Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page i
... fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whose name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds . yearly , which still goes by the name of Butler's Tenement , a Vignette of ...
... fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whose name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds . yearly , which still goes by the name of Butler's Tenement , a Vignette of ...
Page vi
... fuch a prototype was not rare in thofe times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till after the Restoration : perhaps , as Mr. Selden was left executor to the Countess , his employment in her affairs might not cease at her death ...
... fuch a prototype was not rare in thofe times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till after the Restoration : perhaps , as Mr. Selden was left executor to the Countess , his employment in her affairs might not cease at her death ...
Page xi
... ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man defigns to confecrate to himself . pointed to this fome have attributed his severe ...
... ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man defigns to confecrate to himself . pointed to this fome have attributed his severe ...
Page xvi
... fuch as Bishop Earle and Mr. Cleveland ; the volumes , however , are very useful , as they tend to illuftrate many paf- fages in Hudibras . The three fmall ones entitled , Pofthu- mous Works , in Profe and Verfe , by Mr. Samuel Butler ...
... fuch as Bishop Earle and Mr. Cleveland ; the volumes , however , are very useful , as they tend to illuftrate many paf- fages in Hudibras . The three fmall ones entitled , Pofthu- mous Works , in Profe and Verfe , by Mr. Samuel Butler ...
Page xix
... with tragedies enough in real life ; whereas the comedy , or interlude , is a relief from anxious and disgusting reflections , and fuggefts fuch playful ideas , as wanton round the heart and enliven the AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xix.
... with tragedies enough in real life ; whereas the comedy , or interlude , is a relief from anxious and disgusting reflections , and fuggefts fuch playful ideas , as wanton round the heart and enliven the AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xix.
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