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Page xxiv
... 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 SAMUEL BUTLER , ESQ .
... 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 SAMUEL BUTLER , ESQ .
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... force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman , a goose a Justice , 65 70 75 And rooks Committee - Men , or Trustees . He'd run in debt by disputation , And ...
... force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman , a goose a Justice , 65 70 75 And rooks Committee - Men , or Trustees . He'd run in debt by disputation , And ...
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... force , He got on th ' outside of his horfe : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his faddle , on the further fide , It was fo fhort , h ' had much ado To reach it with his defp'rate toe . 400 405 410 But after many strains and heaves ...
... force , He got on th ' outside of his horfe : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his faddle , on the further fide , It was fo fhort , h ' had much ado To reach it with his defp'rate toe . 400 405 410 But after many strains and heaves ...
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... force them , though it were in spite 640 645 Of Nature , and their stars , to write ; Who , as we find in fullen writs , And cross - grain'd works of modern wits , 650 With vanity , opinion , want , The wonder of PART I. 39 CANTO I.
... force them , though it were in spite 640 645 Of Nature , and their stars , to write ; Who , as we find in fullen writs , And cross - grain'd works of modern wits , 650 With vanity , opinion , want , The wonder of PART I. 39 CANTO I.
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... nose . I wish myself a pseudo - prophet , But fure fome mifchief will come of it , Unless by providential wit , Or force , we averruncate it . 745 750 755 For what defign , what interest , Can beaft have PART I. 45 CANTO I.
... nose . I wish myself a pseudo - prophet , But fure fome mifchief will come of it , Unless by providential wit , Or force , we averruncate it . 745 750 755 For what defign , what interest , Can beaft have PART I. 45 CANTO I.
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