Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page iii
... honour and patronage their country can beftow , as they have an opportunity of communicating . learning , at a moderate expence , to the middle rank of gentry , without the danger of ruining their fortunes , and corrupting their morals ...
... honour and patronage their country can beftow , as they have an opportunity of communicating . learning , at a moderate expence , to the middle rank of gentry , without the danger of ruining their fortunes , and corrupting their morals ...
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... honour as an artist . * I have heard , lately , of a portrait of Oliver Cromwell , faid to be painted by our author . * In his MS . common - place book is the following observation : It is more difficult , and requires a greater maftery ...
... honour as an artist . * I have heard , lately , of a portrait of Oliver Cromwell , faid to be painted by our author . * In his MS . common - place book is the following observation : It is more difficult , and requires a greater maftery ...
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... honour ; but the writer of the verses feems to have mistaken the character of Mr. Butler . The inscription runs thus , " This little monument was erected in the year 1786 , by " fome of the parishioners of Covent Garden , in memory of ...
... honour ; but the writer of the verses feems to have mistaken the character of Mr. Butler . The inscription runs thus , " This little monument was erected in the year 1786 , by " fome of the parishioners of Covent Garden , in memory of ...
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... honoured by the birth of Mr. Butler . These confiderations induced him to attempt an edition , more pompous perhaps , and expenfive , than was neceffary , but not too splendid for the merit of the work . While Shakespear , Milton ...
... honoured by the birth of Mr. Butler . These confiderations induced him to attempt an edition , more pompous perhaps , and expenfive , than was neceffary , but not too splendid for the merit of the work . While Shakespear , Milton ...
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... honour's got by such a maim , Altho ' the bear gain much , b'ing bound In honour to make good his ground , When he's engag'd , and take no notice , If any prefs upon him , who ' tis , But lets them know , at their own cost , That he ...
... honour's got by such a maim , Altho ' the bear gain much , b'ing bound In honour to make good his ground , When he's engag'd , and take no notice , If any prefs upon him , who ' tis , But lets them know , at their own cost , That he ...
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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