Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page vi
... learned Selden . His biographers fay , he lived also in the service of Sir Samuel Luke , of Cople Hoo Farm , or Wood End , in that county , and that from him he drew the cha- racter of Hudibras * : but fuch a prototype was not rare in ...
... learned Selden . His biographers fay , he lived also in the service of Sir Samuel Luke , of Cople Hoo Farm , or Wood End , in that county , and that from him he drew the cha- racter of Hudibras * : but fuch a prototype was not rare in ...
Page xii
... learned profeffions , or learning in general , than Mr. Butler . How long he continued in office , as fteward of Ludlow Castle , is not known ; but he lived the latter part of his life " The king takes a very good course to weaken the ...
... learned profeffions , or learning in general , than Mr. Butler . How long he continued in office , as fteward of Ludlow Castle , is not known ; but he lived the latter part of his life " The king takes a very good course to weaken the ...
Page xiii
... learned poet does them 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 ...
... learned poet does them 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 ...
Page xxvi
... learned Lowth fays , Si poft idus illas Martias e Tyrannoctonis quifpiam tale aliquod carmen plebi tradidiffet , inque fuburram , et fori circulos , & in ora vulgi intuliffet , actum profecto fuiffet de partibus deque domina- tione ...
... learned Lowth fays , Si poft idus illas Martias e Tyrannoctonis quifpiam tale aliquod carmen plebi tradidiffet , inque fuburram , et fori circulos , & in ora vulgi intuliffet , actum profecto fuiffet de partibus deque domina- tione ...
Page xxx
... learned philofopher of the fifth century , left among other writings numerous comments on Plato's works still fubfifting , so stuffed with allegorical abfurdities , that few who have perused two periods , will have patience to venture ...
... learned philofopher of the fifth century , left among other writings numerous comments on Plato's works still fubfifting , so stuffed with allegorical abfurdities , that few who have perused two periods , will have patience to venture ...
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