Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page ii
... fortune in the cause , be- ing the only perfon exempted from the benefit of the treaty , when Worcester furrendered to the parliament in the year 1646. Our poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was ...
... fortune in the cause , be- ing the only perfon exempted from the benefit of the treaty , when Worcester furrendered to the parliament in the year 1646. Our poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was ...
Page iii
... fortunes , and corrupting their morals or their health : this , though foreign to my present . purpose , the respect and affection I bear to my neighbours extorted from me .. How long Mr. Butler continued under his care is not AUTHOR OF ...
... fortunes , and corrupting their morals or their health : this , though foreign to my present . purpose , the respect and affection I bear to my neighbours extorted from me .. How long Mr. Butler continued under his care is not AUTHOR OF ...
Page ix
... fortune , indeed , was small , and fo was his ambition ; his integrity of life , and modeft temper , rendered him contented . However , there is good authority for believing that at one time he was gratified with an order on the ...
... fortune , indeed , was small , and fo was his ambition ; his integrity of life , and modeft temper , rendered him contented . However , there is good authority for believing that at one time he was gratified with an order on the ...
Page xi
... fortune , but , through various losses , and knavery , he found himself disap- * " The French use so many words , upon all occafions , that if they did not cut them short in pronunciation , they would grow tedious , and insufferable ...
... fortune , but , through various losses , and knavery , he found himself disap- * " The French use so many words , upon all occafions , that if they did not cut them short in pronunciation , they would grow tedious , and insufferable ...
Page xiv
... fortunes by the great , " That wit and pride are always dangerous things , " And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet ...
... fortunes by the great , " That wit and pride are always dangerous things , " And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet ...
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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