Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... head That's to be let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after folve ' em in a trice ; As if Divinity had catch'd The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; 150 155 160 165 Or , like a mountebank , did wound And ftab ...
... head That's to be let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after folve ' em in a trice ; As if Divinity had catch'd The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; 150 155 160 165 Or , like a mountebank , did wound And ftab ...
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... head , for want of crupper . To poife this equally , he bore A paunch of the fame bulk before : Which still he had a special care To keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare ; As white - pot , butter - milk , and curds , Such as a country ...
... head , for want of crupper . To poife this equally , he bore A paunch of the fame bulk before : Which still he had a special care To keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare ; As white - pot , butter - milk , and curds , Such as a country ...
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... for his age : And therefore waited on him fo , As dwarfs upon knights errant do . It was a serviceable dudgeon , Either for fighting or for drudging : 370 375 380 When it had ftabb'd , or broke a head , 24 CANTO I. PART I.
... for his age : And therefore waited on him fo , As dwarfs upon knights errant do . It was a serviceable dudgeon , Either for fighting or for drudging : 370 375 380 When it had ftabb'd , or broke a head , 24 CANTO I. PART I.
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... head , It would scrape trenchers , or chip bread , Toaft cheese or bacon , though it were To bait a mouse - trap , ' twould not care : " Twould make clean fhoes , and in the earth Set leeks and onions , and fo forth : It had been ...
... head , It would scrape trenchers , or chip bread , Toaft cheese or bacon , though it were To bait a mouse - trap , ' twould not care : " Twould make clean fhoes , and in the earth Set leeks and onions , and fo forth : It had been ...
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... head of all this warlike rabble , Crowdero march'd expert and able . Instead of trumpet , and of drum , That makes the warrior's ftomach come , Whose noise whets valour sharp , like beer By thunder turn'd to vinegar ; ; For if a trumpet ...
... head of all this warlike rabble , Crowdero march'd expert and able . Instead of trumpet , and of drum , That makes the warrior's ftomach come , Whose noise whets valour sharp , like beer By thunder turn'd to vinegar ; ; For if a trumpet ...
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