Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page i
... information came from Mr. Gresley , Rector of Strensham , from the year 1706 to year 1773 , when he died , aged 100 : fo that he was born feven years before the poet . died . the tion of his landlord , near whofe house he lived ON ...
... information came from Mr. Gresley , Rector of Strensham , from the year 1706 to year 1773 , when he died , aged 100 : fo that he was born feven years before the poet . died . the tion of his landlord , near whofe house he lived ON ...
Page ii
... poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was born , and has entered his baptism , dated February 8 , 1612 , with his own hand , in the parish register . He had four fons and three daughters , born at ...
... poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was born , and has entered his baptism , dated February 8 , 1612 , with his own hand , in the parish register . He had four fons and three daughters , born at ...
Page iv
... poet spent fix or seven years there * ; but as other things are quoted from the fame authority , which I believe to be falfe , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were ...
... poet spent fix or seven years there * ; but as other things are quoted from the fame authority , which I believe to be falfe , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were ...
Page viii
... poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure is , and we do hereby strictly charge and command , that no printer , bookseller , stationer , or other person whatsoever within our kingdom of England or Ireland , do print ...
... poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure is , and we do hereby strictly charge and command , that no printer , bookseller , stationer , or other person whatsoever within our kingdom of England or Ireland , do print ...
Page ix
... poet should have ap- peared in public life , and have been rewarded for the eminent service his poem did to the ... poets , who have AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . ix.
... poet should have ap- peared in public life , and have been rewarded for the eminent service his poem did to the ... poets , who have AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . ix.
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