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... 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 all other AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxvii.
... 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 all other AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxvii.
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... once . This he as volubly would vent , As if his stock would ne'er be fpent : And truly , to fupport that charge , He had fupplies as vast and large . For he could coin , or counterfeit New words , with little or no wit ; Words fo debas ...
... once . This he as volubly would vent , As if his stock would ne'er be fpent : And truly , to fupport that charge , He had fupplies as vast and large . For he could coin , or counterfeit New words , with little or no wit ; Words fo debas ...
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A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. That had the orator , who once Did fill his mouth with pebble ftones When he harangu'd , but known his phrase , He would have us'd no other ways . In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe ...
A Poem in Three Cantos Samuel I Butler. That had the orator , who once Did fill his mouth with pebble ftones When he harangu'd , but known his phrase , He would have us'd no other ways . In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe ...
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... once , To name them all , another Duns : Profound in all the nominal , And real ways , beyond them all ; And , with as delicate a hand , Could twist as tough a rope of fand ; And weave fine cobwebs , fit for fcull That's empty when the ...
... once , To name them all , another Duns : Profound in all the nominal , And real ways , beyond them all ; And , with as delicate a hand , Could twist as tough a rope of fand ; And weave fine cobwebs , fit for fcull That's empty when the ...
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... once , I'mplore , And I fhall trouble thee no more . 655 660 In western clime there is a town , 665 To thofe that dwell therein well - known , Therefore there needs no more be faid here , We unto them refer our reader ; For brevity is ...
... once , I'mplore , And I fhall trouble thee no more . 655 660 In western clime there is a town , 665 To thofe that dwell therein well - known , Therefore there needs no more be faid here , We unto them refer our reader ; For brevity is ...
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