Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... took in the civil wars of France , and in allufion to the title of Seneca's Apocolocyntofis . By this fig - tree the author perhaps means the wonderful bir or banian des- cribed by Milton . The fig - tree , not that kind for fruit ...
... took in the civil wars of France , and in allufion to the title of Seneca's Apocolocyntofis . By this fig - tree the author perhaps means the wonderful bir or banian des- cribed by Milton . The fig - tree , not that kind for fruit ...
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... debas'd and hard , no ftone Was hard enough to touch them on ; And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em . 105 110 VOL . I. That had the orator , who once Did fill his PART I. 9 CANTO I.
... debas'd and hard , no ftone Was hard enough to touch them on ; And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em . 105 110 VOL . I. That had the orator , who once Did fill his PART I. 9 CANTO I.
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... ' ' twas no table some suppose , But a huge pair of round trunk - hofe : In which he carry'd as much meat , As he and all his knights could eat , 303 335 340 When laying by their fwords and truncheons , They took 22 PART I. CANTO I.
... ' ' twas no table some suppose , But a huge pair of round trunk - hofe : In which he carry'd as much meat , As he and all his knights could eat , 303 335 340 When laying by their fwords and truncheons , They took 22 PART I. CANTO I.
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... took their breakfasts , or their nuncheons . But let that pass at present , lest We should forget where we digreft ; As learned authors use , to whom We leave it , and to th ' purpose come . His puiffant fword unto his fide , Near his ...
... took their breakfasts , or their nuncheons . But let that pass at present , lest We should forget where we digreft ; As learned authors use , to whom We leave it , and to th ' purpose come . His puiffant fword unto his fide , Near his ...
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... 'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
... 'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 550 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
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