Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page i
... came from Mr. Grefley , Rector of Strenfham , from the year 1706 to the year 1773 , when he died , aged 100 : fo that he was born feven years before the poet died . VOL . I. tion of his landlord , near whofe house he lived ON ...
... came from Mr. Grefley , Rector of Strenfham , from the year 1706 to the year 1773 , when he died , aged 100 : fo that he was born feven years before the poet died . VOL . I. tion of his landlord , near whofe house he lived ON ...
Page ii
... poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was born , and has entered his baptism , dated February 8 , 1612 , with his own hand , in the parish register . He had four fons and three daughters , born at ...
... poet's father was churchwarden of the parish the year before his fon Samuel was born , and has entered his baptism , dated February 8 , 1612 , with his own hand , in the parish register . He had four fons and three daughters , born at ...
Page iv
... poet spent fix or seven years there * ; but as other things are quoted from the same authority , which I believe to be false , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were ...
... poet spent fix or seven years there * ; but as other things are quoted from the same authority , which I believe to be false , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were ...
Page viii
... poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure is , and we do hereby ftrictly charge and command , that no printer , bookseller , stationer , or other person whatsoever within our kingdom of England or Ireland , do print ...
... poet Samuel Butler , Efq . + CHARLES R. Our will and pleasure is , and we do hereby ftrictly charge and command , that no printer , bookseller , stationer , or other person whatsoever within our kingdom of England or Ireland , do print ...
Page ix
... poet should have ap- peared in public life , and have been rewarded for the eminent . service his poem did to the ... poets , who have AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . ix-
... poet should have ap- peared in public life , and have been rewarded for the eminent . service his poem did to the ... poets , who have AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . ix-
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