Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... less impreffion is a cheat , and will but abuse the buyer , as " well as the author , whofe poem deferves to have fallen " into better hands . " Probably many other editions were foon after printed : but the first and second parts ...
... less impreffion is a cheat , and will but abuse the buyer , as " well as the author , whofe poem deferves to have fallen " into better hands . " Probably many other editions were foon after printed : but the first and second parts ...
Page xx
... less masterly imitators . The Scotch , the Irish , the American Hudibras , are not worth mentioning : the translation into French , by an Eng- lishman , is curious ; it preserves the fense , but cannot keep up the humour . Prior feems ...
... less masterly imitators . The Scotch , the Irish , the American Hudibras , are not worth mentioning : the translation into French , by an Eng- lishman , is curious ; it preserves the fense , but cannot keep up the humour . Prior feems ...
Page 19
... sympathetic snout . His back , or rather burthen , fhow'd As if it stoop'd with its own load . For as Æneas bore his fire Upon his fhoulders thro ' the fire , 280 285 290 Our knight did bear no less a pack Of his PART I. 19 CANTO I.
... sympathetic snout . His back , or rather burthen , fhow'd As if it stoop'd with its own load . For as Æneas bore his fire Upon his fhoulders thro ' the fire , 280 285 290 Our knight did bear no less a pack Of his PART I. 19 CANTO I.
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A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. Our knight did bear no less a pack Of his own buttocks on his back : Which now had almost got the upper- Hand of his head , for want of crupper . To poife this equally , he bore A paunch of the ...
A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. Our knight did bear no less a pack Of his own buttocks on his back : Which now had almost got the upper- Hand of his head , for want of crupper . To poife this equally , he bore A paunch of the ...
Page 49
... less than worshipping of dagon . Quoth Hudibras , I smell a rat ; Ralpho , thou dost prevaricate : For tho ' the thesis which thou lay'st Be true , ad amuffim , as thou say'st ; For the bear - baiting fhould appear , Jure divino ...
... less than worshipping of dagon . Quoth Hudibras , I smell a rat ; Ralpho , thou dost prevaricate : For tho ' the thesis which thou lay'st Be true , ad amuffim , as thou say'st ; For the bear - baiting fhould appear , Jure divino ...
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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