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... hold that no poem can be perfect which hath not at least one Episode of Love . It is not worth while to enquire , if the characters painted under the fictitious names of Hudibras , Crowdero , Orfin , Talgal , Trulla , & c . were drawn ...
... hold that no poem can be perfect which hath not at least one Episode of Love . It is not worth while to enquire , if the characters painted under the fictitious names of Hudibras , Crowdero , Orfin , Talgal , Trulla , & c . were drawn ...
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... hold the one , and some the other ; But howfoe'er they make a pother , The diff'rence was fo fmall , his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made fome take him for a tool That knaves do work with , call'd a Fool ; And ...
... hold the one , and some the other ; But howfoe'er they make a pother , The diff'rence was fo fmall , his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made fome take him for a tool That knaves do work with , call'd a Fool ; And ...
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... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both . In it he melted lead for bullets , 350 355 To shoot at foes , and fometimes pullets ; To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter t ' any fuch . The trenchant blade ...
... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both . In it he melted lead for bullets , 350 355 To shoot at foes , and fometimes pullets ; To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter t ' any fuch . The trenchant blade ...
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... eaves , From whence he vaulted into th ' feat , With fo much vigour , ftrength , and heat , That he had almost tumbled over With his own weight , but did recover , 415 By laying hold on tail and mane , Which oft 26 PART I. CANTO I.
... eaves , From whence he vaulted into th ' feat , With fo much vigour , ftrength , and heat , That he had almost tumbled over With his own weight , but did recover , 415 By laying hold on tail and mane , Which oft 26 PART I. CANTO I.
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A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. By laying hold on tail and mane , Which oft he us'd instead of rein . But now we talk of mounting steed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to say something Of that which bore our ...
A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. By laying hold on tail and mane , Which oft he us'd instead of rein . But now we talk of mounting steed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to say something Of that which bore our ...
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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