Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page ii
... some of them are said to be in the neighbouring villages . Our author received his first rudiments of learning at home ; he was afterwards sent to the College School at Wor- cefter , then taught by Mr. Henry Bright * , prebendary of ...
... some of them are said to be in the neighbouring villages . Our author received his first rudiments of learning at home ; he was afterwards sent to the College School at Wor- cefter , then taught by Mr. Henry Bright * , prebendary of ...
Page iv
... Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was a term peculiar to that university ; see Part iii . c . ii . v . 1244 . Returning to his native country , he entered into the fer ...
... Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was a term peculiar to that university ; see Part iii . c . ii . v . 1244 . Returning to his native country , he entered into the fer ...
Page v
... some useful or entertaining book . Mr. Jefferies's family was of this fort , fituated in a re- tired part of the country , furrounded by bad roads , the maf- ter of it refiding conftantly in Worcestershire . Here Mr. Butler had the ...
... some useful or entertaining book . Mr. Jefferies's family was of this fort , fituated in a re- tired part of the country , furrounded by bad roads , the maf- ter of it refiding conftantly in Worcestershire . Here Mr. Butler had the ...
Page vi
A Poem, in Three Cantos Samuel Butler. After continuing some time in this service , he was recom- mended to Elizabeth Countess of Kent , who lived at Wrest , in Bedfordshire . Here he enjoyed a literary retreat during great part of the ...
A Poem, in Three Cantos Samuel Butler. After continuing some time in this service , he was recom- mended to Elizabeth Countess of Kent , who lived at Wrest , in Bedfordshire . Here he enjoyed a literary retreat during great part of the ...
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... Some of his friends wifhed to have interred him in Weft- minster Abbey with proper folemnity ; but not finding others willing to contribute to the expence , his corpfe was depo- fited privately in the yard belonging to the church of ...
... Some of his friends wifhed to have interred him in Weft- minster Abbey with proper folemnity ; but not finding others willing to contribute to the expence , his corpfe was depo- fited privately in the yard belonging to the church of ...
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