Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... light dispense , " And laugh a frantic nation into sense . " For one great object of our poet's fatire is to unmask the hypocrite , and to exhibit , in a light at once odious and ridi- culous , the prefbyterians and independents , and ...
... light dispense , " And laugh a frantic nation into sense . " For one great object of our poet's fatire is to unmask the hypocrite , and to exhibit , in a light at once odious and ridi- culous , the prefbyterians and independents , and ...
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... LIGHT . A lib'ral art that costs no pains Of study , industry , or brains . His wits were sent him for a token , But in the carriage crack'd and broken . Like commendation nine - pence crookt . With - to and from my love - it lookt ...
... LIGHT . A lib'ral art that costs no pains Of study , industry , or brains . His wits were sent him for a token , But in the carriage crack'd and broken . Like commendation nine - pence crookt . With - to and from my love - it lookt ...
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... light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 . 505 A light that falls down from on high , For PART I. 31 CANTO I.
... light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 . 505 A light that falls down from on high , For PART I. 31 CANTO I.
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... light inspires , and plays upon The nose of faint , like bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty foul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So ...
... light inspires , and plays upon The nose of faint , like bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty foul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So ...
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... eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
... eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
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