Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page i
... fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whofe name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds yearly , which still goes by the name of Butler's Tenement , a Vignette of ...
... fuch was the character of Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras . His father , whofe name like- wife was Samuel , had an estate of his own of about ten pounds yearly , which still goes by the name of Butler's Tenement , a Vignette of ...
Page vi
... fuch a prototype was not rare in those times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till after the Restoration : perhaps , as Mr. Selden was left executor to the Countess , his employment in her affairs might not cease at her death ...
... fuch a prototype was not rare in those times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till after the Restoration : perhaps , as Mr. Selden was left executor to the Countess , his employment in her affairs might not cease at her death ...
Page xi
... ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man designs to confecrate to himself . pointed : to this fome have attributed his fevere ...
... ( fuch as Trajan , Titus , & c . ) but were decreed by the Senate , and built at the ex- pence of the public ; for that glory is loft , which any man designs to confecrate to himself . pointed : to this fome have attributed his fevere ...
Page xvi
... fuch as Bishop Earle and Mr. Cleveland ; the volumes , however , are very useful , as they tend to illustrate many paf- fages in Hudibras . The three small ones entitled , Pofthu- mous Works , in Profe and Verfe , by Mr. Samuel Butler ...
... fuch as Bishop Earle and Mr. Cleveland ; the volumes , however , are very useful , as they tend to illustrate many paf- fages in Hudibras . The three small ones entitled , Pofthu- mous Works , in Profe and Verfe , by Mr. Samuel Butler ...
Page xix
... with tragedies enough in real life ; whereas the comedy , or interlude , is a relief from anxious and disgusting reflections , and fuggefts fuch playful ideas , as wanton round the heart and enliven the AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xix.
... with tragedies enough in real life ; whereas the comedy , or interlude , is a relief from anxious and disgusting reflections , and fuggefts fuch playful ideas , as wanton round the heart and enliven the AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xix.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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