftrutting ribs on both fides fhow'd 445 Like furrows he himself had plow'd : For underneath the skirt of ...
... say what lack Of leather was upon his back : 435 440 For that was hidden under pad , And breech of Knight gall'd full as bad . His ftrutting ribs on both fides fhow'd 445 Like furrows he himself had plow'd : For underneath the skirt of ...
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... say , That they are ne'er beside their way : Whate'er men speak by this new light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 . 505 A light that ...
... say , That they are ne'er beside their way : Whate'er men speak by this new light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 . 505 A light that ...
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... say , O ' th ' younger house to puppet - play . He could foretel whats'ever was , By confequence , to come to pass : As death of great men , alterations , Diseases , battles , inundations : All this without th ' eclipfe of th ' fun , Or ...
... say , O ' th ' younger house to puppet - play . He could foretel whats'ever was , By confequence , to come to pass : As death of great men , alterations , Diseases , battles , inundations : All this without th ' eclipfe of th ' fun , Or ...
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againſt agen almoſt arms b'ing baſe beaft bear bear-baiting beard beaſt Becauſe beſt blows Butler CANTO caſe cauſe Cerdon church cloſe confcience courſe Covent Garden Crowdero dame diſpatch diſpute dogs elſe ev'ry faid faints falſe fame faſt fatire fhall fide fight firſt flain fome fometimes ftout fuch fwear fword fynods himſelf honour horſe houſe itſelf juſt juſtice Knight laſt learned leaſt lefs leſs Magnano moſt muſt ne'er noſe numbers o'er oath Orfin perfons pleaſe poem poet pow'r publiſhed Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho racters raiſe reaſon refolv'd reſpect reſt ſaid Samuel Butler ſay ſecond ſee ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeed ſpirit Squire ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtocks ſtone ſtout ſtraight ſtrange ſuch ſwear ſword Talgol thee themſelves theſe thoſe thou Trulla turn'd Twas underſtood Unleſs us'd uſe verſe Whoſe worſe worſhip worſt wound