Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page xii
... best pictures from Rome , is as a great prince wearing clothes at second hand : the king in his prodigious charge of buildings and furniture does the fame thing to himself that he means to do by Paris , renders himself weaker , by endea ...
... best pictures from Rome , is as a great prince wearing clothes at second hand : the king in his prodigious charge of buildings and furniture does the fame thing to himself that he means to do by Paris , renders himself weaker , by endea ...
Page xxxv
... , or altered , as best confifted with a plan , somewhat different from the doctor's ; but in fuch a manner as to preclude any other than a general acknowledgment from the infinite perplexity that a minute AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . XXXV.
... , or altered , as best confifted with a plan , somewhat different from the doctor's ; but in fuch a manner as to preclude any other than a general acknowledgment from the infinite perplexity that a minute AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . XXXV.
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... best apparel do . Beside , ' tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeek : That Latin was no more difficile , Than to a blackbird ' tis to whistle : Being rich in both , he never scanted His bounty unto fuch as wanted ...
... best apparel do . Beside , ' tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeek : That Latin was no more difficile , Than to a blackbird ' tis to whistle : Being rich in both , he never scanted His bounty unto fuch as wanted ...
Page 16
... best and dearest friend — plumb - porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blafpheme custard through the nose . Th ' apostles of this fierce religion , Like Mahomet's , were afs and widgeon , To whom our knight , by fast ...
... best and dearest friend — plumb - porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blafpheme custard through the nose . Th ' apostles of this fierce religion , Like Mahomet's , were afs and widgeon , To whom our knight , by fast ...
Page 51
... best but overstrain A paradox , and th ' own hot brain ; For what can fynods have at all With bear that's analogical ? Or what relation has debating 850 Of church - affairs with bear - baiting ? 855 A just comparison still is Of things ...
... best but overstrain A paradox , and th ' own hot brain ; For what can fynods have at all With bear that's analogical ? Or what relation has debating 850 Of church - affairs with bear - baiting ? 855 A just comparison still is Of things ...
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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