Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page i
... matter to the biographer : fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whose name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds . yearly , which still goes by the name of ...
... matter to the biographer : fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whose name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds . yearly , which still goes by the name of ...
Page xvii
... matter contained in each particular section of Butler's legal tract , is to be found in the same numbered fection of Coke upon Littleton : the first book of the MS . likewise ends with the 84th section , which fame number of fections ...
... matter contained in each particular section of Butler's legal tract , is to be found in the same numbered fection of Coke upon Littleton : the first book of the MS . likewise ends with the 84th section , which fame number of fections ...
Page xxi
... matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his master . Hudibras , then , may truly be faid to be the first and last fatire of the kind ; for ...
... matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his master . Hudibras , then , may truly be faid to be the first and last fatire of the kind ; for ...
Page xxviii
... matters not whether the hero were designed as the picture of Sir Samuel Luke , Col. Rolls , or Sir Henry Rosewell , he is , in the language of Dryden , knight of the Shire , and repre- fents them all , that is , the whole body xxviii ON ...
... matters not whether the hero were designed as the picture of Sir Samuel Luke , Col. Rolls , or Sir Henry Rosewell , he is , in the language of Dryden , knight of the Shire , and repre- fents them all , that is , the whole body xxviii ON ...
Page 11
... matter whether right or wrong , They might be either faid or fung . His notions fitted things fo well , 135 That which was which he could not tell ; 140 But oftentimes miftook the one For th'other , as great clerks have done . He could ...
... matter whether right or wrong , They might be either faid or fung . His notions fitted things fo well , 135 That which was which he could not tell ; 140 But oftentimes miftook the one For th'other , as great clerks have done . He could ...
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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