Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... fame authority , which I believe to be falfe , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was a term peculiar to that ...
... fame authority , which I believe to be falfe , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was a term peculiar to that ...
Page vii
... second parts , with notes to both parts , were printed for J. Martin and H. Herringman , octavo , 1674. The last edition of the third part , before the author's death , was printed by the fame perfons in AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . vii.
... second parts , with notes to both parts , were printed for J. Martin and H. Herringman , octavo , 1674. The last edition of the third part , before the author's death , was printed by the fame perfons in AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . vii.
Page viii
... fame perfons in 1678 : this I take to be the last copy corrected by himself , and is that from which this edition is in general printed : the third part had no notes put to it during the author's life , and who furnished them after his ...
... fame perfons in 1678 : this I take to be the last copy corrected by himself , and is that from which this edition is in general printed : the third part had no notes put to it during the author's life , and who furnished them after his ...
Page x
... fame MS . he fays , " wit is very chargeable , and not to be maintained in its neceffary expences at an ordinary rate it is the worst trade in the world to live upon , and a commodity that no man thinks he has need of , for those who ...
... fame MS . he fays , " wit is very chargeable , and not to be maintained in its neceffary expences at an ordinary rate it is the worst trade in the world to live upon , and a commodity that no man thinks he has need of , for those who ...
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... fame fyllable rhyme to itself , which is worse than metal upon metal in heraldry : they find it much easier to write plays in verse than in profe , for it is much harder to imitate nature , than any deviation from her ; and profe ...
... fame fyllable rhyme to itself , which is worse than metal upon metal in heraldry : they find it much easier to write plays in verse than in profe , for it is much harder to imitate nature , than any deviation from her ; and profe ...
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