Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page xii
... keep them poor , in order to keep them quiet ; for if they are fuffered to enjoy any plenty , they are naturally so infolent , that they would become ungovernable , and use him as they have done his predeceffors : but he has rendered ...
... keep them poor , in order to keep them quiet ; for if they are fuffered to enjoy any plenty , they are naturally so infolent , that they would become ungovernable , and use him as they have done his predeceffors : but he has rendered ...
Page xx
... translation into French , by an Eng- lishman , is curious ; it preserves the fense , but cannot keep up the humour . Prior feems to have come nearest the original , though he is fenfible of his own XX ON SAMUEL BUTLER , ESQ .
... translation into French , by an Eng- lishman , is curious ; it preserves the fense , but cannot keep up the humour . Prior feems to have come nearest the original , though he is fenfible of his own XX ON SAMUEL BUTLER , ESQ .
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... keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way : Compound for fins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still so perverse and oppofite , As if they worship'd God for spite . The self - fame thing they ...
... keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way : Compound for fins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still so perverse and oppofite , As if they worship'd God for spite . The self - fame thing they ...
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... keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare ; As white - pot , butter - milk , and curds , Such as a country - house affords ; With other victual , which anon We farther fhall dilate upon , When of his hofe we come to treat , The cup - board ...
... keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare ; As white - pot , butter - milk , and curds , Such as a country - house affords ; With other victual , which anon We farther fhall dilate upon , When of his hofe we come to treat , The cup - board ...
Page 34
... keep them in a glass , like water , Of sov'reign pow'r to make men wise ; For , dropt in blear , thick - sighted eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest ...
... keep them in a glass , like water , Of sov'reign pow'r to make men wise ; For , dropt in blear , thick - sighted eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest ...
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