Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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Page iv
... 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 acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was ...
... 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 acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was ...
Page v
... thing na- turally and briefly , than to enlarge and dilate : And therefore a judicious author's blots Are more ingenious than his first free thoughts . This , and many other paffages from Butler's MSS . are inferted , not fo much for ...
... thing na- turally and briefly , than to enlarge and dilate : And therefore a judicious author's blots Are more ingenious than his first free thoughts . This , and many other paffages from Butler's MSS . are inferted , not fo much for ...
Page xii
... thing in his time . " The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do private houses . " The French do nothing without oftentation , and the king himself is not behind with his triumphal arches ...
... thing in his time . " The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do private houses . " The French do nothing without oftentation , and the king himself is not behind with his triumphal arches ...
Page xiv
... things , “ And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet in Westminster Abbey , the infcription as follows : M. S. Samuelis ...
... things , “ And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet in Westminster Abbey , the infcription as follows : M. S. Samuelis ...
Page xx
... things in pompous language , and a magnificent manner , or sometimes levelling fublime and pompous paffages to the standard of low imagery . The principal actions of the poem are four : Hudibras's victory over Crowdero - Trulla's ...
... things in pompous language , and a magnificent manner , or sometimes levelling fublime and pompous paffages to the standard of low imagery . The principal actions of the poem are four : Hudibras's victory over Crowdero - Trulla's ...
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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