Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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... horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman , a goofe a Juftice , And rooks Committee - Men , or Trustees . 75 He'd run in debt by disputation , And pay with ratiocination . All this by ...
... horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman , a goofe a Juftice , And rooks Committee - Men , or Trustees . 75 He'd run in debt by disputation , And pay with ratiocination . All this by ...
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... horse : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his faddle , on the further fide , It was fo fhort , h ' had much ado To reach it with his defp'rate toe . 400 405 410 But after many strains and heaves , He got upon the saddle eaves , From ...
... horse : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his faddle , on the further fide , It was fo fhort , h ' had much ado To reach it with his defp'rate toe . 400 405 410 But after many strains and heaves , He got upon the saddle eaves , From ...
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... horse , The other would not hang an arse . A Squire he had , whose name was Ralph , That in th ' adventure went his half . Though writers , for more stately tone , Do call him Ralpho , ' tis all one : And when we can , with metre safe ...
... horse , The other would not hang an arse . A Squire he had , whose name was Ralph , That in th ' adventure went his half . Though writers , for more stately tone , Do call him Ralpho , ' tis all one : And when we can , with metre safe ...
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... horse in the mouth ; And very wifely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth . But as he got it freely , so He spent it frank and freely too . 490 For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 Of gifts that coft them nothing ...
... horse in the mouth ; And very wifely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth . But as he got it freely , so He spent it frank and freely too . 490 For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 Of gifts that coft them nothing ...
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... . This faid , as once the Phrygian knight , So ours , with rusty steel did fmite His Trojan horse , and just as much He mended pace upon the touch ; 905 910 But from his empty ftomach groan'd , Just as that 54 PART I. CANTO I.
... . This faid , as once the Phrygian knight , So ours , with rusty steel did fmite His Trojan horse , and just as much He mended pace upon the touch ; 905 910 But from his empty ftomach groan'd , Just as that 54 PART I. CANTO I.
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