Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page i
... seen in the Title - page of the first Volume : he held , likewise , an estate of three hundred pounds a year under Sir William Ruffell , Lord of the manor of Strensham , in Worcestershire . * He was not an ignorant . farmer , but wrote ...
... seen in the Title - page of the first Volume : he held , likewise , an estate of three hundred pounds a year under Sir William Ruffell , Lord of the manor of Strensham , in Worcestershire . * He was not an ignorant . farmer , but wrote ...
Page viii
... seen in the note † . * Induced by this injunction , and by the office he held as fecretary to Richard Earl of Carbury , Lord President of Wales , I have ventured to call our poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure ...
... seen in the note † . * Induced by this injunction , and by the office he held as fecretary to Richard Earl of Carbury , Lord President of Wales , I have ventured to call our poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure ...
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... seen hell , Not with a counterfeited pafs Of golden bough , but true gold lace . His knowledge was not far behind The knight's , but of another kind , And he another way came by't ; Some call it GIFTS , and fome NEW LIGHT . A lib'ral ...
... seen hell , Not with a counterfeited pafs Of golden bough , but true gold lace . His knowledge was not far behind The knight's , but of another kind , And he another way came by't ; Some call it GIFTS , and fome NEW LIGHT . A lib'ral ...
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... make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
... make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
Page 54
... wind . So have I seen , with armed heel , A Wight beftride a Commonweal , 920 While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd , 925 The less the fullen jade has stirr'd . VA PART I. SECOND CANTO . The Argument . The PART I. 55 CANTO I.
... wind . So have I seen , with armed heel , A Wight beftride a Commonweal , 920 While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd , 925 The less the fullen jade has stirr'd . VA PART I. SECOND CANTO . The Argument . The PART I. 55 CANTO I.
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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