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Page iii
... honour and patronage their country can beftow , as they have an opportunity of communicating learning , at a moderate expence , to the middle rank of gentry , without the danger of ruining their fortunes , and corrupting their morals or ...
... honour and patronage their country can beftow , as they have an opportunity of communicating learning , at a moderate expence , to the middle rank of gentry , without the danger of ruining their fortunes , and corrupting their morals or ...
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... honour as an artist . * I have heard , lately , of a portrait of Oliver Cromwell , faid to be painted by our author . * In his MS . common - place book is the following obfervation : It is more difficult , and requires a greater mastery ...
... honour as an artist . * I have heard , lately , of a portrait of Oliver Cromwell , faid to be painted by our author . * In his MS . common - place book is the following obfervation : It is more difficult , and requires a greater mastery ...
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... honour ; but the writer of the verfes feems to have mistaken the character of Mr. Butler . The infcription runs thus , " This little monument was erected in the year 1786 , by " fome of the parishioners of Covent Garden , in memory of ...
... honour ; but the writer of the verfes feems to have mistaken the character of Mr. Butler . The infcription runs thus , " This little monument was erected in the year 1786 , by " fome of the parishioners of Covent Garden , in memory of ...
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... honoured by the birth of Mr. Butler . These confiderations induced him to attempt an edition , more pompous perhaps , and expensive , than was neceffary , but not too splendid for the merit of the work . While Shakespear , Milton ...
... honoured by the birth of Mr. Butler . These confiderations induced him to attempt an edition , more pompous perhaps , and expensive , than was neceffary , but not too splendid for the merit of the work . While Shakespear , Milton ...
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... honour's got by fuch a maim , Altho ' the bear gain much , b'ing bound In honour to make good his ground , When he's engag'd , and take no notice , If any press upon him , who ' tis , But lets them know , at their own cost , That he ...
... honour's got by fuch a maim , Altho ' the bear gain much , b'ing bound In honour to make good his ground , When he's engag'd , and take no notice , If any press upon him , who ' tis , But lets them know , at their own cost , That he ...
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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