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... equal . Prior , as Dr. Johnson fays , had not Butler's exuberance of matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his master . Hudibras , then ...
... equal . Prior , as Dr. Johnson fays , had not Butler's exuberance of matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his master . Hudibras , then ...
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... equal grace Both of his wifdom and his face ; In cut and dye fo like a tile , A fudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey , The nether orange , mixt with grey . This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of fceptres ...
... equal grace Both of his wifdom and his face ; In cut and dye fo like a tile , A fudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey , The nether orange , mixt with grey . This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of fceptres ...
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... equal stock of wit and valour 465 He had laid in , by birth a taylor . The mighty Tyrian queen that gain'd , With fubtle fhreds , a tract of land , Did leave it , with a castle fair , To his great ancestor , her heir ; 470 From him ...
... equal stock of wit and valour 465 He had laid in , by birth a taylor . The mighty Tyrian queen that gain'd , With fubtle fhreds , a tract of land , Did leave it , with a castle fair , To his great ancestor , her heir ; 470 From him ...
Page 53
... equal to their worth ; But fometimes fail , and in their stead Fortune and cowardice fucceed . Yet we have no great cause to doubt , 885 Our actions still have borne us out ; 890 Which , tho ' they're known to be so ample , We need not ...
... equal to their worth ; But fometimes fail , and in their stead Fortune and cowardice fucceed . Yet we have no great cause to doubt , 885 Our actions still have borne us out ; 890 Which , tho ' they're known to be so ample , We need not ...
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... equal refolution . Honour is , like a widow , won With brisk attempt and putting on ; With ent'ring manfully , and urging ; Not flow approaches , like a virgin ... This faid , as once the Phrygian knight , So ours , with rusty steel did ...
... equal refolution . Honour is , like a widow , won With brisk attempt and putting on ; With ent'ring manfully , and urging ; Not flow approaches , like a virgin ... This faid , as once the Phrygian knight , So ours , with rusty steel did ...
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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