Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... raised by the emperors whofe names they bear ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man defigns to confecrate to himself ...
... raised by the emperors whofe names they bear ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man defigns to confecrate to himself ...
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... let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after folve ' em in a trice ; As if Divinity had catch'd The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; 150 155 160 165 Or , like a mountebank , did wound And ftab 12 PART I. CANTO I.
... let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after folve ' em in a trice ; As if Divinity had catch'd The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; 150 155 160 165 Or , like a mountebank , did wound And ftab 12 PART I. CANTO I.
Page 66
... 'd bard , had both A beard and tail of his own growth ; And yet by authors ' tis averr'd , He made ufe only of his beard . 115 120 125 130 In Staffordshire , where virtuous worth Does raise the minstrelsy 66 PART I. CANTO II .
... 'd bard , had both A beard and tail of his own growth ; And yet by authors ' tis averr'd , He made ufe only of his beard . 115 120 125 130 In Staffordshire , where virtuous worth Does raise the minstrelsy 66 PART I. CANTO II .
Page 67
... raise the minstrelsy , not birth : Where bulls do choose the boldest king , And ruler o'er the men of string , As once in Perfia , ' tis faid , 135 Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ; He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By ...
... raise the minstrelsy , not birth : Where bulls do choose the boldest king , And ruler o'er the men of string , As once in Perfia , ' tis faid , 135 Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ; He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By ...
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... raise the spirits lodg'd within . They , wakened with the noise , did fly From inward room , to window eye , And gently op'ning lid , the casement , Look'd out , but yet with some amazement . This gladded Ralpho much to see , Who thus ...
... raise the spirits lodg'd within . They , wakened with the noise , did fly From inward room , to window eye , And gently op'ning lid , the casement , Look'd out , but yet with some amazement . This gladded Ralpho much to see , Who thus ...
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