Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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... bold Trojan knight , seen hell , Not with a counterfeited pass Of golden bough , but true gold lace . His knowledge was not far behind The knight's , but of another kind , And he another way came by't ; Some call it GIFTS , and fome NEW ...
... bold Trojan knight , seen hell , Not with a counterfeited pass Of golden bough , but true gold lace . His knowledge was not far behind The knight's , but of another kind , And he another way came by't ; Some call it GIFTS , and fome NEW ...
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... bold , We should , as learned poets ufe , Invoke th ' affiftance of fome muse ; However critics count it fillier , Than jugglers talking t'a familiar : We think ' tis no great matter which , They're all alike , yet we shall pitch On one ...
... bold , We should , as learned poets ufe , Invoke th ' affiftance of fome muse ; However critics count it fillier , Than jugglers talking t'a familiar : We think ' tis no great matter which , They're all alike , yet we shall pitch On one ...
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... bold advent'rous exercife , 675 With ancient heroes in high prize ; 680 For authors do affirm it came From Ifthmian or Nemæan game ; Others derive it from the bear That's fix'd in northern hemisphere , And round about the pole does make ...
... bold advent'rous exercife , 675 With ancient heroes in high prize ; 680 For authors do affirm it came From Ifthmian or Nemæan game ; Others derive it from the bear That's fix'd in northern hemisphere , And round about the pole does make ...
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... bold'st attempts bring forth Events still equal to their worth ; But fometimes fail , and in their stead Fortune and cowardice fucceed . Yet we have no great cause to doubt , 885 Our actions still have borne us out ; 890 Which , tho ...
... bold'st attempts bring forth Events still equal to their worth ; But fometimes fail , and in their stead Fortune and cowardice fucceed . Yet we have no great cause to doubt , 885 Our actions still have borne us out ; 890 Which , tho ...
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... , 920 While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd , 925 The less the fullen jade has stirr'd . sculp The Catalogue and Character Whom in a bold Haranguey Knight PART I. 55 CANTO I. But from his empty ftomach groan'd, ...
... , 920 While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd , 925 The less the fullen jade has stirr'd . sculp The Catalogue and Character Whom in a bold Haranguey Knight PART I. 55 CANTO I. But from his empty ftomach groan'd, ...
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