Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page vii
... saying , that , " there is stolen abroad a most false and imper- " fect copy of a poem called Hudibras , without name " either of printer or bookfeller , the true and perfect edition , printed by the author's original , is fold by ...
... saying , that , " there is stolen abroad a most false and imper- " fect copy of a poem called Hudibras , without name " either of printer or bookfeller , the true and perfect edition , printed by the author's original , is fold by ...
Page xxi
... says , had not Butler's exuberance of matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his mafter . Hudibras , then , may truly be faid to be the ...
... says , had not Butler's exuberance of matter , and variety of illustration . The fpangles of wit which he could afford , he knew how to po- lish , but he wanted the bullion of his mafter . Hudibras , then , may truly be faid to be the ...
Page xxiv
... says of it , il paffe pour un chef d'œuvre en fon gendre , & fut lue avec une egale aviditè , & avec un plai- fir marveilleux par les royalistes , par les politiques , par les Huguenots & par les ligueurs de toutes les efpeces . * Mr ...
... says of it , il paffe pour un chef d'œuvre en fon gendre , & fut lue avec une egale aviditè , & avec un plai- fir marveilleux par les royalistes , par les politiques , par les Huguenots & par les ligueurs de toutes les efpeces . * Mr ...
Page xxxi
... and Addison have cenfured Butler for his double rhymes ; the latter no where argues worse than upon this subject : " If , " says he , " the thought in the couplet be good , " the rhymes add little to it ; and if , AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxxi.
... and Addison have cenfured Butler for his double rhymes ; the latter no where argues worse than upon this subject : " If , " says he , " the thought in the couplet be good , " the rhymes add little to it ; and if , AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxxi.
Page 27
... say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would fay eye , for h ' had but one , 420 425 As most agree , though some say none . He was well ...
... say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would fay eye , for h ' had but one , 420 425 As most agree , though some say none . He was well ...
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