Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page 10
... straight , If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wifely tell what hour o ' th ' day The clock does ftrike , by Algebra . • Befide , he was a fhrewd Philofopher , And had read ev'ry text and gloss over : Whate'er the crabbed'ft author ...
... straight , If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wifely tell what hour o ' th ' day The clock does ftrike , by Algebra . • Befide , he was a fhrewd Philofopher , And had read ev'ry text and gloss over : Whate'er the crabbed'ft author ...
Page 66
... straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for music , or for pudden ; From whence men borrow ev'ry ...
... straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for music , or for pudden ; From whence men borrow ev'ry ...
Page 96
... ; And to those places straight repair Where your respective dwellings are : But to that purpose first surrender The fiddler , as the prime offender , 655 660 665 Th ' incendiary vile , that is chief Author , 96 PART I. CANTO II .
... ; And to those places straight repair Where your respective dwellings are : But to that purpose first surrender The fiddler , as the prime offender , 655 660 665 Th ' incendiary vile , that is chief Author , 96 PART I. CANTO II .
Page 106
... straight grew A difmal combat ' twixt them two : 825 Th ' one arm'd with metal , th ' other with wood ; This fit for bruise , and that for blood . With many a stiff thwack , many a bang , Hard crab - tree , and old iron rang ; While ...
... straight grew A difmal combat ' twixt them two : 825 Th ' one arm'd with metal , th ' other with wood ; This fit for bruise , and that for blood . With many a stiff thwack , many a bang , Hard crab - tree , and old iron rang ; While ...
Page 107
... straight resent The wrong done to his fundament , Began to kick , and fling , and wince , As if h ' had been befide his sense , Striving to difengage from smart , And raging pain , th ' afflicted part ; Instead of which he threw the ...
... straight resent The wrong done to his fundament , Began to kick , and fling , and wince , As if h ' had been befide his sense , Striving to difengage from smart , And raging pain , th ' afflicted part ; Instead of which he threw the ...
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againſt agen arms b'ing baſe bear bear-baiting beard beaſt Becauſe beſt blows Butler CANTO caſe cauſe Cerdon church cloſe confcience courſe Crowdero dame defigned diſpatch diſpute durance elſe ev'ry faid faints falſe fame faſt fatire fhall fide fight firſt flain fome fometimes ftout fuch fwear fword himſelf honour horſe houſe itſelf juſt juſtice Knight laſt learned leaſt leſs loſe Magnano moſt muſt ne'er noiſe noſe numbers o'er oath Orfin perfons pleaſe poem poet pow'r profe publiſhed Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho racters raiſe Ralpho reaſon refolv'd repreſent reſt Samuel Butler ſay ſecond ſee ſeen ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpeed ſpirit Squire ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtocks ſtone ſtout ſtraight ſtrange ſwear Talgol thee themſelves theſe thoſe thou Trulla turn'd twas underſtood Unleſs us'd uſe valour verſe whofe Whoſe worſe worſt wound