Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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... hard only upon the difgraceful part of each profeffion , and upon false learning in general : this was a favourite subject with him , but no man had a greater regard for , or was a better judge of the worthy part of the three learned ...
... hard only upon the difgraceful part of each profeffion , and upon false learning in general : this was a favourite subject with him , but no man had a greater regard for , or was a better judge of the worthy part of the three learned ...
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... knew not why ; When hard words , jealousies , and fears , Set folks , together by the ears , And made them fight , like mad or drunk , 5 For dame Religion as for Punk ; Whose honesty they all durft fwear for , Tho ' HUDI BRAS. ...
... knew not why ; When hard words , jealousies , and fears , Set folks , together by the ears , And made them fight , like mad or drunk , 5 For dame Religion as for Punk ; Whose honesty they all durft fwear for , Tho ' HUDI BRAS. ...
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... hard words , ready to fhew why , And tell what rules he did it by . Elfe , when with greatest art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk . For all a Rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools . His ordinary rate ...
... hard words , ready to fhew why , And tell what rules he did it by . Elfe , when with greatest art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk . For all a Rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools . His ordinary rate ...
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... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on ; And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em , 105 110 VOL . I. C That had the orator , who once Did fill his PART I. 9 CANTO I.
... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on ; And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em , 105 110 VOL . I. C That had the orator , who once Did fill his PART I. 9 CANTO I.
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... rats with th ' scent , To forage when the cocks were bent ; And sometimes catch ' em with a snap , As cleverly as th ' ablest trap . VOL . I. E 390 395 They were upon hard duty still , And every night PART I. 25 CANTO I.
... rats with th ' scent , To forage when the cocks were bent ; And sometimes catch ' em with a snap , As cleverly as th ' ablest trap . VOL . I. E 390 395 They were upon hard duty still , And every night PART I. 25 CANTO I.
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