Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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... light difpenfe , " And laugh a frantic nation into fenfe . " For one great object of our poet's fatire is to unmask the hypocrite , and to exhibit , in a light at once odious and ridi- culous , the prefbyterians and independents , and ...
... light difpenfe , " And laugh a frantic nation into fenfe . " For one great object of our poet's fatire is to unmask the hypocrite , and to exhibit , in a light at once odious and ridi- culous , the prefbyterians and independents , and ...
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... LIGHT . A lib'ral art that costs no pains Of study , industry , or brains . His wits were fent him for a token , But in the carriage crack'd and broken . Like commendation nine - pence crookt With - to and from my love - it lookt . 475 ...
... LIGHT . A lib'ral art that costs no pains Of study , industry , or brains . His wits were fent him for a token , But in the carriage crack'd and broken . Like commendation nine - pence crookt With - to and from my love - it lookt . 475 ...
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... light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 505 32 A light that falls down from on high , PART I. 3.1 CANTO I.
... light , Still they are fure to be i̇ ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lanthorn of the spirit , Which none fee by but those that bear it ; 500 505 32 A light that falls down from on high , PART I. 3.1 CANTO I.
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... light inspires , and plays upon The nose of saint , like bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So ...
... light inspires , and plays upon The nose of saint , like bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or whisp'ring hole , Such language as no mortal ear But spiritual eaves - droppers can hear . So ...
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... eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
... eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like owls , tho ' purblind in the light . By help of these , as he possest , He had first matter seen undrest : 555 560 He took her naked , all alone , Before one 34 PART I. CANTO I.
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